Archive for January, 2011
Lorain issues snow ban
The city of Lorain has issued a citywide emergency snow ban. Parking is not permitted on any city street effective 7 a.m. Tuesday until 7 p.m. Thursday. The ban will take effect in the business district after normal business hours. Violators may be ticketed or towed.
The prosecutor’s office responds to our questions in this statement
This story originally ran Sept. 21, 1997. Here Is the text of a response from the Lorain County prosecutor’s office to questions from The Chronicle- Telegram about a lineup In the Joseph Allen-Nancy Smith molestation case: The Lorain County prosecutor’s office, the Lorain Police Department and various law enforcement agencies have been receiving questions from [...]
VIDEO: 15 inmates on lockdown after weekend jail fight
ELYRIA — A fight involving at least 15 inmates broke out Saturday night at the Lorain County Jail. Sheriff’s Lt. Jack Hammond said in a news release that the incident, which took place in an area where high-risk inmates are held, appears to have been spurred by tension between inmates from Elyria, Lorain and Cleveland. [...]
Watch upgraded to winter storm warning through Wednesday evening
Lorain County and much of the Midwest is under a winter storm warning from this evening through Wednesday morning. According to the National Weather Service, the warning is in effect from 10 tonight through 7 Wednesday evening. A previous winter storm watch has been lifted. According to the National Weather service, 2 to 4 inches [...]
Holly Brinda announces bid to run for Elyria mayor
ELYRIA — Holly Brinda, a lifelong resident of Elyria and Elyria Schools board member, formally announced her bid for mayor today. Brinda, 52, will seek the Democratic nomination and will face Mayor Bill Grace in the May primary. “I made the decision to run for Mayor, because I cannot just sit back and watch what [...]
Man charged after 7-year-old finds gun in sister’s closet
LORAIN — Police confiscated a gun yesterday afternoon after a 7-year-old girl told officers she found it in her 17-year-old sister’s closet. Officers, who were called to the West 10th Street home about 1 p.m. Sunday, spoke with the child’s father, who said he also found a bullet and believed the gun might have belonged [...]
Strategies for Helping Struggling Students
As any veteran educator can attest, no two students are the same. There’s no guarantee that an approach which works for one student will work for another. That’s part of what makes being an educator so difficult. With so many students depending on teachers to help them learn, how does a teacher identify or develop [...]
Off-duty police chief chases suspect after shots are fired
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati police chief’s off-duty visit to a downtown market led to a chase and arrest after gunshots rang out. Chief Tom Streicher was at Findlay Market on Sunday when he heard nearly a dozen gunshots, then reported seeing a man climb into a Dodge Charger and take off. Streicher followed in his [...]
Magic 103, Cavs 87: Cavaliers skid continues with loss to Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. — Following Orlando’s morning walkthrough Sunday, center Dwight Howard said his biggest fear entering the Magic’s matchup with Cleveland was being the team that allowed the Cavaliers to end their long losing streak. Turns out, he had little to worry about. And the main reason had everything to do with him. Howard had [...]
Avon bike rider to take 4,000-mile ‘Journey of Hope’
AVON — This summer, Gus Long, an Avon High School graduate, will be bicycling nearly 4,000 miles to raise money for people with disabilities. The 20-year-old University of Toledo student is one of about 80 members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity who was selected to participate in the “Journey of Hope,” a three-month odyssey from [...]
Assistant law director ends 36-year city career but won’t rule out return
ELYRIA — He has seen the worst of people and the best of Elyria. Assistant Elyria Law Director Michael Szekely worked through the Elyria race riots of 1975, which made him wonder about the future of the town, and prosecuted men who thought up elaborate schemes to kill their wives. He has seen drug addiction, [...]
Elyria Councilwoman Mary Siwierka won’t run for mayor
ELYRIA — Councilwoman Mary Siwierka, D-at large, has announced that she will not run for mayor but will throw her support behind school board member Holly Brinda. Siwierka has hinted for months that she might enter the race in the upcoming May primary, but Saturday she announced that she will instead run for re-election to [...]
