Archive for May, 2011
Police log for May 29, 2011
Lorain police Friday, May 27 2:11 p.m. – 4300 block Leavitt Road, two teenage girls arrested for theft-shoplifting. 3:48 p.m. – 100 block Hamilton Ave., Stephanie Smith, 61, Lorain, charged with dog at large. 6:25 p.m. – 100 block W. 23rd St., Luis A. Soler Jr., 31, Lorain, charged with speeding and driving under suspension. [...]
Roundup: May 29, 2011
I-90 crashes keep cops scrambling A slew of motor vehicle accidents kept police officers scrambling Saturday night when at least four separate took place on Interstate 90 within one hour. Elyria police handled one accident near state Route 57 and the Ohio Highway Patrol responded to the others, which were right outside the city limits. [...]
Memorial Day celebrations
In recognition of the Memorial Day holiday, city and village offices will be closed and mail won’t be delivered. Neither Elyria nor Allied Waste will collect trash Monday. Instead, scheduled trash pickups will be delayed by a day for the rest of the week, with the last garbage collection being Saturday instead of Friday. Events [...]
Irene C. Weinhardt
Irene C. Weinhardt (nee Jakob), 92, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Busch Funeral Home, 114 Second St., Elyria, (440) 322-3717.
Matilda (Til) Mae Otterbacher
Matilda (Til) Mae Otterbacher, 78, of Apopka, Florida, went home to her Lord Wednesday, May 25, 2011. She was born Matilda Fry in Cleveland, on May 19, 1933. She married her one and only true love, Dale Otterbacher, who preceded her in death. She was a strong and independent U.S. Air Force wife, who raised [...]
Rebecca Ann Hughett
Rebecca Ann Hughett (nee King), 58, and a resident of Amherst Township, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain following a five and a half year illness with cancer. She was born August 5, 1952 in Charleston, West Virginia. Coming to Lorain County as an infant, Rebecca [...]
Clara R. Horvath
Clara R. Horvath (nee Mantin), 96, of Lorain, died Friday, May 27, 2011 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Ave., Lorain.
Lisa (Mechling) ONeal
Lisa (Mechling) ONeal, 29, of Sullivan, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 at her residence, after a sudden illness. She was born August 2, 1981 in Lorain and has resided in Sullivan for the past 16 years. She graduated from Black River High School. Lisa enjoyed 4 wheeling, gardening, music, camping and spending time with her [...]
Vacant bar burns down
Fire that gutted former Libra Capri has not been deemed suspicious
Recent rainfall turns Twin Lakes into one big one
In the past several days, the onslaught of storms and heavy rain has caused headaches for just about every part of the county. Rain gauges in Elyria measured Thursday’s downpour at 2 inches, said Alice Webber of Lorain County Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security. “We got that much in 40 minutes. It was terrible. [...]
Lorain Council candidate pleads no contest to gun charge
LORAIN — Former Lorain City Councilman Dennis Flores was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs Friday after pleading no contest earlier to a minor misdemeanor weapons charge. Flores, who has a concealed carry permit, initially had been charged with a more serious first-degree misdemeanor weapons violation following his arrest on Nov. 16 [...]
High school softball: Roseboro walk-off HR sends Elyria to regional final and Midview home
CLYDE – No. 2 Elyria and No. 10 Midview drove more than 100 miles Friday to stage a Lorain County softball classic in Sandusky County. For roughly half of the big crowd, it was worth the drive. For the other half, it was mostly worth the drive. They all saw Pioneers sophomore Alexis Roseboro hit [...]
BLOTTER: May 28, 2011
Lorain police Thursday, May 26 10:13 a.m. — 1600 block E. 34th St., copper piping stolen from vacant home, window broken to gain entry. 11:10 a.m. — 1000 block W. 18th St., lawnmower stolen from backyard. 10:30 a.m. — 200 block W. 13th St., Xbox 360, video game and cell phone stolen. 12:02 p.m. — [...]
