Archive for March 16th, 2010
Game info from Indians’ win over Giants on Tuesday
Indians (6-3-2) 7, Giants (10-6) 1 Hits: Jake Westbrook worked his best outing of the spring in three starts. He allowed a run on two hits and struck out one. The right-hander started the outing with three perfect innings. … Travis Hafner produced his first extra-base hit of the exhibition season, a three-run double [...]
UPDATE: Slain officer’s body escorted to funeral home
The body of Elyria police Patrolman James Kerstetter arrived at the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home on Chestnut Ridge a few minutes ago — escorted by dozens of police officers. He had been taken to Cuyahoga County for an autopsy. Kerstetter, 43, was gunned down in a West 18th Street home Monday night after police were called [...]
Indians make minor move
The Indians orchestrated a trade Tuesday, acquiring RHP Omar Aguilar from the Brewers for LHP Chuck Lofgren. Milwaukee selected Lofgren in the Rule 5 Draft, and because he will not make the big-league roster, the Brewers had to compensate the Indians. They chose to trade Aguilar rather than return Lofgren to Cleveland. Lofgren, 24, was [...]
Makeshift memorial to slain officer outside Elyria police station
Motorists and pedestrians passing by the Elyria Police Department on West Avenue slowed momentarily or glanced over to see the impromptu memorial set up by people wishing to show their sorrow and compassion for slain Elyria Police Officer James A. Kerstetter. About 10 bouquets of roses, carnations, and other brightly-colored flowers had been left on [...]
Obituaries for March 16, 2010
Ann T. Weideman Lois A. Buttolph Edward F. Matus Eulalie L. Hunter Warren C. Jeffries, Jr. Sally A. Morris Paul E. Fackler James G. Richmond, Sr. Irene C. Butti Florence Edna Fenderson Dorothy A. Darovich Edward James Randall Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
In memory of James Kerstetter: Leave your tribute to fallen officer
Elyria police officer James Kerstetter was fatally shot in the line of duty Monday, March 15, 2010. Please leave your thoughts, tributes and condolences.
Lorain may lay off 7 firefighters
LORAIN — Seven firefighters will probably be getting pink slips this week after City Council approved a $31.6 million 2010 budget that didn’t include enough money to save those jobs, officials said Monday night. Council members Anne Molnar, D-at large, and Andy Drwal, D-2nd Ward, were the only dissenting votes. Molnar’s attempt to transfer $100,000 [...]
Police log for March 16, 2010
Lorain police Friday, March 12 7 a.m. – 1000 block Meister Road, an employee with Apples grocery store reported someone broke into three coin-operated pop machines during the night and stole the cash from the machines. 10:42 a.m. – 1500 block E. 30th St., a woman, seven weeks pregnant, reported her boyfriend punched her in [...]
3-year-old’s outlook bleak, lawyer for mother’s boyfriend says
AMHERST — A 3-year-old boy remained in critical condition Monday in a Cleveland hospital and the attorney for the boyfriend of the Jesse Crum Jr.’s mother said the prognosis isn’t good. “I don’t think he’s going to make it,” said Donald Tittle, who serves as Peter Jones’ lawyer. Jones, 22, had been scheduled to be [...]
Alverno Howse Jr. gets max of 13 years in death of ‘Chuckie’ Howard Jr.
ELYRIA — Even as he stood before a county judge on Monday awaiting sentencing, Alverno Howse Jr. continued to insist that he wasn’t responsible for the shooting death of his best friend. “You’re all putting an innocent man in prison,” he told Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski, who imposed the maximum sentence of [...]
‘One of the best’: Elyria officer killed; shooter dead as well
By Adam Wright, Melissa Hebert, Brad Dicken and Alicia Castelli, The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — Elyria police officer James Kerstetter was shot and killed Monday night, and the man accused of gunning him down also is dead after a confrontation on the city’s south side. Police were called to a home in the 300 block of [...]
Browns: Mike Holmgren explains QB moves, praises Jake Delhomme
BEREA – Browns president Mike Holmgren couldn’t live with the quarterback play the way it was in 2009. And he couldn’t imagine starting another training camp with the uncertainty that surrounded the Brady Quinn-Derek Anderson competition-circus. So Holmgren had his scouts re-examine the game film. He called general manager Tom Heckert, coach Eric Mangini and [...]
Indians: Laffey hopes this is his year to win spot in rotation
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Competing for a spot in the rotation out of spring training has not been kind to Aaron Laffey. The left-hander was in the running for a starting job the past two springs, and lost out both times. The first was a battle with eventual American League Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee [...]
Suspect in Lorain man’s murder caught in California
ELYRIA — A Spencer man was arrested late Sunday in Salinas, Calif., on an aggravated murder warrant that accuses him of killing Alberto Gutierrez on Thanksgiving Day. The body of Gutierrez, known as “Cookie,” was found in a ditch along Pratt Road in Huntington Township by a passing motorist. Gutierrez had been shot once in [...]
Girls basketball: Westlake’s Kalpana Beach 2nd-team All-Ohio
Two juniors and a senior highlighted the area selections to the Divisions I and II All-Ohio girls basketball teams announced Monday. Westlake junior Kalpana Beach was named to the second team in Division I, and Southview junior Shanique Ogle was named to the third team in Division I. Avon senior Ashley Evans was named to [...]
Cavaliers: Bench bunch playing pivotal role
INDEPENDENCE – At least Jamario Moon didn’t break out a “Mork & Mindy” analogy. The fun-loving Cavaliers reserve was talking about the team’s bench players Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts when he referenced “Flubber,” the 1997 Disney movie starring Robin Williams. “It’s all about jelling,” Moon said. “I guess you could call us one big [...]
Browns notes: Linebacker depth cleared way for Wimbley trade
BEREA – Depth at outside linebacker and interest across the league led to the trade of Kamerion Wimbley on Sunday, Browns coach Eric Mangini said Monday. The trade to Oakland for a third-round draft pick in April was a stunner, as Wimbley started all four years in the league and was continuing to develop with [...]
Inflatable planetarium leaves children starry-eyed
VERMILION — Some say the universe is slowly expanding. So is the place where you can learn about it, thanks to an inflatable planetarium that will literally be blown up for an evening of family oriented star shows March 24 at the Carriage Barn at Vermilion River Reservation in the Lorain County Metro Parks. Needing [...]