Archive for April, 2010
Obituaries for April 22, 2010
Jordan C. Ault Bessie Dianiska Dorothy Fern Scoville Catherine M. Flatt Kathaleen Perkins Winafred Catherine Jordan Sara Ellen Howard Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
High school softball: No-hitter, unearned run give Keystone win
COLUMBIA TWP. — An instant classic? Probably not. The kind of tense thriller one expects from two of the area’s top softball teams? No question. Ninth-ranked Keystone took advantage of a wild pitch and an unearned run Wednesday to nip Columbia 1-0 in a Patriot Athletic Conference crossover game. Wildcats sophomore Kenzie Conrad pitched a [...]
Team first, LeBron says, amid criticism for big scoring nights
INDEPENDENCE — LeBron James doesn’t go into a game trying to score 40 points. Sometimes it just happens. Other times it’s out of necessity. That’s why he doesn’t understand why some people — TNT analyst Charles Barkley wasn’t mentioned by name — criticize him for having a big scoring night and say he failed to [...]
Tonight’s NFL draft: A good pick Browns’ top priority
BEREA — Mike Holmgren studied the piece of paper, almost in disbelief. He had already seen the list of past Browns No. 1 draft picks — the one so familiar to frustrated Browns fans — but that doesn’t eliminate the shock value. From Tim Couch to Brady Quinn, with Gerard Warren, William Green, Braylon Edwards [...]
Twins 6, Indians 0: Twins’ Liriano blanks Tribe
MINNEAPOLIS — There was a time when Francisco Liriano was nearly unhittable, an intimidating force at the top of the Minnesota rotation that piled up strikeouts while the Twins piled up victories. Many thought that pitcher was gone forever after Tommy John surgery in 2007. It’s very early in this 2010 season, but signs of [...]
Elyria’s laid-off firefighters will be back on the job Sunday
ELYRIA — Fourteen laid-off city firefighters will return to work Sunday as the city is wasting no time in taking advantage of a federal grant. The city learned late last month that it received a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant from the U.S Department of Homeland Security to be used to [...]
VIDEO: Neighbors’ football rivalry renewed
ELYRIA — If revenge is a dish best served cold, Matt St. Marie let his chill for about 13 years before finally serving it. More than a decade after the lifelong Notre Dame fan found out his University Oaks neighbor and childhood friend, Scott Payne, had painted a block-letter “O” for Ohio State and “Go [...]
Homeowners voice anger at FirstEnergy during hearing
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Area residents and politicians let the Public Utilities Commission have several pieces of their minds at a public hearing Wednesday night at the North Ridgeville Education Center. The issue of the night was FirstEnergy’s Energy Security Plan, which includes a request for a $390 million increase to its distribution charges that would [...]
Bank purchases Holiday Inn at auction
ELYRIA — In a procedure that took less than five minutes, the Holiday Inn in Elyria got a new owner. During a sheriff’s sale Wednesday morning, Texas-based Beal Bank was the sole and successful bidder for the property. As expected, the bank matched the asking price of $2.882 million for the 200-plus room hotel that [...]
Body found hanging near Metro Parks trail
LORAIN — An Elyria man was found hanging from a pipe near a Lorain Metro Parks walking trail Wednesday evening. Anthony Pinkerton, 36, of Elyria, appears to have committed suicide, according to the Lorain County coroner’s office. He was on or near property owned by National Bronze and Metals on West River Road in Sheffield [...]
Police log for April 22, 2010
Lorain police Monday, April 19 5:58 a.m. – 200 block E. 28th St., a woman reported her boyfriend showed up at her residence in violation of a temporary protection order and punched her in the face during an argument. Tuesday, April 20 9:45 p.m. – 3700 block Kolbe Road, a man reported a friend held [...]
Fired up about fitness: Zumba fans shake, shimmy and sweat
With the pumping sounds of an international nightclub, the gymnasium at Tower Sports & Fitness in Lorain is an exercise hub for those looking for global inspiration to get moving. Dozens of women and a few men, too, come to the former Lorain YMCA building to shimmy, shake and sweat off as many as 500 [...]
