Archive for March, 2011
U.S. Marshals find man wanted in Monday kidnapping
U.S. Marshals have arrested the Elyria man accused of taking his girlfriend’s 7-year-old son Monday. The child was found safe, but Johnson remained at large. Gregory Johnson, 42, was arrested today, according to Deputy Tony Keffer, U.S. Marshals Service task force coordinator for Lorain County. Johnson had been named fugitive of the week while he [...]
Bank robber caught after trying to make getaway on city bus
DAYTON — Police in Ohio say a man robbed a bank and then tried to flee on board a public bus, where officers eventually caught up with him. Dayton police Sgt. Moe Perez tells the Dayton Daily News the suspect got away with cash from a downtown KeyBank branch at around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Police [...]
Lawmakers begin review of Ohio governor’s budget plan
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s budget director is telling state lawmakers that they should have been bracing for the loss of millions of federal stimulus dollars and preparing to see changes to school funding. Tim Keen was questioned Wednesday by the House Finance committee about Gov. John Kasich’s $55.5 billion budget plan. The proposal aims to fill [...]
Gov. Kasich wants to open parks to oil, gas drilling
TOLEDO — Ohio’s governor wants to open up state parks to drilling for natural gas and oil, hoping the state can tap into lucrative shale deposits underneath the eastern half of Ohio. It’s a move that state leaders believe will bring jobs and money to Ohio. But there are worries about whether the process harms [...]
State lawmakers hear testimony on bill to restrict abortions
COLUMBUS — Lawmakers reviewing an Ohio bill to outlaw abortions after the first medically detectable heartbeat are hearing more testimony from bill supporters as opponents announce new efforts to support abortion rights. The anti-abortion group Faith2Action says women from Cleveland, Dayton and Howard were among those testifying Wednesday in support of the bill during a [...]
Friend of Oberlin student who fell pleads not guilty
OBERLIN — A 20-year-old Oberlin College student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of criminal trespassing in connection with an accident Friday night at the Oberlin College Facilities Building where another student plunged 30 to 35 feet after falling off a platform on top of the building into a pit. Dylan Reid, of Chicago, [...]
Elyria man accused of beating girlfriend, hurting 1-year-old
ELYRIA — A man allegedly beat his girlfriend and injured a 1-year-old child during a domestic dispute in a car on Sunday. Around 9:38 p.m., police responding to an assault call on 12th Street found Robert Martin, 31, of Elyria, walking toward them holding the baby, who had blood dripping down its face. In a [...]
Oberlin Fire Department receives $54,000 federal grant
OBERLIN — Members of Congress today announced a federal award of $54,117 to the Oberlin Fire Department for operations and safety. Eligible uses for the grant money are training, equipment, personal protective equipment, wellness and fitness, and health and safety modifications to stations and facilities. The funding was made available through the Department of Homeland [...]
Man says he shot at four males who attacked him
ELYRIA — An Elyria man said he shot at four males who jumped him overnight. Police were called to the man’s Berwick Court home about 9:45 p.m. after the man’s girlfriend called to report she’d heard shots fired outside. Albert Goldsmith, 49, who has a concealed-carry permit, also contacted a dispatcher to report the shots [...]
Teen arrested after taking knife to EHS, threatening to stab another student
ELYRIA — A 16-year-old Elyria boy was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated menacing after threatening to stab another student at Elyria High School yesterday. A principal called police about 8:30 a.m. after he was contacted by a teacher to inform him that a 16-year-old student was not taking his Ohio Graduation Test [...]
Woman reports ex for threatening YouTube video
LORAIN — A woman reported on Monday that an ex-boyfriend made a YouTube video in which he threatens to kill her live-in boyfriend assault their 2-year-old daughter. The woman and her boyfriend found the video online, and it contained her boyfriend’s name in the title. The woman told police she “has been having problems” with [...]
Friends, colleagues gather to remember Officer Kerstetter
ELYRIA — More than 100 people gathered in front of the Elyria Police Department on West Avenue for a brief but emotional tribute to Sgt. James Kerstetter, who was killed in the line of duty one year ago Tuesday. The officer was promoted to sergeant posthumously. Police cars parked in front of the building with [...]
