Archive for September, 2011
LCCC serious about improving its sports status
Mike Cruz, the new men’s basketball coach at Lorain County Community College, actually said this: “Year one, our goal is very simple and that’s to win the national championship.” Hold on. He wasn’t joking. “This is sort of a crazy thing to say,” Cruz said, “but I honestly believe if we continue to work like [...]
Recruiting at LCCC means being creative
Varsity sports are making a comeback at Lorain County Community College. The school competes in National Junior College Athletic Association Division III, which means it can’t offer athletic scholarships. That would seem to pose a recruiting problem. How does a school like LCCC attract promising varsity athletes who might qualify for athletic scholarship aid if [...]
Warm August, cool fall nights help Ohio apple crop
ASHLAND — Ohio’s apple growers are getting some help from Mother Nature to round out what’s shaping up to be a fairly average crop. The president of the Ohio Fruit Growers Marketing Association says hot temperatures in August helped sweeten the apples, and cooler nights now are good for the fruit’s color. Association president Bill [...]
Tigers 14, Indians 0: Ubaldo Jimenez gets roughed up by Tigers again
DETROIT — Ubaldo Jimenez was acquired to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers. It hasn’t worked at all. Monday, Jimenez allowed six runs in five innings as the Indians were routed 14-0 by Detroit in a game that means nothing to a pennant race that ended weeks ago. Jimenez has faced Detroit four [...]
Win shows Browns they can overcome struggles
BEREA — Browns right tackle Artis Hicks has been around and seen some things during his time in the NFL. He’s in his 10th season, on his fourth team and started a Super Bowl for the Philadelphia Eagles. Yet the grizzled veteran was still giddy a day after the come-from-behind, out-of-nowhere 17-16 win Sunday over [...]
Big Ten brings new problems for Ohio State
COLUMBUS — Everyone around Ohio State knew the first four games would be a bumpy ride. Now comes the hard part. The Buckeyes (3-1) survived the non-conference portion of their schedule with only one slip, a 24-6 loss at Miami. Along the way, they discovered they could get by without three suspended starters on offense, [...]
Girls soccer: Rocky River rolls on over Avon Lake
AVON LAKE — Kim Leitch, Rocky River’s stellar senior goalkeeper, was looking for her 30th career shutout Monday night. She missed it by 18 minutes, but no matter. With sophomore Grace Bennett scoring twice, the undefeated Pirates, ranked sixth in the state in Division II, routed previously once-beaten Avon Lake, 5-1, in a much-anticipated non-conference [...]
Gov. Kasich spares death row inmate
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich has spared a condemned inmate who slashed a woman’s throat in a robbery, saying the prisoner’s horrific childhood outweighed receiving a death sentence. Kasich’s decision on Monday marked the fourth time since July that an Ohio execution has been postponed or called off. Kasich followed the recommendation of the [...]
Mortician gets 8 years in prison for child porn charges
A Vermilion mortician was sentenced Friday to eight years and two months in federal prison on child pornography charges. Matthew Humphrey, formerly of Dombrowski-Humphrey-Riddle Funeral Home, pleaded guilty in June to charges of receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography, according to a news [...]
Council wrestles with renaming street for fallen Lorain airman
LORAIN — The proposal to name a street after deceased Airman 1st Class Eric Barnes veered off course at Monday night’s City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee meeting. Rename Wickens Place by Veterans Park? A fitting location, but what would the Wickens family think, asked Mayor Tony Krasienko and Councilwoman Anne Molnar, D-at large. Rename [...]
Patch of tree lawn opens up into sinkhole for Elyria woman
ELYRIA — A local woman recently fell into a 4-foot-deep sinkhole, and it appears the city’s past is to blame. When city officials went out to investigate the hole after the woman reported it, they uncovered a storm sewer that the city apparently abandoned in the 1940s. John Schneider, assistant city engineer, dug around at [...]
Lorain man arrested after firing gun into backyard, police say
LORAIN — Police seized guns and crack cocaine from an East 34th Street home Monday morning after the owner of the home allegedly brought attention to himself by firing a gun into his backyard from a second floor window, according to a police report. Officers responded to the area around 9:25 a.m. after neighbors heard [...]
