Archive for January, 2011
Police log for Jan. 23, 2011
Elyria police Thursday, Jan. 20 8:46 a.m. – 100 block College Park Drive, car stolen from apartment building parking lot. 10:08 a.m. – 500 block S. Abbe Road, a woman reported a man who lives with her pushed her through the drywall in her bedroom and choked her into unconsciousness during an argument. 10:38 a.m. [...]
4 hurt in pair of area crashes
ELYRIA – Two separate car crashes in the area sent four people to a Cleveland hospital Saturday, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. A 1997 Saturn driven by 23-year-old Benjamin Mahar, of Vermilion, slid off the eastbound side of Darrow Road east of state Route 60 about 2:30 a.m. Mahar and front-seat passenger Chad Parmer, [...]
Columbia Station bank robbed
COLUMBIA STATION — The FBI and the county Sheriff’s Office are searching for a white man in his 40s who robbed a Fifth-Third bank Saturday in Columbia Station, getting away with an undisclosed amount of money. The robber is described as being 6 feet tall and around 225 pounds, according to FBI Special Agent Scott [...]
William F. Janezic
William F. Janezic, 87, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, following an extended illness. He was born in Lorain August 7, 1923 and was a graduate of Lorain High School as a member of the Class of 1941. Mr. Janezic was a World War [...]
Richard D. Vanluit
Richard D. Vanluit, 73, of Elyria, died at EMH Regional Medical Center Friday, January 21, 2011, following a long illness. Mr. Vanluit was born May 18, 1937 in Cleveland, and lived in Port Clinton for 25 years, before moving to Elyria five years ago. He was self employed in plastics. He enjoyed boating, fishing, golfing [...]
Marc Amato
Marc Amato, 50, passed away Friday, January 14, 2011. Marc was living in North Royalton and was formerly from Elyria. He was a U.S. Marine Corp Veteran. He was the beloved father of Alexandria and Adriana; loving son of Donald and Georgia Sanders (Joe); cherished brother of Toni Priest, Terri and Suzanne Amato; uncle, cousin [...]
Violet E. Taylor
Violet E. Taylor (nee Farkas), 78, of North Ridgeville, passed away Friday, January 21, 2011 at St. John Medical Center, Westlake, following a long illness. She was born in Powellton, West Virginia and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1989 moving from Cleveland, where she had lived for 20 years. Violet worked as [...]
George R. Loughren
George R. Loughren, 90, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011. He loved gardening, yard work and feeding the birds and deer. In his youth he played golf, baseball, horseshoes, and bowling. He enjoyed boating, camping, and fishing, he also enjoyed his family and neighbors. He was the beloved husband of the late Dawn; father of [...]
Ruth M. Smith
Ruth M. Smith (Zimmer), 87, of Elyria, died Thursday, January 20, 2010 at Wesleyan Village in Elyria, following a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland Street, Elyria.
Respects paid to slain Lorain Marine
LORAIN — Lance Cpl. Ryan Giese exemplified what it meant to be a Marine. It was not found in his stoic face seen forever young on his Marine graduation photo or in the buzz cut he sported the day he graduated from Marine boot camp. Those who knew Giese best said he surrendered to the [...]
Thief takes Elyria Legion’s giant flag
ELYRIA — An American flag was stolen from its 40-foot pole outside the American Legion Post 12 building on Ohio Street. According to reports by Legion members, sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, the 8-foot by 12-foot weatherproof flag was cut off and removed from the pole. Post Commander Joe Rodgers was the first [...]
Karlie’s critter crusade goes national
Columbia Station girl appears on Ellen DeGeneres’ TV show to talk about donations to local animal charities
Lorain officer suspended twice in two months for misconduct
LORAIN — A police officer who was demoted nearly two years ago following complaints has been suspended twice in the past two months, once for “gross misconduct,” and was warned each time “to correct your pattern of unacceptable behavior.” Patrolman James Wolford was suspended for one 12½-hour work day in December for a May incident [...]
