Archive for April, 2011
Marshals looking for Lorain man police say robbed Dairy Mart at gunpoint
A Lorain man police believe robbed a Dairy Mart at gunpoint and assaulted the clerk earlier this month has been added to the U.S. Marshals’ “Dangerous Dozen” most wanted list. The clerk identified Robert Beane, 19, as a customer and picked him out of a lineup following the April 14 holdup of the Dairy Mart [...]
Editor’s column: Why we disabled website commenting
It took only minutes for readers to object Wednesday after we barred them from commenting on our stories online. “Maybe you could just delete the offending posts and let us read the rest of them,” one reader emailed me. “I understand some people don’t know how to civilly post on a public forum, but the [...]
Avon Lake Schools feeling funding pinch
AVON LAKE — Superintendent Robert Scott jokes that lawmakers at the Statehouse in Columbus duck behind alcoves to avoid educators lobbying against school cuts, so he needs residents to lobby for him. Consider the comment gallows humor. Scott anticipated $450,000 in cuts in the upcoming state biennial budget but now expects $4.4 million in cuts. [...]
2 stabbed in weekend fight at Vic’s
ELYRIA — Two people were stabbed in a bar brawl at Vic’s Night Club over the weekend, according to an Elyria police report. James Jackson, 24, of Lorain had to be LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where he was treated and released. Another victim, Anthony Smith, 22, of Elyria, had a stab wound [...]
Ohio Army nurse killed by sniper in Afghanistan
JAMESTOWN, Pa. — The mayor of a small western Pennsylvania town says her grandson, an Army nurse, has been killed by a sniper in Afghanistan. Jamestown mayor Esther McClimans tells The Herald newspaper of Sharon that Army reserve Capt. Joshua McClimans was killed Friday near Kabul. The mayor says Army officials came to the town [...]
Deputies asked to walk more to save gas
LANCASTER, Ohio — An Ohio sheriff is asking deputies to spend more time on foot and drive more slowly to save on gasoline. Sheriff Dave Phalen in central Ohio’s Fairfield County says his officers are being told to park their patrol cars for 15 minutes out of every hour and spend that time walking around [...]
Twins 4, Indians 3: Overturned call leads to 3rd straight loss
MINNEAPOLIS — The ball just didn’t bounce Michael Brantley’s way Sunday. Brantley’s three-run homer in the fourth inning was taken off the board upon replay review, a ruling that wound up playing a pivotal role in Cleveland’s 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Brantley’s shot to right field hit the limestone facing and was initially [...]
NFL draft 2011: Georgia receiver A.J. Green can make noise
Tony Ball spent the past three years with A.J. Green. As receivers coach for the University of Georgia, Ball helped Green develop into the top receiver prospect in the NFL Draft. Green has been called the most talented player in the draft by some and is a candidate to be the top overall pick. Ball [...]
15 Minutes: Meet Lataunya Conley, director of the Office of Equal Opportunity in Elyria
Lataunya Conley Age: 50 Lives in: Elyria Pursuit: Professional administrator What is your title with the city of Elyria and what does that entail? I’m the director for the Office of Equal Opportunity. That entails all civil rights areas for housing, employment discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Employment Rights, and then for [...]
Groundbreaking ceremony today for Columbus casino
COLUMBUS — Developers plan to show they’re ready for work to start on the fourth of Ohio’s planned casinos, in spite of a legal dispute. A ceremonial groundbreaking is scheduled for today at the location for the 300,000-square-foot Columbus casino. Earlier ceremonies marked the start of construction at sites in Toledo and Cincinnati; an old [...]
Lake Erie Monsters: Moose charge back to tie playoff series
CLEVELAND — The Lake Erie Monsters are hoping the third time’s the charm. The Monsters once again failed to put Manitoba away, losing 3-1 to the Moose at Quicken Loans Arena on Sunday afternoon. Lake Erie had held a 3-1 advantage in the North Division semifinal series, but the Moose won the past two games [...]
Third trial starting for woman accused of microwaving baby
DAYTON — An Ohio woman is going on trial a third time on charges she burned her baby daughter to death in a microwave oven. The Dayton Daily News reports jury selection begins today in the case of China Arnold, charged with aggravated murder in the August 2005 death of 28-day-old Paris Talley. Arnold’s first [...]