High school baseball: Keystone keeps rolling, needs one more win to make state
MASSILLON – Keystone’s Brandyn Sittinger may not have lived up to his own high pitching standards but he shut down hard-hitting and high-scoring Youngstown Ursuline just the same Friday at Carl “Ducky” Schroeder Field at Massillon Washington High School. Sittinger shut out the Fighting Irish 5-0 on five hits to send the Wildcats in today’s [...]
High school softball: Conrad completes no-hitter, leads Keystone to regional final
BUCYRUS – It was an instant classic three days in the making. Keystone’s Kenzie Conrad needed only 10 pitches in the seventh inning to complete her third no-hitter of the season as the Wildcats handed Lima Shawnee its first loss, 1-0 in a Division II regional semifinal Friday. The game was suspended Wednesday with Keystone [...]
Can’t forget these Titans: Lorain girls take second at regional, advance six to state
AMHERST – Lorain’s girls team knew exactly what it accomplished Friday at the Division I regional at Amherst High School. “We made history today,” Titans junior Alicia Arnold said, smiling. “Everybody on the team did so good. This is really great for our school.” The new Lorain High earned its first postseason trophy by finishing [...]
No chance: Rays’ Price dominates Indians again
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – At first, it looked like Josh Tomlin was the problem. For one inning he was, because by the time that inning was over, the Rays had more than enough runs, as they beat the Indians 5-0 Friday night at Tropicana Field. But this loss was a team effort. As in the [...]
Home runs make opener less than sweet for Crushers
AVON – In a Hollywood scenario, a returning Paul Fagan starting the Crushers’ home opener – and leaving with the lead after five solid innings – would lead to a heartwarming victory for the home team. But this isn’t Hollywood, it’s Avon. The normally reliable Jeff Cinadr came unraveled in the top of the eighth, [...]
Listen live to EHS vs. Midview
Didn’t make the trip to Clyde to watch the Elyria High girls softball team take on Lorain County rival Midview? Well that doesn’t mean you’ll miss out on the action. Go to www.weol.com and listen to the game live. It is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. In action earlier, the Keystone boys baseball team [...]
What’s In Your Bag?
For some reason when I wrote that headline, the Capital One “what’s in your wallet” went through my head. I’m very easily distracted sometimes. Anyway, we all know that there are tons of companies that make golf clubs. If choosing a set weren’t hard enough, some companies are known for making better woods, while others [...]
EHS band to perform tonight in Ely Square
The Elyria High School Pioneer Marching Band and junior varsity band will perform tonight in Ely Square. Concessions and band novelties will be available starting at 4:30 p.m., and “Bubble Man” Glenn Mittler will arrive at 5 p.m. The junior varsity band will perform at 5:15 p.m., with the Elyria High School Pioneer Marching Band [...]
Mayor Grace addresses ‘What’s next?’
ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace has roughly seven months to map out his future after his three-term tenure as the city’s elected leader ends Dec. 31. He said he’s not ruling anything out. Grace, who lost his bid for re-election to school board member Holly Brinda earlier this month when Brinda snagged the Democratic nomination, [...]
Ohio seeing steady drop in number of kids in foster care
COLUMBUS — Ohio has seen a steady drop in the number of children placed into foster care, a change child advocates say has helped to reduce the trauma kids feel when they are taken away from their homes. A new report from the Public Children Services Association of Ohio shows a 42 percent reduction in [...]
VIDEO: May 2011 Elyria Mayor’s Roundtable
Ohio State’s Ray Small says he took improper benefits
COLUMBUS — A former Ohio State wide receiver told the school’s student newspaper that he sold Big Ten championship rings and other memorabilia for cash and got special car deals. Ray Small, frequently benched, suspended or disciplined during an erratic career at Ohio State from 2006-2009, confirmed to The Lantern that when it came to [...]