Archive for March, 2011
Tribe notes: Final rotation spot to be decided soon
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Indians’ biggest decision of the spring is expected to be revealed Friday. Manager Manny Acta said he would announce the winner of the race among right-handers Josh Tomlin and Jeanmar Gomez and left-hander David Huff for the final spot in the rotation. Acta has already limited the field to two pitchers, [...]
Men arrested after dispute, chase
ELYRIA — A call to police Monday that a man had fired a gun and was chasing his estranged wife in a vehicle turned out to be only partly true, police said. The man, James Avalos, did not have a weapon, but police believe he did challenge his wife and a man she was with [...]
Retrial under way in sex assault case involving 10-year-old
ELYRIA — The second trial of a Grafton man accused of forcing himself on a 10-year-old girl in 2006 got under way in Lorain County Common Pleas Court on Monday. Richard Boone was convicted of rape and gross sexual imposition last year during his first trial, but county Common Pleas Judge James Burge later declared [...]
Cavs notes: Baron Davis won’t rush his return
CLEVELAND — First it was a sore left knee. Then it was his grandmother’s death. Now it’s back spasms. Cavaliers point guard Baron Davis did not play Monday against the Orlando Magic at Quicken Loans Arena due to back spasms, but could be back in uniform as early as Wednesday when Cleveland hosts the New [...]
Elyria mom pleads no contest to DUI from crash with teen daughter
ELYRIA — An Elyria woman pleaded no contest Monday to endangering children and drunken driving charges stemming from a Sept. 21 crash when her 15-year-old daughter was in the car. An additional charge of failure to control against Darlene Waters, 45, was dismissed. Waters was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but most of that [...]
Jack L. Dillon
Jack L. Dillon, 83, of Oberlin, died March 20, 2011. He was born on February 24, 1928 in Centralia, West Virginia. He retired from U.S. Steel, in Lorain, after working there for 40 years. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary (Melvin) Dillon; daughters Connie Dillon, Wellington, and Mary Saunders, Elyria; and [...]
Marilyn J. Handley
Marilyn J. Handley, 78, of Sullivan, died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Hospice of North Central Ohio in Ashland. Daughter of the late Fred and Fannie (nee Briner) Hartley, Marilyn was born in Polk on January 10, 1933. She graduated from Polk High School in 1951. Marilyn worked at the United States Post Office in [...]
Damon Paul Hill
Damon Paul Hill, 82, of Wellington, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin. Born on August 13, 1928 in Duck, West Virginia to the late William and Lois (nee Friend) Hill. Damon lived in Lorain County for most of his life and served in the United States Army from 1946 until [...]
Luther H. Lay
Luther H. Lay, 71 years of age, and a resident of Vermilion, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011, at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a brief illness. He was born March 23, 1939 in Kaua, Kentucky. Luther was raised in Amherst, before moving to Vermilion where he had made his home for over [...]
Marjorie M. LeBeau
Marjorie M. LeBeau, 96, of Oberlin, died Monday, March 21, 2011, at Kendal at Oberlin, after a long illness. Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria is handling arrangements.
Matthew J. Schneider
Matthew J. Schneider, 31, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011, at his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, 36625 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville.
Howard L. Wade
Howard L. Wade, 84, of Camden Township passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a long illness. He was born August 7, 1926 in Star City, West Virginia And was a Camden Twp. Resident for 45 years. Howard worked as a machinist for many years at the Lear-Seigler Corp. in [...]
Acta to announce rotation winner Friday
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Indians’ biggest decision of the spring is expected to be revealed Friday. Manager Manny Acta said he would announce the winner of the race between right-handers Josh Tomlin and Jeanmar Gomez and left-hander David Huff for the final spot in the rotation. Acta has already limited the field to two pitchers, [...]
Lewis reportedly placed on waivers
SURPRISE, Ariz. — It appears the Indians have run out of patience with Jensen Lewis. A number of media outlets reported Monday that Cleveland had placed the struggling right-handed reliever on waivers. And though Indians officials did not confirm the reports, it is almost certain that Lewis will not open the season on the big [...]
Indians rained out in Surprise
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Indians’ exhibition game Monday against the Royals at Surprise Stadium was rained out. There will be no makeup. One of the three pitchers in the race to win the final spot in Cleveland’s rotation, right-hander Josh Tomlin (0-0, 1.13 ERA), was scheduled to make his second start (fourth appearance). Contact Chris [...]
Amherst couple pleads guilty in Jesse Crum Jr. death
ELYRIA — Dallas and Therese Jones pleaded guilty today to endangering children and drug charges in connection with the March 2010 death of Jesse Crum Jr. Jesse was 3 years old when he was taken by helicopter to a Cleveland hospital, where he died from head injuries a few days later. He had been living [...]
State panel to hear from prison director on budget
COLUMBUS — An Ohio House committee is ready to question the man overseeing budget-cutting changes for Ohio prisons. Gov. John Kasich wants to sell five prisons to private operators, overhaul the state’s sentencing laws and charge inmates for electricity in an effort to save the state millions of dollars amid an $8 billion budget shortfall. [...]
Photo gallery: Springs comes to Lorain County
Parole board rejects mercy for death row inmate scheduled to die next month
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Parole Board has rejected mercy for a killer scheduled to die next month for beating to death a fellow jail inmate in Cincinnati while awaiting sentencing for murder. Investigators say Clarence Carter punched, choked, kicked and stomped on Johnny Allen for at least 30 minutes during a 1988 fight, stopping intermittently [...]
Playstation controller causes gun scare at admin building
ELYRIA — A man was taken down at gunpoint in downtown Elyria this morning after a caller reported seeing a man with a gun in the parking deck of the county administration building. Police and sheriff’s deputies searched the parking deck and administration building before stopping the man and taking him down to the ground [...]
Husband in Ohio ‘caged kids’ case to leave jail
NORWALK — An Ohio man who forced some of his 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in cages has been released from prison, five days after his wife. A prison spokesman says 62-year-old Michael Gravelle was released about 9 a.m. Monday from the Hocking Correctional Facility in Nelsonville in southeast Ohio. He and his wife, [...]
Soldier from Bucyrus dies in Afghanistan
BUCYRUS — A soldier from north-central Ohio has been shot to death while serving in Afghanistan. The U.S. military said in a statement Sunday that 29-year-old Army Cpl. Donald R. Mickler Jr. of Bucyrus died Saturday in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. Defense officials say Mickler and a fellow soldier who also died Saturday had been [...]
NCAA tournament: Red-hot Buckeyes roll into Sweet 16
CLEVELAND — The only thing that was difficult to discern Sunday night at Quicken Loans Arena was which Ohio State player’s performance was the most impressive. Was it senior forward David Lighty’s 7-for-7 shooting night from behind the 3-point arc? Could it have been freshman guard Aaron Craft’s career-high 15 assists off the bench? Or [...]
Grady back in action for the Indians
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Grady Sizemore grounded out to second base in the first inning Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Goodyear Ballpark. Nothing special. Only this time it was. More photos below. The routine grounder was the first official swing for Sizemore, who made his exhibition debut in the Indians’ 5-3 victory over Arizona. “It [...]
15 Minutes: Get to know EC scorekeeper Nicole Spaetzel
Nicole Spaetzel Age: 18 Pursuit: Scorekeeper Interviewed at the Schottenstein Arena on OSU campus What are your duties with the Elyria Catholic girls basketball team? I just travel with the team, I do the scorebook for them and mostly I have fun with the girls. You’re like an unsung hero with the team? I guess, [...]