Archive for September, 2010
High school football Week 5: Avon definitely dominant
During the preseason, Avon coach Mike Elder told everyone who asked that his defensive unit would be the strength of the team. Not everyone was buying it. “One of the guys I talked to during the preseason started to quote all of the stats against us, like our points per game and our rushing yardage [...]
High school golf: Shoremen roll at SWC tourney
HINCKLEY — Tiger Woods had his Tiger Slam. Now, Avon Lake has its Shoremen Slam. With a convincing win in Thursday’s Southwestern Conference Tournament, Avon Lake swept all four league competitions this season. The Shoremen, who shot an impressive 306 Thursday at always-tough Pine Hills to win the SWC tournament by 16 shots over runner-up [...]
High school golf: Pirates’ Stuart repeats as PAC tourney MVP
NORWALK — Please excuse Mat Stuart for being a little restless Thursday. It’s hard to wait when your fate is in someone else’s hands. Buckeye’s Ryan Ackim came through for the Black River senior, however, as Stuart held on to win MVP honors for the second straight season at the Patriot Athletic Conference Tournament at [...]
Open Door cross country invitational: Pats’ Neubauer gets win
ELYRIA — It had been at least three years since an Open Door runner took first place at its annual cross country invitational. Leave it to a freshman to snap that streak. Gabrielle Neubauer easily won the varsity girls race with a personal-best time of 21:44 — 53 seconds ahead of runner-up Kayla Welch of [...]
You’re out! in the snow at Progressive Field this winter
CLEVELAND — Play snowball! The Cleveland Indians will turn Progressive Field into an offseason winter wonderland. The team announced plans Thursday to bring in up to 150 tons of snow each day for fans to frolic in while counting down the days until spring. The “Snow Days” will run from Nov. 26 to Jan. 2 [...]
Judge James Burge defends actions in Head Start case
ELYRIA — Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge wrote in court documents to be filed today that he acted properly when he acquitted Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen in the controversial Head Start child molestation case. County Prosecutor Dennis Will and Ohio Attorney General Richard Corday have argued in an Ohio Supreme Court case [...]
Potential Lorain High site also being considered for port
LORAIN — Although the banks of the Black River remain a potential site for the new Lorain High School, several community leaders have another vision for the sprawling Lorain Port Authority property — a port. Lorain County Commissioner Lori Kokoski, who is among those championing a new port facility at the site, commonly referred to [...]
Mother of Jesse Crum Jr. takes plea deal in unrelated case
OBERLIN — Alyson Sweany, the mother of Jesse Crum Jr. who is facing endangering children charges in connection with her son’s March death, took a plea deal Thursday in an unrelated case in Oberlin Municipal Court. Sweany, 22, entered a no contest plea to unlawful congregation on a public sidewalk for a May 15 shouting [...]
Police log for Sept. 24, 2010
Elyria police Wednesday, Sept. 22 12:22 p.m. – River Walk Park, car keyed while parked in lot. 2:00 p.m. – 500 block Bell Ave., coin-operated dryer stolen from second-story laundry room. 6:59 p.m. – 100 block Hodge Court, Jodeci Johnson, 18, of Elyria, charged with criminal trespass and obstructing official business. 7:32 p.m. – 300 [...]
Lorain seeks $1 million cleanup grant
LORAIN — The city is applying for more than $1 million in state money to help prepare a site along the Black River that the city hopes to turn into a new wastewater treatment plant. Lorain is asking for money from the Clean Ohio Brownfield Revitalization Fund to clean out infrastructure from industrial buildings on [...]
Horrom James Brown
Horrom James Brown, 80, of Elyria, went home to be with his Lord Sunday, September 19, 2010, in his home, following a long illness. Friends may call Saturday, September 25, 2010, in the Unity Missionary Baptist Church of Elyria, 326 Fuller Road, from 10 A.M. until the time BROWN of service at 11 A.M., where [...]
Anna Marie Buckingham
Anna Marie Buckingham, 55, of Grafton Twp., passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Elyria Memorial Hospital R.M.C. after a 38 year battle with cancer. She was born September 6, 1955 in Oberlin, living in Elyria Twp. most of her life, before moving to Grafton Twp. 12 years ago. She was a member of Our [...]
