Archive for September, 2010
Man trying to find home for kitten woman tossed into lake
LORAIN — Tim Pitroski said he almost didn’t believe what he was seeing Friday afternoon when he watched a lady walk past his apartment building and hurl a kitten off a 10-foot embankment into Lake Erie “like she was throwing out the garbage.” Pitroski, who said he is a disabled veteran and doesn’t get around [...]
Aaron’s employees rescue kitten trapped in customer’s car
An Aaron’s customer from Amherst brought more than a payment to the store Monday afternoon. A kitten about 2-months-old stowed away inside the engine compartment and went along for the ride of its life. “I went to the bank and then here,” said the woman, who didn’t want to give her name. “I opened the [...]
Teen arrested after group causes heavy damage at Lorain business
A 15-year-old was sent to the Detention Home and police are looking for three of his buddies after they were caught breaking into a damaging a trailer office at a company on Pearl Road in Lorain over the weekend. According to a police report, a friend of the business’ owner was at the property to [...]
Lorain woman looking for shih tzu she believes was dog-napped from car
LORAIN — A Lorain woman said she is distraught and barely sleeping after her shih tzu went missing from the back of her SUV Friday afternoon — and she believes a dog-napper is to blame. Deborah McCullough said she was in the Ford Escape in the parking lot of Apples at Lorain Plaza Friday about [...]
Vote daily for Friendship APL in online grant competition
Friendship Animal Protective League in Elyria is in the running for the $100,000 Holiday Shelter Challenge, and voting begins today. Vote daily for Friendship APL by visiting www.theanimalrescuesite.com, clicking on the contest banner and selecting “Ohio” to find Friendship APL. Voting ends Dec. 19. The first-place shelter wins $10,000, and dozens of other shelters will [...]
Lorain woman faces charges after hitting car, fleeing scene
LORAIN — A Lorain woman faces a variety of charges after she struck a parked car and fled the scene last night in South Lorain. According to a police report, Debra Cooper, 55, is charged with drunken driving, including an additional charge for having an alcohol or drug level of 0.17 or higher; a stop-sign [...]
Woman arrested after hitting man, building, motorcycle at McDonald’s
LORAIN — A North Ridgeville woman was arrested early today after she allegedly ran over an Avon Lake man and his motorcycle at a Lorain McDonald’s, according to a police report. Rebecca Lawson, 27, of North Ridgeville, was charged with driving under suspension, driving while intoxicated and aggravated vehicular assault. Curtis Williams, 42, told officers [...]
Latest Lorain County ‘dangerous dozen’ figure taken into custody
Leandre Tate, the latest Lorain Countian to be added to the U.S. Marshals Service “dangerous dozen” most wanted list was arrested over the weekend. Tate was listed as an inmate at the Lorain city jail and was arrested Friday morning, according to Tony Keffer, U.S. Marshals Service task force coordinator for Lorain County. Keffer said [...]
Royals 6, Indians 4: A stellar cellar fight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Luke Hochevar’s arm and Yuniesky Betancourt’s legs were a winning combination for the Kansas City Royals. Hochevar recovered from a shaky start to earn his first win since May 26 and Betancourt stole home, leading Kansas City to a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. The top pick [...]
Chiefs 16, Browns 14: Familiar ring as Browns blow it in the 2nd half
CLEVELAND — The Browns decided to announce Jim Brown first in the Ring of Honor ceremony Sunday so they could move onto the honorees and families in attendance and enjoy the moment. That’s the only quality halftime adjustment made by the Browns in the first two games. The Browns didn’t score in the second half [...]
Browns analysis: Team still finding ways to lose
CLEVELAND — Two weeks, two second-half collapses, and two disappointing losses. Obviously, this was not the way the Browns envisioned the start of their season. The Kansas City Chiefs handed out the heartache Sunday afternoon, shutting out their hosts for the final 38 minutes in rallying for a 16-14 win at Cleveland Browns Stadium. “I’m [...]
Browns notes: QB Seneca Wallace says loss is his fault
CLEVELAND — Fifteen quarterbacks have now started a game for the Browns since they returned to the NFL in 1999, but Jeff Garcia remains the only one to win his debut. Seneca Wallace added his name to the list of losers Sunday as Cleveland dropped a 16-14 decision to the Kansas City Chiefs. The eighth-year [...]
