Archive for July, 2011
5 big issues to watch during Browns training camp
Browns training camp wasn’t shortened by the four-month NFL lockout, but it was affected. Drastically. The Browns will assemble Saturday for their first full-squad practice under new coach Pat Shurmur. They’ll do it without an offseason workout or minicamp. Some of the players have never seen a full playbook. So Shurmur and Co. will have [...]
Tribe lands a bat in Cubs’ Kosuke Fukudome
CLEVELAND — It wasn’t the blockbuster move most fans were hoping for, but the Indians did make a trade Thursday, acquiring one-time big-name outfielder Kosuke Fukudome from the Cubs for minor leaguers Abner Abreu and Carlton Smith. In need of offensive assistance, the Indians think they got that and more from Fukudome, a three-year veteran, [...]
Tight end Evan Moore happy to be a Brown
BEREA — Browns tight end Evan Moore could have tested the market this week as a restricted free agent. He just couldn’t think of a good reason to do so. “There was no place I wanted to be but here. It was a no-brainer,” Moore said Thursday on the eve of training camp. “My comfort [...]
Women robbed at gunpoint in Lorain home overnight
LORAIN — Police are looking for two men who robbed two women at gunpoint in a Lorain home overnight. Officers were called to the 1600 block of East 31st Street about 12:30 a.m. The home’s occupant, an 18-year-old woman, told officers she answered the door after hearing someone knock. She tried to shut the door [...]
Ohio voter photo ID plan dead, GOP House leader says
COLUMBUS — The Republican leader of the Ohio House says a proposal to require voters to show photo identification at the polls is apparently dead. House Speaker William Batchelder supports the proposal but tells The Columbus Dispatch he doesn’t expect House lawmakers to see it again. The bill passed the House but faces opposition from [...]
Lorain school board member’s residency questioned again
LORAIN — The question of whether Lorain school board member Paul Biber actually lives in Lorain has resurfaced. Biber came under fire in 2007 from critics who argued that the retired Lorain Schools teacher lived in Sheffield Lake and wasn’t actually living in the apartment he had rented to run for office. Biber said he [...]
Robert Gilchrist’s hearing on voter residency postponed
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Supporters of Lorain Service Director Robert Gilchrist accused the Lorain County Board of Elections on Thursday of targeting Gilchrist for an investigation because he’s black. The accusations came during what was supposed to be a hearing to review where Gilchrist lives and where he can vote in the November election. The hearing [...]
Contract OK’d: Elyria health officials to provide services to Lorain
ELYRIA — Elyria plans to partner with Lorain to share the services of Elyria’s long-time health commissioner, Kathryn C. Boylan, and its health department’s medical director, Dr. Douglas McDonald. Under a proposed contract with Elyria, Lorain will pay $30,000 a year — $22,500 for Boylan and $7,500 for McDonald, said Honey Howard Rothschild, an assistant [...]
Probation, time served given to man who accused officer of punching him at EMH
ELYRIA — The man allegedly punched by an Elyria police officer earlier this year while handcuffed to a hospital bed was sentenced Thursday to probation and the six months of jail time he’s already served for the crimes that led up to his arrest. Johnny Smith Jr., 43, apologized for his actions in court and [...]
State prisons cutting meals, workers, some health services
GRAFTON — Beginning July 1, the state’s prison inmates began drinking water with their meals except for a serving each of coffee and juice per day as part of $53.8 million of new cutbacks. Eliminating the sugar-free Kool-Aid and choosing popular but inexpensive meals is expected to save $4 million over the two-year biennial budget, [...]
Police log for July 29, 2011
LaGrange police Friday, July 22 11:35 a.m. — 300 block Church St., a man reported that his 17-year-old daughter would not listen to him. Both were advised on the procedure to filing unruly charges. 9:10 p.m. – Glendale Avenue, a toddler couldn’t find his family, but his parents were located within the park. Tuesday, July [...]
Dismissed employee files lawsuit against LCCAA head
LORAIN — On May 19, she complained her boss was harassing her and said she’d hired an attorney. Less than a month later, Holly Neely was told her job as senior services coordinator for the Lorain County Community Action Agency was being eliminated on June 24. Neely doesn’t believe her dismissal was a coincidence and [...]