Margaret Ann Dotson
Margaret Ann Dotson, 40, of LaGrange, died after a sudden illness Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria. Margaret was born May 10, 1970 in Amherst and lived in the area for 23 years. She was a full time mother and a member of the First Baptist Church in Spencer, Ohio. [...]
Dr. Edward A. Tomko D.D.S.
Dr. Edward A. Tomko D.D.S., 83, of Grafton, passed away in his home Thursday, September 23, 2010 following a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
James R. Brown II
James R. Brown II, 33, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at his home. He was born June 17, 1977 in Oberlin, and had been a Vermilion and Amherst resident. James worked at Tuffy’s Auto Body, Lorain and Tomco Tree Service. He was raised in the First Baptist Church of Vermilion and enjoyed hunting, [...]
Faith Brown
Faith Brown (nee Carroll), 87, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at the Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. She was born July 3, 1923 in Bee Springs, Kentucky. Faith had worked as a clerk for G. C. Murphy Co. in North Ridgeville. She treasured time with family [...]
Police shoot and killed armed man in Sandusky County
BELLEVUE, Ohio — In the second such incident in Sandusky County in as many months, police shot and killed a Bellevue man who officers said pointed a handgun at them. James David, Sr., 60, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was taken to the Lucas County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy. Bellevue Police [...]
Police say robber pepper-sprayed 66-year-old bingo volunteer, took $2,000
BATAVIA, Ohio — Police say a man blasted pepper spray into the face of a 66-year-old church volunteer in southwest Ohio, then stole $2,000 in bingo proceeds. Police say the man was leaving St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church with funds raised through bingo games when he was accosted by a young man who demanded the [...]
Royals 4, Indians 2: Tribe sinks deeper into last place
CLEVELAND – Maybe last place is where the Indians belong. It sure looked like it Thursday night at Progressive Field. Facing the fourth-place Royals and unheralded starting pitcher Sean O’Sullivan, Cleveland played like a certified basement resident, dropping a 4-2 decision in the opener of a four-game series between the bottom two teams in the [...]
Royals 4, Indians 2: Tribe falls farther behind KC
The Indians bid to get out of the Central Division cellar was dealt a blow in a 4-2 loss to fourth-place Kansas City at Progressive Field on Thursday. Cleveland trailed 3-0 after six innings, starting pitcher Mitch Talbot allowing all of the runs over five innings of work.
Indians notes from Thursday: Bullpen offers optimism for 2011
CLEVELAND – If there’s one area the Indians could avoid addressing this offseason, it is the bullpen. Since a rough start, Cleveland’s relief corps has provided one of the few highlights in an otherwise disappointing year, giving reason for optimism in the department for 2011. “I am happy with the way our bullpen has [...]
Pair face various sex, prostitution charges for streaming sex with underage girl
An Amherst man and a Lorain man face a list of charges after police say they engaged in sex with a girl under 16 and streamed it on the Internet at various times. Max Torgerson, 21, of Amherst and Darrin Karnik, 18, of Lorain are each charged with two counts of sexual impostion, two counts [...]
State launches website for new health care laws
COLUMBUS — State officials say 55,000 additional Ohioans will be able to obtain health coverage because of new laws that allow young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance plans. President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul allows young adults to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26. In Ohio, a new law extends [...]
Child LifeFlighted from crash; 4 total sent to hospital
LORAIN — A little girl believed to be between 4 and 6 years old was taken by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland last night following a two-car crash near the Henderson Bridge. The accident occurred shortly after 8:30 p.m. between Denny’s and McDonald’s on state Route 611 on the east side of the [...]
Brookside teen’s accident forwarded to juvenile authorities
SHEFFIELD — Police have forwarded results of their investigation into last weekend’s accident that left a Brookside High School senior with head injuries to Lorain County juvenile authorities. “We want to let the juvenile prosecutor look at it to make a determination if there will be any action taken (charges filed),” Sheffield Police Chief Larry [...]