Archive for May, 2011
Officials: Internet cafes no problem so far
ELYRIA — The presence of Internet cafes in the city has not caused problems, but has brought in thousands in revenue to the city coffers, according to city officials. The first gaming establishments where customers plunk down cash in exchange for time cards or phone cards they use to gamble or play games online, popped [...]
Open Door’s getting ready for some football
ELYRIA TWP. — After spending six years at Open Door Christian School, Zach Thomas was considering leaving for a school that had a football team so he could play. Now he can stay put. The creation of a football team that was announced one year ago was made official Friday evening with the dedication of [...]
Students to model clothing OK with Elyria Schools’ dress code at mall
More than 60 Elyria Schools students will take to the runway today to show off examples of next school year’s new dress code in a fashion show at Midway Mall. The idea for the fashion show started with a simple request from district spokeswoman Amy Higgins, who wanted to photograph children in outfits that depict [...]
Chain-reaction crash sends 4 to hospitals
ELYRIA TWP. — A five-car crash in the eastbound lanes of state Route 2 sent four people to local hospitals Friday night. The crash occurred about 7:38 p.m. as traffic was at a near stop for a lane closure in a construction zone at Middle Ridge Road, according to a release from the Ohio Highway [...]
ROUNDUP: May 21, 2011
Shooting victim refiles lawsuit against ex-wife ELYRIA — An Avon man has refiled a lawsuit against his ex-wife, accusing her of shooting him four times in 2007. Herminio Carrasquillo had dropped the lawsuit against Pamela Carrasquillo in May 2010, a few months before his ex-wife’s attempted aggravated murder conviction was thrown out by the 9th [...]
Governor considering clemency for death row inmate
COLUMBUS— Ohio Gov. John Kasich has hinted that he might consider clemency for a condemned killer of two scheduled to die in June. The governor says there is considerable doubt in the case of forty-three-year-old Shawn Hawkins, sentenced to death for killing two men in Cincinnati in 1989. The Ohio Parole Board earlier this month [...]
EHS debuts dress code Saturday
Taking to the runway Saturday will be more than 60 Elyria Schools students who will show off examples of next school year’s new dress code in a fashion show at Midway Mall. The idea for the fashion show started with a simple request from Amy Higgins, district spokeswoman, who wanted to photograph children in outfits [...]
SB 5 opponents say they’re halfway to goal of more than 450,000 signatures
COLUMBUS — Opponents of Ohio’s new collective bargaining law say they’re nearly halfway to their goal as they gather petition signatures toward putting a referendum on the fall ballot. The group We Are Ohio said Friday it has collected more than 214,000 signatures so far. It’s shooting for more than 450,000, to be certain of [...]
Fausto Carmona rocked by White Sox
CHICAGO — Fausto Carmona isn’t fooling anyone on the Chicago White Sox this season. The Cleveland Indians righty was roughed up for eight runs over five innings Thursday night as the White Sox beat the first-place Indians 8-2. “I don’t know what happened,” Carmona said. “I still felt very good. In the bullpen the ball [...]
Avon baseball tops Padua for win No. 23
LORAIN — Donny Kelly said there were a lot of ideas bouncing around his mind when he came to bat in the fourth inning Thursday night. It was a good thing he listened to the one that said he was going to see a fastball on an 0-2 pitch. Kelly, a sophomore second baseman, delivered [...]
American Greetings moving to Crocker Park
BROOKLYN, Ohio — American Greetings Corp. has decided to move its main offices from Brooklyn, Ohio, to Westlake. Executives with the nation’s largest publicly traded greeting-card maker told employees today that the company plans to build a new headquarters that will be known as American Greetings Creative Studios. In their message to the work force, [...]
16-year-old seriously hurt in morning accident
CAMDEN TWP. — A 16-year-old boy from Wakeman was seriously hurt in an accident this morning in Camden Township. The teen is now at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where he is unconscious, but his injuries aren’t life-threatening, according to Trooper Francway from the State Highway Patrol. Francway said the teen was driving a 1998 [...]
LeBron James an adviser to Duke point guard Kyrie Irving
CHICAGO — Duke point guard Kyrie Irving brushes off suggestions that he might be the Cavaliers’ latest savior. The consensus No. 1 prospect in next month’s NBA Draft is aware of comparisons to LeBron James, whose controversial departure last year for the Miami Heat sent the Cavs into a tailspin. “The comparisons will come regardless,” [...]