Vermilion teachers agree to new contract
VERMILION — Teachers have agreed to a one-year contract calling for no negotiated pay increases but cementing class sizes to help provide a measure of individualized instruction and attention for students. The contract was announced Monday by the Vermilion Schools. It runs Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2011. The agreement tentatively was reached April 14 [...]
LeBron ‘loves’ Chicago, but he also loves Cleveland and Akron
INDEPENDENCE – Knowing exactly where reporters were headed, a smiling and laughing LeBron James played right along when asked for his take on Chicago as a city. “It’s a great city,” James said Wednesday afternoon at Cleveland Clinic Courts. “What do you want me to say? It’s an awesome city. It’s one of the best [...]
Appeals court hears Nancy Smith case
ELYRIA — Prosecutors were responsible for the technical error that led to Nancy Smith’s prison sentence being thrown out and a county judge’s ultimate decision to acquit her of child molestation charges, her attorney said Tuesday following an appeals court hearing on the case. “You’re sending a citizen to prison — fill out the paperwork [...]
Grafton police looking for man who made a big mess in restroom
Grafton police are investigating a real big mess at Nancy’s Restaurant. The owner went to the police station about 2:15 yesterday afternoon to report that a man with an umbrella came in and asked to use the restroom. According to a police report, after he left, one of the employees noticed the man had “spread [...]
Police confiscate 14 pairs of counterfeit Nikes during traffic stop
LORAIN — Police found drugs along with 14 pairs of counterfeit Nike shoes in the back of a 26-year-old’s vehicle following a traffic stop last night for erratic driving. Johnathan Phinney was charged with driving under suspension, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after police pulled him over at 10:47 p.m. in the 1600 block [...]
3-vehicle crash sends one person to the hospital
ELYRIA — One person has been taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle accident at state Route 57 and East Broad Street a little after 1 p.m. A blue Chevrolet 3500 pickup truck hit a beige Buick LeSabre, sending that car into the side of a truck that was hauling windows and sheets of glass. [...]
Photo gallery: Mock accident at Marion L. Steele
See the LifeFlight helicopter coming in yesterday? For once it wasn’t bad news, but a good lesson for students at Marion L. Steele High School. The Elyria Post of the State Highway Patrol along with the Amherst Police Department, Amherst Fire Department, LifeCare, LifeFlight and Vaughn’s Automotive presented a mock car crash at the 50-yard [...]
Lorain gets $400,000 for brownfield site cleanup
LORAIN — The city’s long-term efforts to clean up and restore old industrial sites to make them attractive for potential redevelopment got another boost Monday with word that $400,000 in two federal grants has been awarded to the city to help identify and assess sites where hazardous substances may need to be removed. The money [...]
Think you can sing? Crushers holding anthem auditions
Think you have what it takes to sing the national anthem at a Lake Erie Crushers game? The Crushers want you to prove it. They’re hosting auditions Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at All Pro Freight Stadium. The Crushers say they’re looking for skilled performers to sing the national anthem at games throughout the [...]
Hitchhiker who shot driver denied clemency; execution next month
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Parole Board has denied a request for mercy from a death row inmate who fatally shot a man while hitchhiking almost three decades ago. The board ruled unanimously Wednesday against clemency for condemned killer Michael Beuke, who is scheduled to die next month. The board said the seriousness of the crimes [...]
Police: 11-year-old started fire at Elyria day care
ELYRIA — An 11-year-old Elyria boy who has “a history of violence and setting things on fire” was taken to the detention home after police say he started another fire yesterday afternoon. Elyria police and firefighters were called to 135 Morgan Ave. about 2:20 p.m. yesterday for a report of a garage on fire. The [...]
State extends appliance rebate program
COLUMBUS — Ohio has extended its popular rebate program on kitchen and laundry appliances while redistributing more than $400,000 in unused refrigerator rebate money. Those funds will be made available to people on waiting lists for the state’s money-back deals on new, energy-saving dishwashers and clothes washers. The rebate offers on those appliances ended Monday, [...]
High school baseball: Firelands’ bats alive in rout of Oberlin
OBERLIN — It wasn’t pretty, but it was a bit more attractive in the eyes of Firelands. The Falcons collected 15 hits, including the second home run of the season by Joe SanFelippo, on the way to a 19-5 rout of Oberlin in a nonconference game Tuesday. Firelands (3-8) also was the beneficiary of six [...]