Archive for September, 2011
No cause known for fire that left family homeless
SHEFFIELD TWP. – Rick Runion said he’d just put his stepdaughter Yvonne Jones Xolo’s two children to bed when his son Ricky yelled to him that her apartment next door at 2072 Garfield Ave. was on fire. “We just followed him outside and ran next door,” Runion said Friday morning standing near the burned one-floor, [...]
Former cop pleads guilty to misdemeanors
ELYRIA – Former Lorain police Officer Emilio Morales pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor charges of tampering with records in exchange for prosecutors dropping the more serious felony charges that had been leveled against him in a case that centered on allegations he was paid to work two off-duty security jobs at the same time. Morales, [...]
Ohio State, Miami trying to focus on game, not scandals
MIAMI – Slowly, No. 17 Ohio State and Miami are trying to regain some sense of normal. While NCAA investigations at both schools continue, a total of eight Buckeyes and Hurricanes will be eligible to return from suspensions when the teams meet tonight. Even so, it’s impossible to escape the fallout from scandals that overshadow [...]
Missing men of WWII to be honored
ELYRIA – Robert S. Clegg was just 18 when his B-17 was shot down in September 1944. The crew was taken captive by the Germans and got an immediate lesson in Nazi cruelty. At a railroad station, Hitler Youth beat the plane’s radio operator to within an inch of his life, just because he was [...]
Man gets prison for driving over woman’s foot
ELYRIA – A Lorain man who drove over a woman’s foot while fleeing a traffic stop was sentenced to four years in prison Friday. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Miraldi ordered David Middlebrooks, 49, to prison in both that incident and an unrelated robbery case. According to police, Middlebrooks was a passenger in a [...]
High school soccer notes: Sara Zambo’s return gives Keystone a lift
Occasionally athletes take off a year, sometimes two, before resuming their careers. Keystone senior Sara Zambo came back from a six-year absence and after an injury to starter Jamie Stokley, Zambo has stepped in as the Wildcats’ starting goalkeeper. “Sara heard good things from the girls at tryouts and she decided she wanted to come [...]
Annual AIDS walk is Sunday
LORAIN – People with AIDS – and those who love them – will march from Lakeview Park to the Palace Theatre and back Sunday in the annual AIDS Walk. Ricky Lanza, executive director of the Lorain County AIDS Task Force, said this year the walk was moved from Lorain County Community College to Lorain in [...]
Foreclosure suit filed against Kipton mayor
ELYRIA – A foreclosure lawsuit has been filed against Kipton Mayor Bob Meilander. The lawsuit, filed Friday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, accuses Meilander of failing to make payments on a mortgage he holds for four parcels of land on State Street in the village’s downtown. According to the lawsuit, Meilander stopped making payments [...]
H.S. Football: Avon’s defense dominates North Ridgeville
AVON – Avon didn’t let a little thing like an early interception return for a touchdown keep it from clearing a big hurdle on its quest to win the West Shore Conference and make the playoffs. The Eagles came back from that mistake to manhandled North Ridgeville 35-7 Friday night. Avon wouldn’t let the Rangers [...]
Woman charged with child endangering
LORAIN - A woman tasked with watching her friend’s children was charged with endangering them Thursday after leaving a 3-year-old home alone while she went to get a cigarette. The mother of the children was already under investigation by Lorain County Children Services for allegedly leaving her children – ages 10, 8 and 3 – [...]
H.S. Football: Midview welcomes EC into WSC with rout
EATON TWP. – Midview passed well in the first half, ran well in the second half and played defense superbly throughout the evening. All that good stuff added up to the Middies giving new West Shore Conference member Elyria Catholic a rude welcome to the league Friday. Midview pounded the Panthers 34-7. “What we coaches [...]
H.S. Football: Clay Wright, defense’s big plays lead Wellington
COLUMBIA STATION – In a game that for a while looked as though neither offense would be stopped, Wellington’s defense made two plays that helped the Dukes turn a nail-biter into a runaway. After Columbia scored 28 first-quarter points Friday, the Dukes held the Raiders without another point until a final-minute touchdown. While Wellington’s defense [...]
H.S. Football: Firelands blanks Fairview, reaches 4-0
HENRIETTA TWP. – It’s been 22 years since the Firelands Falcons started a football season 4-0, so it’s easy to understand why senior quarterback Kyle Smith never gets tired of talking about the team’s success. On Friday night, in the Falcons’ first Patriot Athletic Conference game, Smith and fellow seniors Nick Deichler and Cody Northeim [...]