Man charged with cutting girlfriend
LORAIN — A city man accused of cutting his girlfriend with a knife early Thursday faces a slew of charges. Torrey T. Hill allegedly chased the 37-year-old city woman out of her home in the 1200 block of W. 17th St. about 12:50 a.m. and threw a knife at her, cutting her on the right [...]
Convicted child molester still trying to clear his name
ELYRIA — Convicted child molester Joel Covender continues to seek vindication. In a motion filed Wednesday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, Covender requested a new trial contending his attorney was denied records that show his former stepdaughter, who accused him of molesting her in 1994 when she was 7 years old, lied. The woman, [...]
Avon-based Adidas girls basketball team brings home more titles
AVON — A year ago, the Adidas team of Avon-based National Basketball Academy won its third straight national championship. This year, it brought home two more titles. Competing in an age division for girls through high school senior, the area players won the Nike Midwest Showdown in Cincinnati and the Blue Chip Basketball USA Invitational [...]
Community garden in North Ridgeville provides seniors with fresh produce and helps city’s Community Care
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Despite Thursday’s oppressive humidity following early morning rain and temperatures flirting around 90 degrees, the two men didn’t mind sweating for another 45 minutes as they showed off what their community garden had produced. “I’m just a compulsive guy, I guess,” Bill Yirava said. “I like to see a project through once [...]
Suspect in Lorain homicide has hearing delayed till Monday
LORAIN — The preliminary hearing for Angel Guerra, one of the men charged in connection with the death of Moises Velez, was delayed until Monday at Lorain Municipal Court. Velez was shot in the head outside Southerners Place, 2926 Pearl Ave., Lorain, on July 20. Guerra and Richard Alvarado, both 22, were arrested and charged [...]
Slammers slam Crushers again
AVON — The good news for the Crushers on Thursday night? At least they didn’t get no-hit. The bad news? The result was the same as Wednesday night when they did get no-hit. The East Division-leading Joliet Slammers belted four home runs — for a total of eight in two games — off Crushers starter [...]
Special pair take in Crushers game
AVON — Thursday night’s Lake Erie Crushers game had a couple of special guests in the house. Indians All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera was the announced special guest, throwing out the first pitch and signing autographs for fans on the main concourse during the first hour of the game. Click here to view more photos. Cabrera, [...]
Elyria man with concealed-carry permit shot dog that charged him, police say
ELYRIA — An Elyria man with a concealed carry permit shot a dog that charged him as he crossed Lake Avenue on Thursday shortly after noon. The man said a bull mastiff was one of two dogs that raced toward him about 12:10 p.m. as he walked toward his home on Kaiser Court. He was [...]
Lorain County under severe thunderstorm watch until noon
Lorain County, along with all of northern Ohio and northeast Pennsylvania is under a severe thunderstorm watch. According to the National Weather Service, the watch is in effect until noon. Conditions on Lake Erie in the same areas are expected to be unsafe as well, with waves of two to three feet. The National Weather [...]
Mary J. Bates
Mary J. Bates (nee Williamson), 82, of Lorain, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011, following a lengthy illness. She was born February 13, 1929 in Cleveland. She came to Lorain in 1965 and made her home here for the remainder of her life. Mary worked at Service Overall and Lorain Community Hospital, as a housekeeper. [...]
Ann M. Cirell
Ann M. Cirell (nee DeSilvester), 84, of Lorain, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain. She was born February 23, 1927 in Lorain and had been a lifelong Lorain area resident. Ann graduated from Lorain High School in 1945. She worked as an administrative assistant at Thew Shovel in Lorain [...]
Hearon H. “Herk” Klingshirn
Hearon H. “Herk” Klingshirn, 89, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Center Ridge Health Campus, North Ridgeville, following a long illness. He was born May 9, 1922 in Avon and was an Elyria resident for most of his life. Herk worked as a auto mechanic at the former Independent Oil and Tire [...]
Mary Louise Mohler
Mary Louise Mohler, 82, of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at EMH Healthcare. Born on January 30, 1929 to the late Harold and Blanche (nee Whitney) Brandt. Mary Louise graduated from Wellington High School in 1947. She continued her education at Bowling Green and Ashland Universities. An extremely compassionate teacher, Mary Louise took great [...]