Police log for Sept. 27, 2011
Elyria police Friday, Sept. 23 8:08 a.m. — 800 block Middle Ave., window broken at laundromat. 2:47 p.m. — West River Road and Lake Avenue, William Radcliffe, 41, Wakeman, cited with possession of drug paraphernalia. 3 p.m. — West River Road South and 15th Street, Tyler M. Billman, 18, Elyria, charged with possession of drug [...]
Former jail guard charged with killing wife wants bond reduced
ELYRIA — Former Lorain County Jail guard William Dembie Jr. stabbed Holly Dembie twice in the neck and slit her throat twice after his wife plunged from a second-floor bathroom window in an attempt to escape him, Assistant Lorain County Prosecutor Tony Cillo said during a hearing Monday. William Dembie, 42, is facing aggravated murder [...]
Browns notes: Montario Hardesty takes advantage of playing time
BEREA — Since training camp began in July, coach Pat Shurmur has been asked often about the possibility of playing running backs Peyton Hillis and Montario Hardesty together in the backfield. Those questions no longer seem hypothetical. Hardesty rushed 14 times for 67 yards and a 4.8 average Sunday in his first NFL start and [...]
Grafton man says he accidentally shot girlfriend
GRAFTON — The man charged with shooting a woman Saturday morning said it was accidental, according to a police report. William Cheatham, 23, of Grafton, was charged with felonious assault and having weapons under disability, for allegedly using the weapon while intoxicated. Neighbors at the 900 block of Main Street reported a woman screaming at [...]
Man says he was mugged in Lorain
LORAIN — A Lorain man said he was jumped and robbed by a group of males while walking down Oberlin Avenue Sunday night, according to a police report. The man said he was in the 1400 block of Oberlin Avenue when he passed three black males, aged 18 to 20. One of them yelled, “Hey [...]
Kimberly A. Behner
Inturnment services for Kimberly A. Behner will be held at 10 A.M., Thursday, September 29, 2011, at Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst Township. Ms. Behner, 48, of LaGrange, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011, at EMH Healthcare, following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria, 440-322-4626.
Dorothy S. Green
Dorothy S. Green (nee Saywell), 97, of Elyria, died Monday, September 26, 2011 at The Abbewood in Elyria. She was born May 10, 1914 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and moved to Elyria in 1919 and was a 1932 graduate of Elyria High School. From 1932 to 1939, she was employed as the secretary to the [...]
Deborah J. Norris
Deborah J. Norris, 49, of Grafton, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends, following a 18 year battle with breast cancer. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria, 440-322-4626.
James “Jim” E. Young
James “Jim” E. Young, 55, of Camden Township, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, September 25, 2011. He was born June 21, 1956, in Toledo. Jim was raised in Milan, and was a 1974 graduate of Edison High School, where he was active on the wrestling team. He had made his [...]
Critter Chronicles: Jack
JACK- ADOPTED Meet Jack, he’s the cute one on the left. Jack’s with his buddy Greg, the director of Friendship APL. He was surrendered to the shelter because his family had no time for him. He barks and acts tough in his cage but get him out and he’s a pussy cat. He likes kids, [...]
Browns coach Pat Shurmur: A lot of things we could’ve done better
BEREA – Browns coach Pat Shurmur didn’t change his opinion after watching the film of the 17-16 win over the Dolphins on Sunday. During his day-after news conference this afternoon, Shurmur was still delighted by his first home win but fully aware of all the mistakes his team made. “There are a lot of things [...]
Elyria man in serious condition after falling this morning near river
ELYRIA — An Elyria man is in serious condition after he had to be taken out by ropes and a basket after falling 20 to 25 feet near the Black River this morning. Joseph A. Hurlbut, 51, of Elyria was rescued in an elaborate process that took about two hours and taken to EMH Regional [...]
Fugitive of the week for Sept. 26, 2011
The U.S. Marshals’ Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information leading to the capture of fugitive Aaron Gay. Gay is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and the Cleveland Police Department on charges of aggravated assault. Gay was one of the main suspects in July 3 street fight in Cleveland. It [...]