Fugitive of the Week: Joseph ‘Bucky’ Salvano, age 62
A man wanted on drug charges is this week’s Fugitive of the Week, according to the U.S. Marshals Service’s Northeast Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. Joseph “Bucky” Salvano, 62, is wanted on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute 1,000 kilos of marijuana and is believed to have fled the state, possibly to Albuquerque, N.M., [...]
VIDEO: St. Mary’s hosts Easter dinner
St. Mary’s in Elyria fed scores of folks with an Easter Dinner Sunday afternoon.
Scrapbook tells LaGrange woman’s story of transplant survival
LAGRANGE — Donna Markel sits on her living room couch, surrounded by photographs of family and friends. The pictures tell her life story, but it’s a scrapbook filled with medical documents, letters from doctors and photographs with her in a hospital room that tell Markel’s true life journey. The diagnosis Markel, 67, was a devoted [...]
Three men accused of stealing book bag, fleeing LCCC security
ELYRIA — Three teens were charged with theft Friday after campus security at Lorain County Community College chased and caught them with a student’s book bag containing about $300 in textbooks and other items. Police said the incident occurred about 2:15 p.m. when officers were sent to the college on North Abbe Road on reports [...]
Fundraiser listings for April 25, 2011
Food Pulled pork sandwich lunch, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 2949 West River Road N., Elyria. Lunch is $5 and includes sandwich, coleslaw, dessert and beverage. Carryout available. For more information, call (440) 324-1202. Lady Rangers softball fundraiser, 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Bullfrogs in North Ridgeville. Tickets [...]
Motorsports: Sandusky blasts open its season
SANDUSKY — The 2011 racing season opened at Sandusky Speedway on Saturday night, and the four classes — Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stock and Spectator Stock — saw action in the 61st season of racing at the speed plant on Perkins Avenue. Capturing the opening feature championships were Cody Rose in Spectator Stock, Jerod Karl in [...]
Marjorie Ann Abraham
Marjorie Ann Abraham (nee Ives), 58, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, April 23, 2011, after fighting a courageous battle with lymphoma. At the time of her passing, Marj was in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her husband, Timothy Abraham, and her three sons, Christopher, Kenneth, and Kyle. She was [...]
Dorothy B. Bauer
Dorothy B. Bauer, 90, of Norwalk, died Friday, April 22, 2011, in Gaymont Nursing Center. She was born March 22, 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lived in Lorain, Boone, Iowa, and moved to Norwalk in 2008, from Lorain. Dorothy attended the Chapel in Sandusky, and the Alternative Day Care Center in Sandusky. She retired [...]
Ruth Ellen Dietz
Ruth Ellen Dietz, daughter of James O. Anderson and Mae Bell (Hawk) Anderson, was born in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 1926, and died at the Mercy New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph early Saturday morning, April 23, 2011, following a period of declining strength and health. In the days prior to her passing, [...]
Antonio “Tony” Gentile
Antonio “Tony” Gentile, 65, of Avon, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011, peacefully at home. He was formerly of Avon Lake. He was born September 15, 1945 in Crotone, Italy. Tony served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He graduated from the University of Akron and did some graduate study at Case [...]
Helen Kearns
Helen Kearns (nee Sloboda) 89, of South Amherst, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, following a short illness, at Keystone Point in LaGrange. Mrs. Kearns was born in Cleveland August 25, 1921 and lived in South Amherst since 1977. She was a homemaker and a member of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in South [...]
Helen Kearns
Helen Kearns (nee Sloboda), 89 years old, of South Amherst, Ohio died on Saturday, April 23, 2011 following a short illness at Keystone Point in LaGrange, Ohio. Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio is handling the arrangements.
Deborah C. Rigo
Deborah C. Rigo (nee Johnson), 57, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Metrohealth Medical Center in Cleveland, following a brief illness. She was born in Barberton on April 6, 1954 and had been a resident of Lorain for over 25 years. Deborah enjoyed gardening and spending time with her grandchildren. Survivors include [...]