Archive for November, 2011
Virginia I. DeFields
Virginia I. DeFields (nee Leach), 90, of Elyria, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at The Abbewood. She was born September 12, 1921 in Penfield and was a 1939 graduate of Penfield High School. She received her degree as a registered nurse from M.B. Johnson School of Nursing in 1942 and was then employed at the [...]
Bennie White, Jr.
Bennie Thomas White, Jr., 81 of Elyria went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 18, 2011 following a brief illness. Born in Demopolis, Alabama, he was a graduate of Linden High School, then coming to Elyria in 1965.He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked for [...]
Betty Ruth Mullins
Betty Ruth Mullins (nee Hyde), 61, of North Ridgeville, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Fairview Hospital following a brief illness. Betty was born on April 27, 1950 in Dalton, Georgia. When she was young her family moved to Cleveland, and in 1978 she moved to North Ridgeville. Betty loved her garden, reading [...]
Robber scared away from North Ridge Road Dairy Mart
SHEFFIELD TWP. — A Dairy Mart employee thwarted a holdup early Sunday morning by yelling at the gun-wielding robber to leave. According to sheriff’s Capt. James Drozdowski, an individual entered the store, on North Ridge Road, about 12:45 a.m. and demanded money. “The clerk behind the deli counter told him, ‘No. You scare me. Go,’ [...]
Browns coach Pat Shurmur says QB Colt McCoy’s right shoulder is fine
BEREA – Browns coach Pat Shurmur said this afternoon quarterback Colt McCoy’s right shoulder is fine and he expects him to practice all week in preparation for the game Sunday in Cincinnati. McCoy took a couple of big hits Sunday in the 14-10 win over Jacksonville but didn’t miss a snap. He went 17-for-24 for [...]
Man taken to the hospital after being hit by bus
ELYRIA — A man was taken to the hospital after he was hit by a school bus while riding a bike this afternoon. The man was hit about 2:30 p.m. on West River Road near the old Circuit City. The man’s injuries weren’t life-threatening. None of the Northwood Elementary School students on the bus were [...]
Police: Officer failed to stop for red light
ELYRIA — The Elyria police officer involved in a crash Sunday evening failed to stop for a red light, according to the initial police investigation. Patrolman Durrell Binford was responding to a disturbance call at 138 Pennsylvania Ave. involving a person who was threatening to shoot someone, according to a police press release written by [...]
Lorain police announce stepped-up patrols Wednesday
LORAIN — Lorain police will have stepped-up patrols Wednesday, according to a news release sent out today. The high-visibility traffic enforcement is meant to deter speed violations and alcohol-related crashes on the eve of Thanksgiving. Officers will be patrolling West Erie Avenue, East Erie Avenue, Leavitt Road, Broadway, East 28th Street and Grove Avenue, according [...]
Ohio bans anti-Michigan license plates
COLUMBUS — Ohio won’t let vanity license plates display some of the extreme feelings stirred up by the Ohio State-Michigan football rivalry. The Columbus Dispatch reports plates such as “KILBLU,” ”HATEMI” and “UMH8ER” have been rejected by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The bureau bars vanity plates that are lewd, rude or crude, or [...]
Governor calls for ban on exotic animals
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich used tough talk when he spoke last month to a working group studying ways to change the state’s laws on exotic animals. Kasich told the group by phone during their Oct. 31 meeting that no one should own wild animals such as bears or primates, and he sees no [...]
Salvation Army red kettle taken at knifepoint
NORTH CANTON — Police say an Ohio Salvation Army bell-ringer outside a Kmart store was robbed of his red kettle by four men with a knife. North Canton police say they don’t know how much donated money was in the kettle when it was taken Saturday evening. Police Sgt. Frank Kemp tells WJW-TV the four [...]
2 inmates escape in Cincinnati, one still at large
CINCINNATI — Police say a 37-year-old man is at large after escaping from a transport van just outside the Hamilton County jail. Police say another escaped prisoner was recaptured overnight. The man still at large Monday was identified as 37-year-old Jose Ramon Hernandez. Authorities say he was in a gray jogging suit and has a [...]
Bad-luck Browns finally catch a break
CLEVELAND — Not again. Not another missed field goal — with a hint of controversy — that would doom the Browns. Not one more brutal home loss in the final minutes. Not a defensive collapse at the most critical time to ruin an otherwise solid performance. Not this time. More photos below. The bad-luck Browns [...]