ROUNDUP: Jan. 22, 2011
Men: Alleged gunman threatening from jail LORAIN — A pair of victims who said a gunman demanded they strip naked last weekend while he looked for his cell phone reported to police that they are receiving threatening calls from the jailed suspect. The two Lorain men told officers they were in a West 23rd Street [...]
Elyria Catholic stays home for coach: St. Ed grad has been one of Panthers’ top assistants
ELYRIA – The Coliseum was rocking during Elyria Catholic’s winter sports pep rally Friday afternoon, and the student body and faculty found a way to kick it up a notch. The school announced former football assistant coach Michael Polevacik had been hired as the new head coach. “I am so thankful for this opportunity,” Polevacik [...]
Hiring has star power: Jauron, Browns’ new defensive coordinator, has wealth of playing and coaching experience
BEREA – Dick Jauron was a star running back at Yale, an NFL safety for nine years and a Pro Bowl punt returner. He began coaching defensive backs in 1986 and was an NFL head coach for nine seasons. He’s the Browns’ new defensive coordinator. “Dick is someone I have known for many years, who [...]
Boys basketball: Brunswick buries Elyria with fast start
ELYRIA – When you force a team into 28 turnovers and take 25 more shots, you’re supposed to win aren’t you? Don’t tell that to Elyria, which did just that Friday at the old Elyria West gym and still got pounded 68-50 by Brunswick in Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division play. Of course, Brunswick hit [...]
Boys basketball: Suffocating defensive stretch leads Avon past Bay
AVON – Avon coach Jim Baker isn’t naive. Good teams – and the West Shore Conference has plenty of them this year, he says – will score points, no matter how well the Eagles play defense. But if Avon can play enough lockdown defense to get its high-powered offense going, Baker says, good things will [...]
Boys basketball: Midview rolls North Ridgeville early, then hangs on
EATON TWP. – It’s always big when Midview and North Ridgeville meet. Friday was no exception. But when it came time to play big, well, the Middies got the job done on this night, turning in a 64-57 win in West Shore Conference matchup that didn’t lack for intensity. Two technical fouls and an intentional [...]
Cavaliers can’t Buck trend vs. Bucks, lose 15th straight game
CLEVELAND – There is no end in sight. The Cavaliers lost for the 15th straight time and for the 25th time in their last 26 games Friday night, getting dismantled 102-88 by a not-very-good Milwaukee Bucks team in front of another imaginary sellout crowd at Quicken Loans Arena. “The breaking point is already past for [...]
BLOTTER: Jan. 22, 2011
Elyria police Thursday, Jan. 20 8:47 a.m. — 100 block College Park Dr., 1995 Honda Accord stolen overnight. 10:05 a.m. — Speedway, 990 E. Broad St., a woman was seen stealing a 12-pack of beer and several candy bars then fleeing in a red vehicle. 10:49 a.m. — 300 block High St., cell phone and [...]
Boys basketball: VASJ has too much of everything for Elyria Catholic
ELYRIA – Too many turnovers and too many fouls for Elyria Catholic. Too many big, fast, athletic guys for Villa Angela-St. Joseph. The outcome of Friday night’s North Coast League game was almost inevitable. VASJ went back to Cleveland with a 74-50 victory. The Vikings improved to 6-6 overall and 3-3 in the NCL while [...]
Lorain police officer suspended twice in last two months
LORAIN — A police officer who was demoted nearly two years ago following a string of complaints has been suspended twice in the past two months, once for “gross misconduct,” and was warned each time “to correct your pattern of unacceptable behavior.” Patrolman James Wolford was suspended for one 12½-hour work day in December for [...]
Updated: Dick Jauron hired as Browns defensive coordinator
BEREA — Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron was hired this evening as defensive coordinator of the Browns, the team announced. Jauron, 60, was also a candidate to become coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he spent 2010 as a senior assistant/defensive backs coach. “Dick is someone I have known for many years, who is [...]
Authorities seek man in police dog stabbing
McARTHUR, Ohio — Ohio authorities are looking for a suspect accused of stealing a police vehicle with a police dog inside, then stabbing a second police dog called in to help search. The search was under way Friday morning near the Meigs and Vinton county line in southern Ohio. Lt. Gary Lewis of the State [...]