Archive for July, 2010
Filibuster broken, Senate voting today on extending unemployment payments
WASHINGTON — With a GOP filibuster safely broken, the Senate is poised to pass legislation restoring jobless benefits for millions of people unable to find work in the frail economic recovery. Today’s vote is a formality after the Democratic-controlled Senate voted 60-40 Tuesday to move ahead on the bill. The measure would then go to [...]
Little League softball: Avon crushes Tallmadge
AVON — With a bat-around first inning and another in the third, Avon’s 9- and 10-year-old Little League All-Stars rolled to a wild 14-4 mercy-rule rout of Tallmadge on Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Park. Wild, indeed. The Eagles benefited from 11 wild pitches by two Tallmadge hurlers and they led directly to five runs. [...]
ODOT grant could solve Ford Road bridge problems
ELYRIA — The Ohio Department of Transportation likely will award Elyria a grant to rebuild the Ford Road bridge, but the project is a long way from final approval. John Schneider, assistant city engineer, said the city recently learned it is on the preliminary approval list for the grant. The one-lane bridge, which spans the [...]
Paradise on Brentwood Lake now haven for mosquitoes, varmints
CARLISLE TWP. — For 13 years, Jill and Edgar Anthony lived in what seemed like a paradise on Brentwood Lake. Edgar Anthony, a retired science teacher and minister, called it a well-balanced ecological system, with fish, freshwater sponges, crabs and clams that beavers and raccoons loved to eat. His wife, Jill, counted 26 types of [...]
Child playing with lighter causes basement fire
ELYRIA — A child playing with a lighter in a basement bedroom started a fire at a home in the 100 block of Riverdale Court Tuesday night. The call came in to the Elyria Fire Department at 8:40 p.m. The fire was contained to that bedroom and was knocked down at 9 p.m. One firefighter [...]
Elyria tax levy campaign up to $18,000
ELYRIA — EMH Regional Healthcare System and Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems have both made large donations to the Elyrians First Committee, which now has more than $18,000 to spend on the police levy campaign. Campaign records show that the political action committee set up to push the proposed income tax increase to boost funding for [...]
Avon Isle Park gets national recognition
AVON — More than four years of work has paid off for Ralph White as Avon Isle Park is officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Avon Isle Park was listed the week of July 9, and the list was published online Friday. White, vice president of the Avon Historical Society, spent more [...]
Former Lorain building official charged again
ELYRIA — Bill Desvari, Lorain’s former chief building official, has been indicted again. The latest charges against Desvari, misdemeanor counts of restrictions on present or former public officials, stem from the same allegations that led to charges of money laundering, bribery and soliciting or receiving improper compensation against Desvari last month, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis [...]
Miners 6, Ironmen 2: Ironmen lose to West Virginia
A lack of offense was at the root of the Ironmen’s 6-2 loss to the West Virginia Miners on Tuesday. Lorain County managed just five hits, with William Urban and Stephen Hagen collecting two hits apiece. West Virginia scored all of its runs within the first three innings off Ironmen starter Kris Hall. Tonight Who: [...]
Indians beat Twins for 6th straight win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Seventh inning, tie game, runners on first and second and one out. Joe Mauer stepping to the plate. The Minnesota Twins pray for situations like that and their opponents like the Cleveland Indians dread them. Then the three-time AL batting champion and reigning MVP bunted. He did what? That’s right, he laid [...]
Body found in Lake Erie ID’d as Emma Nahas
CLEVELAND — The body of a young woman pulled from Lake Erie Monday afternoon is that of Emma Nahas, missing since July 8 when she went for a swim from a boat of people spending the day on the lake. The body was positively identified as that of Nahas by the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s office [...]
Lorain to run St. Joe’s through September
LORAIN — City Council agreed Monday to have the city continue to manage the St. Joseph Community Center through Sept. 30, giving the city time to continue negotiating with an unnamed developer to take over the facility. Robert Gilchrist, service director, explained that the extension was needed because Council is in recess during August. “If [...]
Arson suspected in Milan Avenue fire
AMHERST — Arson is a possible cause of a weekend fire that caused minimal damage to a concrete block building on Milan Avenue. A number of spray cans were found inside the abandoned building at 960 Milan Ave., where Amherst firefighters quickly extinguished a fire that destroyed a pile of trash and other debris, according [...]
