Archive for January, 2011
Utility worker Life Flighted after becoming stuck in machinery
AVON LAKE — A man had to be Life Flighted this morning after he became trapped in a piece of machinery, according to the Avon Lake Fire Department. Brian Loebick, 51, of Brooklyn Heights, was working behind 109 Lakeview Drive, according to Lt. John Reitz. Reitz said he did not know what type of machinery [...]
State wants no mercy for man who killed three at CSU in ’82
COLUMBUS — The state says no mercy should be shown to a condemned Ohio killer of three men who has never shown remorse for crimes that paralyzed a campus and city with fear. Frank Spisak is scheduled to die Feb. 17 for the 1982 murders at Cleveland State University that he blamed on his hatred [...]
Browns hire Pat Shurmur as coach (updated)
BEREA – Pat Shurmur was hired this afternoon as the 13th full-time coach in Cleveland Browns history. He replaced Eric Mangini, who was fired Jan. 3 after two seasons. Shurmur, 45, has never been a head coach, but has 23 years of coaching experience, including 12 in the NFL. He spent the last two years [...]
Lorain Schools to seek renewal levy in May
LORAIN — School board members unanimously approved submitting a 23.85-mill renewal operating levy for the May ballot during a Wednesday meeting. The levy, originally approved in 1992, collects about $9.6 million for the district annually. Board members voted down a motion 3-2 to place an additional 5-mill levy on the ballot. “I think it’s definitely [...]
Gov. Kasich to create new office to modernize Medicaid
COLUMBUS — Gov. John Kasich plans to create through executive order a new office he says will lead an effort to modernize Ohio’s Medicaid program and help contain health care costs. The Republican plans to put Greg Moody in charge of the office, according to a news release obtained ahead of Thursday’s announcement. Moody was [...]
Ohio University to allow male-female roommates
ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University plans to test allowing men and women to live together in the same dorm rooms. It’s an idea that was pushed on behalf of the school’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center. Center Director Mickey Hart tells the student-run newspaper The Post the gender-neutral housing will be of particular benefit to [...]
Raid shuts down Lorain bar operating without liquor license
LORAIN — A Lorain bar that state investigators said was operating illegally has been shut down following the execution of a search warrant last week during which a small amount of cash and a quantity of beer and alcohol were seized. The warrant was served Friday on the Highland Grill at 341 W. 23rd St., [...]
LeBron Tweet seems to take shot at Gilbert, Cavs
CLEVELAND — LeBron James has tweaked Dan Gilbert — and the Cavaliers owner’s miserable NBA team — with a pointed tweet. As James’ former teammates were absorbing a 55-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, the player fired off a message on his Twitter account that seemed to be directed at Gilbert. [...]
Girls basketball: EC struggles shooting the ball, drops first game
ELYRIA — If the Elyria Catholic girls can buy a first-half basket, maybe they’re still an undefeated basketball team today. But they couldn’t and they aren’t. Holy Name, a years-old pain in the Panthers’ collective neck, handed them their first loss of the season, 53-45, Wednesday night in a big North Coast League game. The [...]
Rams’ Shurmur could be named Browns coach soon
BEREA — Pat Shurmur quickly emerged as a candidate for the Browns coaching job, was the first to interview and hasn’t lost the lead. Yet most Browns fans haven’t embraced the thought of him standing on the north sideline along the lakefront Sunday afternoons. They better get used to the idea. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported [...]
Killer’s lawyer requests judge’s recusal
ELYRIA — A lawyer for convicted killer Justin Chapman has asked Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski to remove himself from Chapman’s case. Attorney Kenneth Lieux said he made the request because of a 9th District Court of Appeals decision that threw out the 30 years-to-life prison sentence Betleski imposed on Chapman in 2009. [...]
Ridgeville wrestler unhurt in crash that killed team trainer
A bus carrying members of a college wrestling team collided with a state snowplow on Tuesday, killing a 52-year-old athletic trainer on the bus in Crawford County. The Ohio Highway Patrol said the University of Mount Union bus was in the far right lane and passing the left-lane plow late Tuesday on U.S. 30 in [...]
