Archive for May, 2010
Bad news on injury front for Indians
Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is expected to miss 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgery Wednesday on a broken left forearm. The Indians also placed centerfielder Grady Sizemore on the 15-day disabled list with a bone bruise on his left knee. To fill Sizemore’s spot on the 25-man roster, the Indians promoted outfielder Shelley Duncan from Triple-A Columbus. Trevor Crowe [...]
Jake Delhomme off to good start with Browns
BEREA — In his first practice open to the media, new Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme was everything the Browns hoped. He led the huddle, ran the offense and completed a high percentage of passes, including several touchdowns in red zone drills. Offense is supposed to rule the day in practices with no pads or hitting, [...]
Kittens’ vet bills adding up; Ohio Pet Placement hoping for help
Vet bills for seven kittens abandoned at Animal House at Midway Mall have soared after a second one died. The kittens, which were all spoken for within hours of being put up for adoption, were supposed to go to their new homes Monday. One kitten had died shortly after a man left them in a [...]
Tool thieves clean out Elyria business
Police were called to an Elyria business yesterday after the owner reported a thieves broke in and stole more than $2,500 worth of tools. Jeff Heathcote, owner of architecture firm Heathcote & Associates told police he left the business, at 915 Lorain Blvd., at 5 p.m. Sunday. He said he returned at 9:30 a.m. Monday [...]
2 men arrested after woman claims son stole car, credit cards
Two men — one from Elyria and one from Lorain — are in trouble after a North Ridgeville woman reported her son took her car and her credit cards without her permission overnight. Just before 11 p.m. police were dispatched to Paul’s Beverage on Lake Avenue because the woman’s credit cards were being used there [...]
Quick hits from Browns OTAs
BEREA — The Browns began organized team activities Monday and were scheduled for their third straight day of practice Wednesday. Coach Eric Mangini met with the media before practice. Here are some of the highlights: ** He would like the five restricted free agents, who’ve been absent from OTAs, to attend but said the positive [...]
Delicious mission: Local bakers send homemade cookies to troops
The mission of Operation Baking Northern Ohio is simply delicious. Avid bakers from around the state have joined forces, using the power of their collective kitchens to shower local servicemen and servicewomen stationed overseas with care packages filled with homemade cookies and other baked treats. Ohio soldiers stationed in war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq [...]
Princess profiles: Meet Czech princess Hannah Kos
Name: Hannah Kos Age: 16 Nationality: Czech Republic Sponsor: Czech Sokol Club Parents: Terry Kos and Brenda Kos High school: Lutheran High School West Costume: “My grandma brought all my dresses from the Czech Republic over 65 years ago. They are all handmade with beautiful embroideries and colors. These dresses are also the same dresses [...]
Son turns in father for killing witness in his trial
CINCINNATI — Police in Cincinnati arrested a stunned courtroom spectator on a murder charge after his son made a deal with prosecutors. Authorities say Kareem Gilbert agreed to testify against his father, Rueben Jordan, to get a lighter prison sentence. As the plea deal was announced yesterday in Hamilton County court, detectives grabbed Jordan. Gilbert [...]
Demjanjuk ‘getting significantly worse,’ lawyer says
MUNICH — John Demjanjuk’s family and attorney told the AP today that the 90-year-old’s medical condition appears to be worsening as his trial in Germany drags on, as he was hospitalized for a second day in a row with dangerously low blood hemoglobin levels. Demjanjuk, a former Ohio autoworker who is being tried on 27,900 [...]
Lorain man arrested on weapons charges
A Lorain man was arrested on several weapons charges after witnesses called police to report that a tall black male with an afro was brandishing a weapon and bragging that he was wanted by police, according to a police report. Police responded to the man’s girlfriend’s home in the 1700 block of East 28th Street [...]
Ohio lawmakers want no smoking in casinos
COLUMBUS — Ohio lawmakers want the state’s four new casinos to be smoke-free, with no alcohol served after 2:30 a.m., and with slots winnings paid in chips, not coins. Those are some areas of common ground in the sets of casino rules proposed by the Ohio House and Senate. House lawmakers introduced their bill on [...]