Amherst police seek man who broke into restaurant, fled cops
AMHERST — An early-morning break-in at a Cooper Foster Park Road restaurant Saturday led to a brief police chase of a suspect who ditched a car along state Route 2 and ran off. Reports of a burglary in progress at Aladdin’s Eatery at 2261 Cooper Foster Park Road about 1:30 a.m. led police to the [...]
Unemployment extension looks likely to clear Senate
WASHINGTON — Millions of people stuck on the jobless rolls would receive an extension of unemployment benefits averaging $309 a week under a Senate bill that appears set to break free of a Republican filibuster. Democrats have stripped the unemployment insurance measure down to the bare essentials for today’s vote, which is a do-over of [...]
Thieves break-in, take TVs and smash up old cars
LORAIN — Police are looking for a burglar or burglars who broke into a Lorain building, damaged three vehicles and stole two televisions, according to a police report. According to the report, Rolando Carter, 20, of Lorain, told officers he secured the building at 2550 W. 21st St., which he rents for storage and uses [...]
Sheriff lays off two captains and a secretary
ELYRIA — Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti is laying off two captains and a secretary effective Aug. 3. Capt. Rich Resendez, who runs the county jail, and Capt. John Reiber, who heads the law enforcement division, will both be out of a job. Secretary Gail Brunetto will also lose her job, Stammitti said in a [...]
Lorain car fire overnight was arson, police and fire officials say
LORAIN — Police and the Fire Department are investigating a car fire overnight as arson, according to a Lorain police report. Police were called to East 32nd Street and Lowell Avenue about 11 p.m. and found the vehicle totally engulfed in flames near the railroad tracks, the report said. Firefighters put the fire out and [...]
Latest numbers: Lorain County unemployment rate up
Unemployment is up in Lorain County as well as the cities of Lorain and Elyria, according to the latest numbers released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The county’s unemployment rate was 9.8 percent in June, up from 9.4 percent in May but down from 10.9 percent last June. In [...]
Pilot OK after crashing into barn
VICKERY — A pilot whose crop duster crashed into the back of a barn in northern Ohio walked away with only minor injuries. Authorities in Sandusky County say they’re not sure what caused the plane to crash Monday night. It hit the barn, but the fuel tanks on the single-engine plane didn’t rupture. Authorities did [...]
Salmonella sickens tall ship Niagara crew
ERIE, Pa. — The Erie County Health Department says salmonella is to blame for sickening 26 of 42 crew members aboard the U.S. Brig Niagara, a historic sailing ship based on Lake Erie. Health department officials say it’s unclear how the ship’s crew contracted the bacteria, which often is found in spoiled or undercooked food. [...]
Little League softball: Elyria falls in seventh
LUCASVILLE — They didn’t have to like the result, but they had to love the effort and determination. The Elyria East Little League All-Stars lost 5-4 to Poland in a hard-fought, extra inning game Monday in the winners bracket final of the 11-12-year-old state tournament despite a valiant comeback. Elyria scored three runs in the [...]
Toledo man pleads not guilty, blames friend for shooting his dog
TOLEDO — A Toledo man has pleaded not guilty to shooting his German shepherd named Sarge. Lawrence Mick’s attorney says Mick loves his dog and instead blamed Mick’s friend, Adam Collins, for the shooting that left the dog with six gunshot wounds. Police say that Mick and Collins took turns shooting the dog with a [...]
Obituaries for July 20, 2010
Virginia R. Miller Daniel J. Riley Helen L. Bellomy Eleanor P. Palczer Frank A. Snezek George W. James Dorothy B. Dennison James Henderson, Jr. William F. Slusher John Wesley Watford Allene E. Shepherd Donald H. Steele Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Indians 10, Twins 4: Tribe wins fifth straight
MINNEAPOLIS — Trevor Crowe drove in two runs and had a career-high four hits, and the Cleveland Indians collected a seasonhigh 20 hits in their fifth straight win, 10-4 over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. Crowe and Jason Donald, two of the youngsters thrust into action in this rebuilding, injury-marred season for Cleveland, each [...]