Hockey: Midview thrashes Canfield for the third time
ELYRIA — There was good news and bad news for Canfield as the Cardinals headed home to the Youngstown area Sunday. The good? They don’t have to see Midview any more this season. The bad? The Middies said goodbye with their third thrashing of the Cardinals this season, a 4-0 victory at North Park that [...]
Route 82 crash sends three people to the hospital
COLUMBIA STATION — Three family members, including two children, were taken to the hospital Saturday after their car collided with a truck. Around noon, Charles Knierim, 52, of Valley City, was traveling eastbound on state Route 82 in a 2007 Kia Ultima when a 2010 Ford F-550 driven by Timothy Morgan, 26, of Cleveland, failed [...]
Police log for Jan. 31, 2011
Lorain police Sunday, Jan. 30 9:50 a.m. – 1500 block Hamilton Ave., a man taking his trash out discovered in dumpster a BB gun that was altered to look real. Black electrical tape was wrapped around the barrel tip, and the air cartridge was removed to make it look like a real gun. 4:32 p.m. [...]
Juvenile arrested, gun found after report of shots fired
ELYRIA — Police charged a juvenile after finding a gun in a vehicle and dealing with a confrontational crowd. Around 11:30 p.m., officers responded to the report of shots fired at the YWCA on Holly Lane, according to a police report. Officers surrounded a truck and removed several occupants as a large crowd gathered around [...]
Local sports roundup for Jan. 31, 2011
Five B-W athletes earn weekly honors Five Baldwin-Wallace athletes were honored by the Ohio Athletic Conference and the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association. Senior thrower Kevin Phipps was named OAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after winning the weight throw and shot put at the B-W Mid-January Meet. Senior Tristan Stoll (197 pounds) earned OAC [...]
Area Achievers: Ridgeville 8th-graders win championship
The North Ridgeville Middle School Rangers eighth-grade boys wrapped up the West Shore Conference championship with a 43-24 win over Bay Village on Jan. 19. The Rangers finished the season 18-1. The same team won the WSC championship last year as seventh-graders, compiling a 17-1 record, finishing their middle school careers 35-2. The team is [...]
Richard R. Hildebrandt
Richard R. Hildebrandt, 83, of Elyria passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 30, 2011. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria (440)322-4626.
Ruth Ann Pummell
Ruth Ann Pummell, 68, of Grafton, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2011 in her home after a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home 1021 Main St. Grafton.
Ruby J. Silvers
Ruby J. Silvers (nee Scheuvront), 69, of Elyria, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a long illness. She was born January 8, 1942 in Elyria and spent her youth in Wallace, West Virginia. Ruby was a member of the Cathedral of Life Assembly of [...]
Louise Kathryn Starbuck
Louise Kathryn Starbuck (nee Gerber), 76, of Amherst, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Main Street Care Center in Avon Lake surrounded by her loving family, following a five-month illness. She was born September 11, 1934 in Amherst, Ohio. Graduating from the former Amherst Central High School with the class of 1952, Louise has [...]
Charles J. “Charlie” Vegh
Charles J. “Charlie” Vegh, 86, of Amherst Township, died Friday, January 28, 2011. Funeral arrangements will be announced Tuesday by the Gluvna-Shimo-hromada Funeral Chapel. www.gluvna.net.
Pedro A. White, Sr.
Pedro A. White, Sr., 70, of North Ridgeville, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, January 30, 2011 following a brief illness. He was born in Cleveland, moving to North Ridgeville in 1971. Mr. White was a truck driver for many years, retiring in 1990. He was a member of St. Peter Church, N. Ridgeville. [...]
Siwierka says she won’t run for mayor
ELYRIA – Councilwoman Mary Siwierka, D-at large, has announced that she will not run for mayor but will throw her support behind school board member Holly Brinda. Siwierka has hinted for months that she might enter the race in the upcoming May primary, but Saturday she announced that she will instead run for re-election to [...]