High school sports roundup: Wet weather pushes districts back again
More wet weather Tuesday forced four area baseball teams and one area softball team to wait at least another day before playing their district semifinals. Amherst and North Olmsted’s Division I baseball district semifinal at Strongsville High School was postponed for the second straight day. The two teams will attempt to play the game today [...]
Crushers final roster set as Friday’s opener nears
With the 2010 regular season just three days away, the Lake Erie Crushers released three players Monday to set their final roster. Of the final 24-man roster, only nine were on last season’s Frontier League championship squad — second baseman Drew Saylor, third baseman Andrew Davis, shortstop Jodam Rivera, first baseman Eddie Tisdale, outfielders Arden [...]
Fans, city leaders have message for LeBron: Don’t go
CLEVELAND — They’re saying it on billboards, in song, in letters, in petitions and more. Whatever the format, the message from Clevelanders is the same: Dear LeBron James, please don’t go. Please, please, please don’t go. This hard-luck city on the shores of Lake Erie is desperately trying to show its NBA superstar that, with [...]
Rays 6, Indians 2: Tribe swept away in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Evan Longoria drove in three runs and David Price pitched six strong innings to become the AL’s first six-game winner as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 on Tuesday. The AL East leaders improved baseball’s top record to 28-11 heading into a two-game series at Yankee Stadium. [...]
Browns top draft pick Joe Haden out to show he can excel
Before Joe Haden could move forward with a position switch that would lead to an NFL career and multimillion-dollar contract, he had to learn to go backward. With his hips low to the ground and feet moving as fast as possible. Haden, the first pick by the Browns in last month’s draft, entered Florida as [...]
Obituaries for May 19, 2010
Mary Jane Fimmen Martha Jean Crigger Helen A. Webber Susanne S. Villucci Dr. Dinubhai C. Patel Olga Levak Dakota Marshall Langmack Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Elyria Foundry cited by OSHA
ELYRIA — Elyria Foundry was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday for violations at its Filbert Street facility. The citations included developing written procedures for the safe handling of sulfur dioxide systems and completing regular audits of those systems in a three-year period, additional training needed, a partially obstructed emergency exit [...]
Records show Ridgeville city workers used drugs
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Records released Tuesday show former city Parks and Recreation Director Jim Spaulding tested positive for cocaine and his assistant, Missy Williams, admitted to smoking marijuana several times a day in the Parks and Recreation office. Spaulding took a urine test April 20 at Community Health Partners’ Elyria Clinic that came back positive [...]
Lawyer: Lorain drags feet on stalking lawsuit payout
LORAIN — The city of Lorain has yet to pay the $175,000 it promised a Lorain woman who accused the city of ignoring her complaints about a Lorain police officer later convicted of stalking her, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Attorneys for Sarah Long asked U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster to order the [...]
Vermilion slashes tax credit in effort to close budget hole
VERMILION — The mayor says substantial budget cuts, sacrifices by city workers and passage of a measure to halve the city’s income tax credit will hopefully get the city through financial headaches caused by poor bookkeeping by the last administration. “This has been going on a long time,” Mayor Eileen Bulan said. “Every week has [...]
Quick-change artist pleads no contest but won’t serve any more time
OBERLIN — A quick-change artist caught on video bilking an Amherst gas station attendant pleaded no contest Monday in Oberlin Municipal Court to theft. Lisa Fox, 39, was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but 82 days were suspended. She received credit for the eight days she spent behind bars following her arrest by the [...]
Browns ink kicker as Dawson skips OTAs
BEREA — Covering their bases or sending a message? The Browns may have accomplished both Tuesday when they signed free-agent kicker Shaun Suisham. Veteran Phil Dawson, the only Brown remaining from the expansion season of 1999, didn’t attend the first day of organized team activities Monday. He has one year and $1 million left on [...]
Fire strikes kitchen that had just been repainted
ELYRIA — A stove fire sent an Elyria couple, their daughter-in-law and their 3-month-old grandson out of a Monticello Circle home Tuesday night. The fire started shortly before 9:30 in the home of Lisa and Chris Wright. Chris Wright said he and daughter-in-law Mercedes Anderson and grandson Terrence Wright Jr. were in a bedroom watching [...]