Archive for March, 2010
Elyria’s top brass receives raises
ELYRIA — In a year where city officials will likely ask residents to approve an income tax increase, the city’s top three elected officials are enjoying a bump in their pay — an increase City Council voted to give them in 2007. Effective Jan. 1, Mayor Bill Grace, the second-highest salaried city employee in 2009, [...]
Large fire on Highland Court early Tuesday suspicious
ELYRIA — Early Tuesday, George and Sakeena Rose and their seven children woke to smoke in the air and a pounding on their door at 112 Highland Court. It was 1:21 a.m. and a suspicious fire had engulfed the vacant house next door at 114 Highland Court, spread to their home and filled their dining [...]
Obituaries for March 10, 2010
JoAnn Leu Stephen Blaker Marie A. Shaver Alvin Cook Patricia A. Schroth Barbara Taylor Barrett Carol L. Fankhauser Elizabeth M. Livchak Lillie B. Cook Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Derek Anderson blasts Cleveland fans after release
BEREA — Derek Anderson’s fall was as fast as his rise. His turbulent five-year run with the Browns came to an abrupt, if anticipated, ending Tuesday as the Browns terminated his contract. He becomes a free agent and can sign with any team. Quarterbacks who are 26 years old with a strong arm are always [...]
Local fish fry cooks share their best tips
Golden brown, breaded beauties are religiously served up at Friday fish fries in church halls, restaurants and dining rooms around the county during Lent. But what do you do if you have a taste for yellow perch, tilapia, grouper or salmon on one of the non meat-abstaining days of the week? Could you be lured [...]
Police chief praises officers’ heroic efforts
Terry Costigan, the first photographer on the scene caught the drama in a picture showing police Sgt. Richard Ellis and Officer Paul Lesner as they carried the Rose family’s children from the open window of their house. Other officers who assisted were Donald Moss, Daniel Marsico, James Sword, Gary Longacre, James Rider, James Kerstetter, Scott [...]
Distant hydrants, narrow mains hampered firefighters’ efforts
ELYRIA — When rolling up to the scene of a blaze, a firefighter doesn’t want to worry if there will be enough water to battle it. But the inferno early Tuesday on Highland Court was a difficult one to fight because that particular street does not have any fire hydrants. So as soon as firefighters [...]
Bids start at $2.882 million at Holiday Inn sheriff’s sale next month
ELYRIA — The Elyria Holiday Inn will go to sheriff’s sale on April 21 with bids starting at $2.882 million. The hotel, built in 1964, has been in receivership since last year as the foreclosure case against owners Ely Associates worked its way through the court system. According to court records, the company failed to [...]
Woman reports ambush, assault
ELYRIA — A woman said she was assaulted by an acquaintance of her former boyfriend Monday when he went outside her apartment building to talk to the man. Reports said the woman, 20, agreed to talk with the man after he called her and they met outside her apartment in the 500 block of Clark [...]
Homeless woman found unfit for trial
ELYRIA — A homeless woman accused of threatening a police officer she stabbed 21 years ago has been found incompetent to stand trial. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski on Monday ordered Crystal Bobo, 40, to be held in a mental health facility. Bobo faced charges of intimidation and retaliation for telling Nord Center [...]
Boy slashed in fight at mall
ELYRIA — A 15-year-old Elyria boy was slashed with a knife and sent to the hospital after he and his friends were jumped at Midway Mall on Sunday, according to a police report. The teenager told police he and his friends were being followed by another group of juveniles as they walked through the mall. [...]
D.A. will see better days, the CT’s Scott Petrak says
Derek Anderson is clearly the top quarterback on the unrestricted free-agent market. Deal with the shock, all you Anderson haters. The market isn’t saturated, which is obvious after Browns president Mike Holmgren was forced to trade for career backup Seneca Wallace on Monday to upgrade the position. But the weak free-agent class isn’t the point. [...]
Police log for March 10, 2010
Lorain police Monday, March 8 1:50 p.m. – 1800 block N. Nantucket Drive., police were seeking a 28-year-old Lorain man on domestic violence charges after the man’s wife said he put her in a choke hold, slapped her and pushed her into a sofa during a fight. 6:45 p.m. – 1300 block Washington Ave., a [...]
