Archive for July, 2011
Browns: A to-do list for the end of the lockout
Browns general manager Tom Heckert and first-year coach Pat Shurmur have been planning almost nonstop since the NFL owners locked out the players March 12. They’ve had plenty of free time to make schedules and to-do lists, revise them, then check them another dozen times. Well, the day when Heckert and Shurmur can take their [...]
Iona D. Sensheimer
Iona D. Sensheimer (nee Long), 92, of Lorain, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at Golden Acres Nursing Home in Amherst Township. She was born April 15, 1919 in Lorain and had been a lifelong Lorain area resident. Iona graduated from Lorain High School. She was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lorain, enjoyed [...]
Constance I. “Conni” Wiech
Constance I. “Conni” Wiech, 68, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic, following a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Browns: Coach Pat Shurmur eager to bring in players
BEREA – Coach Pat Shurmur was dripping with sweat Thursday as members of the Browns organization fixed up a playground at Lou and Jackie Groza Park. He better get used to the heavy lifting. The four-month-old NFL lockout didn’t end Thursday as previously hoped, but the owners approved the tentative agreement and the players are [...]
How Colorful is your Plate?
Take a look at your next meal… is your plate colorful or only one color—tan? Adding colorful fruits and veggies not only tastes good, but also provides your body with disease-fighting agents.
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UPDATED: 4,500 without power after transformer fails
ELYRIA TWP. – An electrical transformer on Griswold Road that overheated and failed in today’s extreme heat led to a power outage leaving some 4,500 Ohio Edison customers without lights, air conditioning or fans. Ohio Edison spokesman Joe Faga said all power was expected to have been restored by 10 p.m. today. Faga said the [...]
Shin-Soo Choo pleads guilty to drunken driving
SHEFFIELD LAKE – Cleveland Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo was fined $675 and given a suspended jail sentence today after pleading guilty to drunken driving in connection with a traffic stop on May 2. Choo was given a 27-day suspended jail sentence that he will not have to serve if he stays out of trouble for [...]
Man Tasered four times by police after attacking officer
LORAIN — A Lorain man had to be subdued with a Taser overnight after he attempted to attack an officer who was arresting him for domestic violence. Stanley Zamora, 46, is charged with domestic violence, resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. Officers responded to 237 Hamilton Ave. about 12:45 a.m. after receiving a [...]
Tree service worker spiked in head while working at Lakeview Plaza
LORAIN — LifeFlight was been called to Mercy Regional Medical Center to meet the victim of an accident at the Lakeview Plaza high rise apartment complex in Lorain. Jim Long, with the Lorain Metropolitan Housing Association, confirmed the man, who was working for a tree-trimming service, was taken to Mercy but did not know if [...]
New Dangerous Dozen list released: 2 Lorain men still wanted
The latest “Dangerous Dozen” most-wanted list has been released, and two wanted Lorain men remain on the list. The U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force released the list today. Robert Beane, 19, is wanted for the April armed robbery of a Lorain Dairy Mart. The clerk identified Beane as a customer and [...]
Excessive heat warning in effect 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today
An excessive heat warning will be in effect today for Lorain County and nearly all of the Midwest. The warning begins at 10 a.m. and runs until 9 p.m. According to the National Weather Service, oppressive heat and humidity will remain across the region, with temperatures approaching 100 degrees. These hot temperatures combined with the [...]
5-year-old girl shot in eye by playmate with BB gun
ELYRIA — A 5-year-old Elyria girl had to be taken to the hospital yesterday after a playmate shot her in the eye with a BB gun. Ashley Stevenson was treated and released from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. She was transferred there from EMH Regional Medical Center. According to a police report, the incident will [...]
Man finishes his beer in front of officer during third open container arrest this week
ELYRIA — A Cleveland man who had already been cited several times this week for open container and disorderly conduct, took the time to finish his beer while an officer was citing him yesterday evening. Michael Bair, 50, was cited for open container, disorderly conduct by intoxication and littering. According to an Elyria police report, [...]