Ex-safety director Chase Ritenauer steps up to challenge Lorain mayor
LORAIN — Former Deputy Safety-Service Director Chase Ritenauer has joined the mayoral race and will run in the Democratic primary in May. Ritenauer’s campaign committee released a statement saying he was going to run for mayor “as a result of his dismay and disappointment with the current state of affairs in Lorain.” Ritenauer could not [...]
Dental board expert to examine records in teen’s death; dentist restricts practice
An investigator was in Lorain this week to gather medical records regarding the death of 13-year-old Marissa Kingery of Elyria, who had a medical emergency while undergoing oral surgery with Dr. Henry Mazorow last month, according to an Ohio State Dental Board spokeswoman. The records will be presented to an expert, who will examine them [...]
Party guest accused of raping teen
MEDINA — A 49-year-old Columbia Station man accused of raping a 15-year-old Liverpool Township girl early New Year’s Day is being held in the Medina County Jail. Charles Spurlock was arrested Monday on a charge of rape, a first-degree felony. The girl’s family had guests stay over for a New Year’s Eve gathering. Guests slept [...]
Future moms can participate in children’s health study
Over the next two decades, local children will be monitored for health issues in a study seeking to unlock mysteries of childhood disease, according to a doctor at Case Western Reserve University who is overseeing the local effort. The pilot phase is beginning this year in Cuyahoga County and will involve 150 women, said Dr. [...]
Cavs get a taste of their own medicine
The Cavaliers found out Tuesday what it’s like to lose by a franchise-record 55 points, falling 112-57 to the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. Almost 20 years ago, however, Cleveland was on the other side, recording the largest victory in NBA history with a 148-80 win over the Miami Heat on Dec. 17, 1991. [...]
Harold H. Behne
Harold H. Behne, 90, of Elyria, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born May 12, 1920 in Clyde, Ohio and was an Elyria resident for most of his life. Harold worked as a machinist at the former Bendix-Westinghouse Co. in [...]
Shirley B. Stuart
Shirley B. Stuart, 88, of Spencer, and Venice, Florida, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Hospice of Medina County Inpatient Unit. She was born May 10, 1922, in Shepherd, Michigan, to Earl Franklin and Glennie Grueber Bayes and was a graduate of Shepherd High School and Saginaw Business College. She retired after 30 years [...]
John Joseph Cioffi
John Joseph Cioffi, 97, and a resident of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Denise’s Group Adult Home Care in Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born March 18, 1913 in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. In 1949, John came to Lorain, where he had made his home for the [...]
Penelope Rae Duval
Penelope Rae “Penny” Duval, 65, of Elyria, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in the Mercy Allen Hospital, following a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Elyria until she moved her residents to the Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. Miss Duval was employed at the Elyria and [...]
Mary Ruth Peak
Mary Ruth Peak, 67, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina. A native of Ohio, she was the daughter of Clarence White and Evelyn Plaka. Prior to moving to North Carolina three years ago, she lived in Warren, Pennsylvania for 19 years. Mary was a proud member [...]
Aaron L. “Tank” Oldfield
Aaron L. “Tank” Oldfield, 34, of Amherst, passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 at Renaissance Health Center, Olmsted Township, following a lengthy illness. Aaron was formerly of Elyria and had been a resident of Amherst for the past 16 years. He attended Elyria West and Keystone High Schools. Aaron was employed by Oldfield Septic Service [...]
Roy Nickoloff
Roy Nickoloff, 75, of Deland, Florida and formerly of Lorain, died Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Halifax Health-Hospice of Volusia-Flagler in Orange City, Florida. He was born August 7, 1935 in Lorain and had resided in Deland for the past 16 years. Roy graduated from Lorain High School. He served with the U.S. Army during [...]
Gabino J. Leos
His smiling way and pleasant face are a pleasure to recall; He had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all. Some day we hope to meet him, some day we know not when, to clasp his hand in the better land, never to part again. Gabino J. Leos, 26, of Elyria, passed [...]