Softball: Keystone rolls over Holy Name
LAGRANGE — Unheralded Holy Name rolled into town Thursday afternoon and quickly put up an unearned run against top-seeded, top-ranked Keystone. This, of course, played right into the Wildcats’ hands. The defending Division II district champs answered with four of their own in the home half of the first inning, then rolled to an 11-1 [...]
Vermilion freshman Hannah Bartlome wins district in high jump two months after first jump
EATON TWP. — Vermilion’s Hannah Bartlome has taken a leap of faith … and it’s paid off in a big way for the freshman. Bartlome, who first began competing in the high jump just two months ago, soared past the field to capture the Division II district championship at Midview High School on Thursday night. [...]
Cool spring means worse summer tick season for Ohio, experts say
COLUMBUS — A cooler spring has left Ohio’s tick population hungry, ready to feast and probably willing to stick around longer. Ohio State University entomologist Glen Needham says as the weather warms up, the bloodsucking bugs will — in his words — “go gangbusters.” He tells The Columbus Dispatch the state’s tick season usually runs [...]
Colorful blossom is latest way to raise money for breast cancer awareness
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — An award-winning new variety of hydrangea gaining fame for its vibrant, large pink blossoms is being used by area garden centers and nurseries to raise money and awareness in the battle against breast cancer. One of those efforts was the Evening in the Garden fundraiser for breast cancer research Thursday night at [...]
Neighbors, police trying to take back Furnace Street
ELYRIA — From bands of kids roaming the streets to an unprovoked attack of a homeless man, crime is increasing in one Elyria neighborhood and it has police intensifying their efforts to catch those responsible. Neighbors, too, are banding together with a vow not to surrender Furnace Street to further crime. The last straw for [...]
$6 million hotel planned for Elyria
ELYRIA — A $6 million, four-story hotel is being planned for the Midway Mall area with construction slated to begin late this summer. The 99-room hotel will be a Hampton Inn and Suites and will be built between the Ramada Inn Elyria — formerly a Holiday Inn — and the Ohio Turnpike on a now-grassy [...]
Vintage planes stop at airport for Saturday’s Learn To Fly Day
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A World War II-era B-25 bomber, an ExpressJet, a live band and children’s activities will be featured Saturday at International Learn to Fly Day events at Lorain County Regional Airport. Donations from veterans’ organizations and area businesses made it possible to have the Yankee Air Museum’s B-25 Yankee Warrior on hand [...]
Accused gunman pleads not guilty to slaying
ELYRIA — The alleged gunman in the March 1 slaying of 28-year-old Jason Smith pleaded not guilty in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to aggravated murder and other charges at his arraignment Thursday. Donzelle Crosby, 20, could get the death penalty if convicted in connection with the botched robbery at a West 17th Street drug [...]
It’s the 55th anniversary of worst fatal train collision in county history
ELYRIA TWP. — Fifty-five years ago today, eight people in a 1956 Oldsmobile were struck and killed by an eastbound New York Central Railroad Pacemaker No. 2 passenger train at the Murray Ridge railroad crossing. The scene of carnage was nearly impossible to describe. “We’re horrified … but that’s a weak word,” a spokesman for [...]
Businesses worried gas costs will hurt Lake Erie boating this year
SANDUSKY — Ohio businesses that depend on a healthy Lake Erie boating season are worried about high gasoline prices. The owner of a charter and guide service on Kelleys Island says if fuel costs stay at their current levels it will affect anyone with a boat. The Sandusky Register reports Joel Byer wonders how people [...]
Audit: Lorain arts academy at a loss
LORAIN — In 2007, Arts Academy founder Alexis Rainbow described the charter school in Lorain as the city’s “hidden jewel,” but a state audit finds its bookkeeping more befitting a cubic zirconium. An audit of the school’s 2009 finances released Thursday by state Auditor Dave Yost found Rainbow and school leaders flunking accounting and ethics [...]
Casino owner, a former Lorain councilman, dies of lung cancer
Casino owner Don Barden, who was Lorain’s first black councilman in the 1970s, died Thursday in Detroit at age 67 after a long battle with lung cancer. People who knew him in Lorain remembered his piercing blue eyes, his engaging personality, and his love of business and politics. “If he would have stayed in Lorain, [...]