Browns greats get their just due
When Mike Holmgren took over as Browns president, most people probably figured the product on the field was all that mattered to him. With the unveiling of the “Ring of Honor” on Sunday, it’s clear Holmgren’s vision extends well beyond the field. “I know there were reasons why this wasn’t done before and a lot [...]
Boys soccer notes: Hard work paying off for Comets
A season after graduating 11 seniors, including seven starters, the Amherst Comets haven’t missed a beat, getting off to a 7-1-1 start. They’re also tied with Westlake and Brecksville atop the Southwestern Conference with a 3-0-1 league record. But the Comets aren’t just making noise in the conference. They were also ranked eighth in the [...]
Community in shock: Adam Grodzik remembered
COLUMBIA TWP. — The crash that killed Columbia Township’s Adam Grodzik early Saturday morning started a fire in his car that police officers were unable to extinguish with the fire extinguishers in their patrol cars, authorities said. Adam, 17, a St. Ignatius High School student, was removed from the car by firefighters who arrived several [...]
One last bite of Apple Fest: About 80,000 people came out
ELYRIA — Sunday-morning clouds may have stopped a few car buffs from displaying their shiny beauties, but the 30th Apple Festival was declared a success by its president, Linda Brown. An estimated 80,000 people saw old friends, nibbled candy apples or enjoyed various entertainment during the Apple Festival over its three-day run, according to Brown. [...]
Officer Kerstetter honored at Browns game
CLEVELAND — As Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” blared through Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday, pictures of fallen police officers from around Northeast Ohio flashed on the giant scoreboard. The crowd’s rousing ovation turned to barks, which are usually reserved for big plays on the field by the Browns. James Kerstetter would’ve appreciated the [...]
Elyria woman’s book a miraculous hit
ELYRIA — The moment is forever etched in Elyria author Maura Poston Zagrans’ mind. It came during a 2007 healing service to which several thousand people flocked to a large Catholic church in Garfield Heights in hopes of being prayed for by Dr. Issam Nemeh. The Cleveland-based doctor and devout Catholic has prayed over thousands [...]
Wife of bank robbery suspect indicted
The wife of accused bank robber Robert Starnes Jr. has been indicted on federal charges accusing her of lying to law enforcement and retaliation. Kimberly Starnes is accused of telling investigators that her husband was with her in Vermilion on July 21 around the time that a gunman robbed the Chase bank branch in Sheffield [...]
Police log for Sept. 20, 2010
Elyria police Friday, Sept. 17 11:46 a.m. – 500 block Bell Ave., carpet recently installed in dwelling is stolen. 7:45 p.m. – 300 block Ninth St., theft of copper pipes and a water meter from a vacant home. 10:24 p.m. – 400 block East Ave., front door smashed in vacant gas station. 10:30 p.m. – [...]
Elizabeth Reidy Connors
Elizabeth “Betty” Reidy Connors (nee Orosz) of Avon, formerly of Lorain, passed away quietly Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Avon Oaks Caring Community, Avon. Born August 19, 1921 in Beregszasz, a part of Hungary that became Czechoslovakia after WWI, Betty immigrated via Ellis Island to Cleveland in 1929. As a child, she worked on their [...]
Leo W. Sheets
Leo W. Sheets, 83, of Sheffield Village, died Saturday, September 18, 2010, at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born September 15, 1927 in Lorain and had resided in Sheffield Village since 1952. Leo graduated from Lorain High School in 1945, where he was a member of the Whistlers Club. He [...]
Rita Papay
Rita Papay passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010. She was the beloved wife of William; loving mother of Mark (Kelly Zuckerman), Beth (Tim Foisy) and Dawn Miller; sister of Joan Lavery; sister-in-law of Mary Ann Papay; grandmother of Hailey Foisy, Morgan and Bryan Zuckerman and Hannah Britnell; and her beloved Molly. Friends may call Tuesday, [...]
Patricia G. Burns
Patricia G. Burns (nee Amato), 79, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010. She was born and raised in Lorain, February 13, 1931 to her parents, Charles and Edna (nee Pletcher) Amato. Pat graduated from Irving Middle School and later from Lorain High School class of 1949A. She met John Burns in 1954 and they were [...]
Paul R. Manns
Paul R. Manns, 64, of North Ridgeville, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, September 18, 2010, in the emergency room at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria. He was born May 19, 1946, in Ranger, West Virginia. Mr. Manns had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1981 and had previously lived in Brooklyn, Ohio. He was [...]