Kalo proposes cutting 2011 county budget 3-10% to deal with state cuts
ELYRIA — Lorain County Commissioner Ted Kalo proposed cutting between 3 percent and 10 percent of the county budget for the rest of the year in an effort to deal with the reduced local government funding that will come from the state under Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget. The county has already approved a [...]
NCAA tournament: Coaches fear power of the 3
BYU’s Jimmer Fredette and Vanderbilt’s John Jenkins rarely get to the 3-point line before they are being hounded by a defender. Leave them alone, they’re likely to take a long shot and score. Pay too much attention, they’re likely to find an open teammate closer to the basket. A quarter-century of 3-pointers in college basketball [...]
Cincinnati taxi driver, passenger die in fiery crash during police chase
CINCINNATI — Police in Cincinnati say a cab driver and his passenger were killed in a fiery crash when the taxi collided with a sport utility vehicle being chased by police. Officer Mike Flamm with the police traffic unit tells The Cincinnati Enquirer that officers were pursuing the SUV because it had been reported stolen. [...]
State lawmakers drop all-day kindergarten mandate
COLUMBUS — Ohio school districts would not be required to offer all-day kindergarten, under a bill that’s headed to the governor’s desk. Republican Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign the legislation, which the state Senate approved on a 25-8 vote on Tuesday. The Ohio House passed the bill earlier. The all-day-K mandate was part [...]
$1 million worth of marijuana seized in turnpike stop
ELYRIA TWP. — A man from Colorado is facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 188 pounds of BC Bud marijuana, valued at nearly $1 million, during a traffic stop yesterday. Troopers stopped a 2011 GMC Yukon for a marked lanes violation eastbound on the Ohio Turnpike east of the Interstate [...]
Kasich’s budget: County and cities deal with cuts
ELYRIA — Gov. John Kasich’s proposed two-year budget, unveiled Tuesday, would slash the amount of money the county, as well as cities, villages and townships, would receive from the state over the next two years. Under the last two-year budget, Lorain County was slated to receive $16,465,257 in 2011 through what is known as local [...]
Kasich’s budget: Schools and libraries crunch numbers
Government entities across the state are crunching numbers now that Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget is public, but they aren’t the only ones. Kasich, who was faced with overcoming an $8 billion deficit, boasted Tuesday that he did it, and he didn’t raise taxes. But his elation wasn’t shared by the entities that are now [...]
Car dealer Tom Ganley indicted on sexual assault charges
Car dealer and former Republican congressional candidate Tom Ganley has been indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted a would-be campaign volunteer in 2009. Ganley, 68, faces charges of kidnapping, abduction, soliciting, menacing by stalking and three counts of gross sexual imposition, according to the indictment handed down by a Cuyahoga County grand jury. Ganely [...]
Rite Aid workers on strike
LORAIN — Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union have gone on strike at six of 25 unionized Rite Aid drugstores in Northeast Ohio. Picketers wearing yellow rain slickers and holding “On Strike” signs stood outside at least two Rite Aid locations in Lorain amid a steady drizzle Tuesday afternoon. The strike [...]
EC girls basketball will face Oak Hill Friday in state semifinal
Back in the day when someone in the Southern Ohio town of Oak Hill said “throw up a brick,” he or she might not have been talking basketball. The topic might very well have been bricks. For those who don’t know much about Oak Hill — and you know who you are — it is [...]
VIDEO: Protesters denounce union-restricting bill, governor’s budget
OBERLIN — Cuts in education funding and a doubling of scholarships for children to attend private schools in Gov. John Kasich’s budget were on the minds of people who gathered in the rain Tuesday evening on Tappan Square to protest the budget and Senate Bill 5. Funneling money to charter schools amounts to an attack [...]
Tribe’s Mitch Talbot throws better, can relax a bit
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Mitch Talbot finally offered up a positive pitching performance Tuesday at Goodyear Ballpark, easing some fears within the Indians organization, including his own. After struggling mightily in his first three exhibition appearances, Talbot, the Indians’ third starter, allowed just a run on six hits over five innings in Cleveland’s 9-7 win over [...]
Girls basketball: EC’s Emily Taylor second team All-Ohio
The basketball season just keeps getting better for Elyria Catholic. Guard Emily Taylor was voted to the Division III All-Ohio second team, the Associated Press announced Tuesday. The 5-foot-6 senior averaged 10 points a game during the regular season. Senior 6-0 post Ashley Schuster was named to the third team after averaging 12.8 points. They [...]