H.S. Football: Andrew Vaughn runs for 259 as Black River rolls
SULLIVAN TWP. – As Black River running back Andrew Vaughn stood on the field Friday night after a win over Lutheran West, his black jersey with gold trim looked the same as it did prior to kickoff. Vaughn, with a little help from the five guys in front him, scored three times and outrushed the [...]
H.S. Football: Lorain can’t match Tigers’ speed, big plays
LORAIN – The Lorain Titans, winners of their first two games of the season, lost their second straight game to the speedy Cleveland Heights Tigers, 39-21. Lorain matched the Tigers yard for yard and racked up more first downs than its opponent but couldn’t stop the visitors’ big plays in falling to a 32-7 deficit [...]
H.S. Football: Matt Jordan leads Clearview to 1st win
SHEFFIELD TWP. – The opening of Patriot Athletic Conference play gave Clearview a chance to hit the reset button on the 2011 season. The Clippers took full advantage Friday with an easy 35-6 win over Keystone in a PAC crossover game at Tom Hoch Field. As usual senior Matt Jordan was the offensive star of [...]
H.S. Football: Brookside gets Homecoming victory
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE – With a large crowd on hand to celebrate the school’s Homecoming festivities Friday night, Brookside wanted to get the fans into the game right away. The Cardinals’ Giovanni Taw recovered the opening kickoff, then recovered a fumble on Oberlin’s first play from scrimmage. Both turnovers set up quick touchdowns, and the Cardinals [...]
H.S. Football: Brett Bass scores 4 TDs in Avon Lake win
AVON LAKE – One day Brett Bass will pull up his easy chair and tell his grandchildren about the night he had against North Olmsted. All Bass did Friday was lead Avon Lake to a 45-23 win against the Eagles to open Southwestern Conference play at Memorial Stadium. “Everybody was blocking real well,” said Bass. [...]
Apple Fest weekend schedule
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday ON ELY SQUARE Concessions and crafts around the square 11 a.m. – Grobe’s apple press demo 11 a.m. – WEOL live remote 11:30 a.m. – Coaster fire safety boat 5 p.m. – Grobe’s apple press demo BEHIND CITY HALL 11 a.m – Balloon drop FIRST PLACE BANK 10 a.m. [...]
Elyria High football game rescheduled for Sunday
The Elyria High School vs. Strongsville varsity football game is canceled this evening due to a number of the Elyria players being ill. Additionally, the Elyria High School junior varsity football game is canceled tomorrow. Thirty-eight of the teams’ 86 players came to school today and left with an intestinal illness, according to district spokeswoman [...]
Marshals arrest Lorain man who’s been on the run for a year
LORAIN — A Lorain man who has been on the run from U.S. Marshals for a year was arrested this week in North Carolina. Luis Leiva, 49, was picked up Monday in Raleigh, N.C., using a fake identity, according to Marshals. Leiva was wanted for charges of domestic violence, violating a protection order, burglary and [...]
5-K run tomorrow to benefit Noemi Pagan scholarship
LORAIN — About 125 runners are expected to take part in a 5-K walk-run Saturday to benefit a scholarship fund established in memory of Lorain teacher Noemi Pagan. The run will begin at 9 a.m. from the Black River Landing in downtown Lorain. Registration begins at 7 a.m. The event is designed to raise money [...]
Joe Haden’s great start, new leadership are positive signs for Browns
BEREA — Sheldon Brown has been in the NFL for 10 years and still dreams of games like the one fellow cornerback Joe Haden played Sunday. Defensive coordinator Dick Jauron has been a coach for 27 years, and played for nine seasons before that, and doesn’t think he ever witnessed a performance quite like the [...]
High school volleyball: Brookside win over Buckeye nets PAC lead
MEDINA — With sole possession of the Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division lead on the line Thursday night, Brookside’s Jeanine Musall took her game up a notch. But if you ask the senior hitter, she got by with a little help from her friends. Musall, who finished with 24 kills on 41-of-48 hitting, guided the [...]
High school football Week 4: Falcons are flying again
The last time Firelands was 3-0, the Cleveland Browns were a perennial playoff team, “Driving Miss Daisy” won the Oscar for Best Picture and the late Johnny Carson was the host of The Tonight Show. It’s been 22 years since Falcons fans enjoyed such a perfect start to their football season. That 1989 team went [...]