Archive for April, 2011
Rebeka Smith
Rebeka Smith, 39, formerly of Sullivan, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was born May 16, 1971 in Elyria, Rebeka was a 1989 graduate of Black River High School. Following high school, Rebeka earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maryland. She worked as a human resources technician for the [...]
Bruce Eugene Williams
Bruce Eugene Williams, 75, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain following a brief illness. Bruce was born in Elyria on November 23, 1935 and was a life long resident. He graduated from Elyria High School in 1954, after which he served in the U.S. [...]
Browns: 2011 schedule released; opener at home vs. Bengals
BEREA — The Browns are back in prime time. The 2011 NFL schedule was released Tuesday night, and the Browns will play the rival Steelers in Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field on Dec. 8 at 8:20 p.m. on NFL Network. The Browns played all 16 games in 2010 at 1 p.m. New coach Pat Shurmur, the prospect [...]
Firefighters: Ford worker has ‘multiple traumatic injuries,’ ‘multiple broken bones’
AVON LAKE — A male employee hurt this afternoon at the Ohio Assembly Plant has “multiple traumatic injuries” and “multiple broken bones,” according to firefighters who responded. The initial call, which came in about 3:40 p.m., was that a man was trapped between two pipes. LifeCare and Avon Lake firefighters who arrived on scene reported [...]
Woman LifeFlighted after being beaten by man in back of moving vehicle
ELYRIA — An Elyria man was arrested yesterday after police say he beat a woman in the back seat of a moving vehicle. Michael Rutherford, 23, was charged with felonious assault and taken to the Lorain County Jail. A condition for the woman, who had to be LifeFlighted, was not immediately available. Police were called [...]
AUDIO: Listen to this morning’s Democratic Elyria mayoral debate
Part 1: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Part 2: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Part 3: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Part 4: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Audio courtesy of WEOL AM 930.
Kiedrowski’s honored for bringing home America’s best bakery honor
AMHERST — The weather was less than hospitable but the atmosphere was warm and festive as Tim Kiedrowski was officially honored around noontime today for having the best bakery in America as determined by an online voting contest. His family-run Kiedrowski’s Simply Delicious Bakery received just over 28,000 of some 55,000-plus votes in the competition [...]
Two men, teenager arrested after Convenient disturbance
ELYRIA — Two men and a teenager were charged after a fight between teenagers turned into a large disturbance in a Convenient Food Mart parking lot last night. Another teenager had to be taken to the hospital. Maurice Kerns, 38, of Elyria is charged with assault and aggravated assault, Justin Partlow, 27, is charged with [...]
Man says pair robbed him of $7,500, shot at him
ELYRIA — An Elyria man says he was robbed of $7,500 by a two men who struggled with him and fired a single gunshot toward him as they walked away. The 23-year-old man said he was visiting a friend to play PlayStation, and, as he walked up the exterior stairs of his home at 528 [...]
Lorain man arrested on drugs and weapons charges
LORAIN — Officers looking for a man accused of firing a gun at his girlfriend had the wrong guy but were able to make an arrest anyway when they found guns and drugs in the car the Lorain man was driving. Lawrence Scott, 25, is charged with improperly handling weapons in a motor vehicle, possession [...]
Ohio school choice voucher applicants increases
COLUMBUS — The number of applicants has increased again for an Ohio Department of Education program that offers tuition vouchers for students at low-performing public schools to attend private schools. The department says it received applications on behalf of nearly 15,400 children by Friday’s deadline. It says 11,941 were renewals and 3,456 were new. First-term [...]
High court upholds decision overturning Head Start case acquittal
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld its decision from earlier this year overturning Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge’s order acquitting Nancy Smith in the controversial Head Start child molestation case. The Supreme Court ruled in January that Burge didn’t have the power to acquit Smith of the charges that led to her imprisonment [...]
Softball: Cold can’t cool Keystone’s bats vs. Columbia
LAGRANGE — The Keystone offense is like the post office: It delivers in any kind of weather. An 11-run, two-out rally in the third inning was all the offense the Wildcats needed Monday to defeat Columbia 11-1 in a Patriot Athletic Conference crossover game at LaGrange Community Park. The game was shortened to five innings [...]