Tribe notes: Laffey looking for more consistency this season
PEORIA, Ariz. — Aaron Laffey wasn’t overly pleased by his first start of the spring Tuesday, but the results were still positive. “I felt all right,” said Laffey, who worked two scoreless innings, allowing just a hit in Cleveland’s 6-4 victory over the Mariners at Peoria Sports Complex. “I didn’t throw a lot of strikes, [...]
Midview’s Ryan Feierabend has health again, hopes to keep it
PEORIA, Ariz. — Midview High product Ryan Feierabend is on the comeback trail with the Mariners. Feierabend, a rising left-hander in the Seattle organization before undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring, said he is back on track with no limitations, which he hopes translates into him breaking camp with the big league club. “The first [...]
Game info from Indians’ 6-4 victory over Mariners on Tuesday
Indians (4-0) 6, Mariners (3-4) 4 Hits: Second baseman Luis Valbuena and first baseman Wes Hodges accounted for half of the Indians’ 10 hits. Valbuena had three hits, scored two runs and drove in one, while Hodges had a pair of two-run doubles. … Aaron Laffey didn’t allow a run and just one hit [...]
UPDATE: Elyria fire suspicious, could be ruled arson, fire chief says
ELYRIA — The fire that destroyed Yolanda Panter’s home at 114 Highland Court early today is suspicious and could be ruled an arson, Fire Chief Richard Benton said today. It is the second fire at the home in four months, and Panter was not at home either time, Benton said. The first fire in November [...]
Midview’s Feierabend on comeback trail with Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. – Midview High product Ryan Feierabend is on the comeback trail with the Mariners. Feierabend, a rising left-hander in the Seattle organization before undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring, said he is back on track with no limitations, which he hopes translates into him breaking camp with the big league club. “The [...]
Kiss me, I’m sober! Fire officials kick off safe St. Patty’s effort
WELLINGTON — Fire Chief Richard Walker doesn’t want you to depend on the luck of the Irish while out on the town this St. Patrick’s Day when a designated driver is more dependable. That’s why Walker and Lt. Bill Brown on Friday placed “Kiss Me I’m Sober” tags on bottles at Discount Drug Mart in [...]
Man cited after running off road, ramming parked car into home
LORAIN — A man who told police he fell asleep at the wheel went off the road early this morning, hitting a parked car with such force that the vehicle was shoved into a house and attached house, causing substantial damage. Christopher McLin, a Lorain man, was cited for leaving the scene of an accident [...]
Doctor gets 20 years to life in wife’s cyanide-poisoning death
CLEVELAND — Relatives of the victim sobbed and held each other as a judge in Ohio handed down a life prison term for a doctor convicted of killing his wife with cyanide. Forty-one-year-old Yazeed Essa was sentenced Tuesday in Cleveland. He could be eligible for parole after 20 years. Essa was convicted last week of [...]
‘Green’ investor-driven funding plan pitched as way to save St. Joe’s
LORAIN — Will “going green” boost the tenant rate at St. Joseph Community Center for the foreseeable future? Thomas Kiser, president of Professional Supply Inc. of Freemont, thinks it will and pitched an investor-driven funding plan to finance the project to City Council’s Finance Committee Monday night. Kiser and a partner company, SolarVision LLC, told [...]
UPDATE: Browns release quarterback Derek Anderson
BEREA — Derek Anderson’s days as a Browns quarterback are over. The team terminated his contract Tuesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after trading for Seahawks backup quarterback Seneca Wallace. The Browns claimed Anderson off waivers in 2005 and he appeared in 39 games with 34 starts. He completed 587 of 1,109 passes (53 percent) [...]
Death row inmate who overdosed back at prison and on suicide watch
COLUMBUS — Officials say an Ohio inmate who intentionally overdosed on pills hours before his scheduled execution has returned to prison and is on suicide watch. Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who admitted taking an overdose, arrived at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown at 12:20 p.m. today. Walburn says Reynolds [...]
Elyria woman arrested for selling crack out of her hotel room
ELYRIA — A woman was arrested Monday afternoon for selling crack cocaine from her room at the Red Roof Inn in Elyria. Brittany Smith’s arrest was part of an investigation launched by the Lorain County Drug Task Force, according to a news release from Chief Deputy Dennis Cavanaugh, who commands the task force. Smith, 24, [...]