Air conditioning knocked out at Lorain County Justice Center
ELYRIA — Air conditioning was knocked out at the Lorain County Justice Center after a water line coupling broke to the water tower on the roof of the seven-story structure, according to the county’s maintenance director. The air conditioning was expected to be turned back on after repairs are completed, said Dennis Shawver. Water seeped [...]
SB 5 repeal makes November ballot
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters will have the chance to decide this November whether the state’s contentious new collective bargaining law should be repealed. Secretary of State Jon Husted says the group We Are Ohio has gathered enough valid signatures to put a ballot question on the law before voters. The law signed by Gov. John [...]
Man arrested after threatening neighbor with cap gun
LORAIN — A Lorain man was arrested overnight after threatening a neighbor with what turned out to be a toy gun. He had to be Tasered by police a couple hours later after posting bond and returning to the neighbors’ home. Darren Roe, 46, faces charges of two counts of aggravated menacing, assault, violation of [...]
Woman calls sheriff, later admits to assaulting boyfriend
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — An Amherst woman who called police to say she’d been assaulted ended up admitting to sheriff’s deputies she’d punched her boyfriend hard 18 times and “knocked him the (expletive) out.” The 34-year-old was found to have a warrant for child support but has not been charged because her boyfriend, a 50-year-old [...]
Police log for July 21, 2011
North Ridgeville Saturday, July 9 10:45 p.m. – 6500 block of Ridge Plaza Drive. Resident reported two laptops, jewelry and other items valued at $780 taken during home burglary. Sunday, July 10 7:37 p.m. – 6100 block of Denise Drive. Randy E. Hamilton, 45, North Ridgeville, charged with operating a vehicle intoxicated, no operator’s license [...]
Delays plague Elyria High project
ELYRIA — The second phase of the Elyria High School construction project is behind schedule and various portions of the building will not be open when students return Sept. 6. The gym isn’t done. When school resumes, the cafeteria will be a dining-only facility because the kitchen isn’t completed. Gym classes will be postponed until [...]
Lorain County residents try to beat the heat
Cold air and cold water are the common solutions as county residents change their habits to beat the heat this week. Temperatures hit the lower 90s on Wednesday, and are expected to get up to the upper 90s with a heat index of 110 today, according to Sarah Jamison, a National Weather Service meteorologist in [...]
North Ridgeville ‘chicken man’ says he’s fried, ready to leave town
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The “Chicken Man” has had it. Richard Monaco, a longtime antiques business operator who jokingly gave himself the moniker over his off-and-on squabbles with city officials about chickens he raises at his Avon Belden Road business, said he’s going to sell the venture and leave town. “My health is deteriorating, and my [...]
Vote today? NFL players, owners vowed to work through tonight
WASHINGTON — The latest twist in the touch-and-go efforts to end the NFL lockout: Players didn’t vote Wednesday on a full proposal to settle the labor dispute. The league, however, said the sides would work through the night to try to have a final agreement ready for ratification today. A person familiar with the negotiations [...]
Lorain police hiring 9 new officers
LORAIN — Nine new police officers are being hired by the Police Department, which has 90 officers and 23 unfilled positions. “We’re really in desperate need of police officers,” Police Chief Cel Rivera said Wednesday. “Any time you reduce your force by that many, you have to offset by providing enough overtime so that some [...]
Danny Valencia pushes Twins past Indians again
MINNEAPOLIS — Danny Valencia thinks of himself as one of the big hitters in the Minnesota Twins lineup. If he keeps coming up with clutch hits like he did against the Cleveland Indians, there will be no doubting his importance. Valencia singled home the go-ahead run for the second straight day, this time in the [...]
Lawsuit filed against driver over Amherst head-on crash
AMHERST — A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of a 90-year-old woman who was injured in a Jan. 10 head-on crash on North Main Street. Ida Coolidge was a passenger in a van driven by Sheffield Lake resident Abby Pace, who works for Home Instead Senior Care. The lawsuit names Pace [...]