Browns notes: Phil Dawson fumes over call
CLEVELAND — For the second straight game, Browns kicker Phil Dawson was involved in a critical fourth-quarter play Sunday afternoon. Dawson’s 38-yard field goal attempt with 2:49 remaining was ruled wide right, but Cleveland still managed to escape with a 14-10 win over Jacksonville. The kick soared above the top of the 30-foot yellow upright, [...]
Browns’ Colt McCoy showing signs of life
Browns quarterback Colt McCoy has experienced many lows during his two NFL seasons, so he had no qualms about celebrating a rare high Sunday afternoon. “We deserved this one. Our team deserved this one,” McCoy said after Cleveland’s 14-10 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. “We are just starting to do things right, starting to get [...]
Police log for Nov. 21, 2011
Avon police Wednesday, Nov. 9 6:49 a.m. — Interstate 90, animal miscellaneous. 8:48 a.m. — Keller Drive, animal miscellaneous. 8:52 a.m. — 37040 Detroit Road, motor vehicle accident. 9:22 a.m. — 2900 block Stoney Ridge Road, trespassing. 11:09 a.m. — Chester Road, motor vehicle accident. 1:57 p.m. — 37545 Detroit Road, Avon High School, theft. [...]
Boyfriend allegedly slashes woman’s arm
ELYRIA — A city woman said her boyfriend slashed her on the left arm with a knife early Sunday on West River Road. The 36-year-old woman said her boyfriend of five months accused her of infidelity and cut her on the left forearm then told her, “he hoped she dies,” according to police Officer Terrence [...]
15 Minutes: Meet pottery artist Laura Wowk
Laura Wowk Age: 49 Lives in: Grafton Pursuit: Pottery What is your favorite hobby? Pottery. Everybody in my family is very artistic. I like the idea of functional arts. A lot of times people do paintings and that, but then what do you do with them? To be able to make something you can use [...]
Some customers say Columbia Gas should reimburse them for weekend without heat
ELYRIA — After a night spent freezing in her home due to a malfunctioning Columbia Gas valve, Patricia Bair said she asked a Columbia worker restoring her gas around 12:15 p.m. Saturday if the company would reimburse her for her experience. “He just laughed and goes, ‘Yeah, right,’ ” Bair said Sunday. “But I think [...]
Photo gallery: Truck goes through apartment wall
Police investigate a truck that went through the front wall of an apartment at 1864 Middle Ave. in Elyria around 2:20 p.m. Sunday. Police said there were no serious injuries.
Restaurant worker charged with trying to poison coffee
TOLEDO — An employee at an Ohio Big Boy restaurant is charged with pouring animal medication into customer coffee with the intent to poison. The Blade newspaper reports 36-year-old Edwin Ledgard told Toledo police that he had a delusion to kill customers. A police report says the Toledo man went to the Frisch’s Big Boy [...]
Crash sends Elyria police officer to hospital
ELYRIA — A two-car crash around 6:45 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block of Fourth Street near Middle Avenue left a police officer hospitalized. Officer Durrell Binford, who joined the force Feb. 28, sustained minor injuries and was transported to EMH Medical Center in Elyria, according to Herb de la Porte, vice president of LifeCare [...]
Ohio pre-holiday gas prices are down 14 cents
COLUMBUS — Ohio gas prices are 14 cents lower this week, offering savings for Thanksgiving holiday travelers. Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express shows the statewide average price for regular gasoline is about $3.23 a gallon, compared with $3.37 last week. The state’s pump prices remain higher [...]
Photo gallery: Patriot Symphonic Band rehearses
Guest conductor Loras John Schissel of Washington, D.C., directs the Patriot Symphonic Band through a rehearsal Sunday ahead of its performance 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Center. The band was rehearsing at the First Congregational Church in Elyria.
Browns: Career day for sub Chris Ogbonnaya
CLEVELAND — Amazing what a little certainty in the backfield can do for a football team. With Chris Ogbonnaya starting for a third straight game, the Cleveland Browns rushed for a season-high 148 yards, including Ogbonnaya’s first career touchdown and first career 100-yard game, in their 14-10 win over Jacksonville on Sunday. The Browns now [...]