VIDEO: Elyria mayoral debate: Round 1
ELYRIA — The two Democrats vying to be Elyria mayor jabbed at one another Monday during a debate at Elyria High School. The same wasn’t true on the Republican side, as only one, David Ursi Jr., was in attendance. Ray Noble, head of the Elyria Republican Party, was absent. Mayor Bill Grace, who is seeking [...]
Son thinks mother’s shooting death could have been accident
Evan Goodenow and Cindy Leise, The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — The son of the woman found fatally shot along with her husband Saturday suspects the deaths were a tragic accident rather than a crime of passion. Jeff Bruce said he last spoke to his mother, Margaret McCoy, on Friday when she told him she was buying [...]
Air traffic controller suspended for watching movie
OBERLIN — An air traffic controller in Oberlin has been suspended after it was discovered he was watching a movie while he was supposed to be working, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The controller was working a radar position at the Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center in Oberlin on Sunday morning when the [...]
Police log for April 19, 2011
Lorain police Sunday, April 17 12:44 a.m. – 1800 block E. 30th St., woman visiting her mother told police a man she knew showed up at her mother’s home and threatened to shoot up the house as he left when she told him she would call police if he remained there. Saturday, April 16 9:10 [...]
Indians 7, Royals 3: Shelley Duncan delivers big hit as Tribe wins in 10th
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Round 1 in the showdown between unlikely AL Central leaders went to Cleveland. Pinch-hitter Shelley Duncan’s RBI double sparked a four-run 10th inning and the Indians beat Kansas City 7-3 Monday night to widen their division lead to two games over the equally surprising Royals. Duncan batted for Travis Buck after [...]
Draft might be thin, but Cavs GM confident he can find good players
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant isn’t worrying about who will ultimately be in the June 23 NBA Draft. He’s concerned only about finding two quality players from those who are eligible to be selected. “Every year, we know one thing: We know there’s 12-15 good players,” Grant said Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts. [...]
Hillis in final vs. Vick to see who will be on next Madden video game cover
Peyton Hillis versus Michael Vick. Winner take all. Hillis, the Browns running back who quickly became a fan favorite last season, advanced to the finals of the tournament to determine the player who will be on the cover of “Madden NFL 12,” the latest edition of the popular video game series. He will face Vick, [...]
Age gets woman out of DUI; judge calls sobriety test unreasonable
PULASKI, Pa. — An Ohio woman’s DUI charge was tossed out by a Pennsylvania judge who says the woman was too old to submit to a field sobriety test she failed after being involved in a collision last year. Lawrence County Common Pleas Judge Dominick Motto last month dismissed the charges against 60-year-old Danniel Weaver, [...]
EHS students impacted by T-shirts placed for child abuse, sexual assault awareness
ELYRIA — The words leapt from the colorful cotton T-shirts that were hung with clotheslines in the Elyria High School media center. “I hated being used and abused. I wish someone would have noticed and helped me sooner,” was printed in large letters on a blue adult-sized T-shirt. “I was just a precious little girl,” [...]
Retired school worker sues, claiming age bias
ELYRIA — A retired Columbia Schools’ employee who was rejected for a promotion has sued the district, accusing middle school Principal James Cottom and Superintendent Graig Bansek of age discrimination. According to the lawsuit, filed Monday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, Caren Dean had applied to be a Title I Tutor and had an [...]
Charter group to buy Lorain’s Irving School for $240K
LORAIN — Constellation Schools, a Parma-based organization that operates 17 charter schools across Northeast Ohio, has accepted an offer from the Lorain Schools to purchase the former Irving Elementary School for $240,000. Constellation Executive Director Gerald Preseven said he sent the school board a letter April 8 in which he indicated the charter school group [...]
Don’t treat me like a parolee, convicted bank robber says
ELYRIA — Convicted bank robber Robert Starnes Jr. isn’t taking no for an answer in his quest to have the Ohio Adult Parole Authority held in contempt of court for continuing to treat him as a parolee despite a court order from Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery ordering the state to stop monitoring [...]