Archive for November, 2011
Frank Siwierka
Frank Siwierka, 83, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Funeral services under the direction of the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, Elyria, will be announced.
Homer C. Webster
Homer C. Webster, 86, of North Ridgeville, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at his home. He was born in Grayson, Kentucky and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1951, moving from Ashland, Kentucky. Homer worked as a crane operator for Abex Corp. in Elyria for 37 years, retiring in 1986. He was [...]
Oscar C. Young
Oscar C. Young, 88, of Oberlin passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at the Cleveland Clinic, after a short illness. He was born November 15, 1922 in Hopewell, New York, and previously resided in PennYan, New York. Oscar served in the United States Army during World War II, 1939-1945 in the South Pacific. He was [...]
Republic Steel plans major investment in Lorain
LORAIN — Republic Steel is planning a major investment in its Lorain plant at 1827 E. 28th St. Company officials on Wednesday are expected to announce building of an electric arc furnace to help meet growing industry demand. Gov. John Kasich is scheduled to attend the announcement. “We have a need to produce more steel [...]
Man executed for shooting three sons while they slept
LUCASVILLE — A man who fatally shot his three sons while they slept in 1982, shortly after his wife filed for divorce, was executed today with his hand clenched in an obscene gesture. Reginald Brooks of East Cleveland died at 2:04 p.m. today after raising the middle finger of his left hand. His execution ended [...]
Family whose house burned victimized again after break-in
ELYRIA — An Elyria family who were victims of a house fire were victimized yet again this weekend, when a thief or thieves broke into the home, which is sitting empty. The fire Sept. 1 left the home, in the 1000 block of Middle Avenue uninhabitable, according to a police report. Penny Rockwell, 48, told [...]
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Truck driver rescues man from submerged car
DUPONT — A truck driver loading milk came to the rescue of a man whose car plunged into a pond at a dairy farm in northwest Ohio. Truck driver John Neumeier says he watched the car go into the water Monday night, called 911 and grabbed a big wrench. He tells the Lima News that [...]
Supreme Court rejects last-minute execution appeal
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has denied a last minute appeal from an Ohio man scheduled to be executed this morning. The court on Tuesday denied appeals from Reginald Brooks, who is scheduled to be executed for fatally shooting his three sons while they slept. State and U.S. courts have rejected attorneys’ arguments that the [...]
NBA players reject latest proposal, vows to head to court
NEW YORK — NBA players delivered a resounding but risky response to one more ultimatum from NBA Commissioner David Stern: See you in court. The players’ association rejected the league’s latest proposal for a new labor deal Monday and began disbanding, paving the way for a lawsuit that throws the season in jeopardy. Negotiating went [...]
OSU vs. Penn State: Big Ten giants have hit some hard times
COLUMBUS — The football programs at Penn State and Ohio State have had troubled and troubling seasons. Penn State is still in shock over the scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing young boys. Coach Joe Paterno was fired last week amid claims he did not do enough to [...]
Browns still kicking themselves over loss
BEREA — Pat Shurmur has lived in Cleveland for less than a year. He’s coached only nine games with the Browns. He might not be able to find Elyria or Lodi on a map. But he feels your pain. If living through gut-wrenching, difficult-to-comprehend losses makes you a true Clevelander, Shurmur officially earned his stripes [...]
Elyria’s Cabbil, Wellington’s Schmidt hope to get B-W on track
Promis Cabbil and Brandon Schmidt freely admit the transition from high school star to college player was not an easy one. But now, as Cabbil enters his senior season at Baldwin-Wallace – he’s the lone senior on the team, in fact — and Schmidt his junior year, those days of uncertainty seem a long time [...]
OSU basketball excited to get tested early
COLUMBUS — A lot of teams would rather not have a huge test in their second game of the season. But that’s just fine with No. 3 Ohio State and No. 7 Florida. “I love playing a game like this,” Buckeyes preseason All-American Jared Sullinger said about tonight’s showdown. “They have a team that comes [...]
Officials: $900 stolen in slaying, AK-47 recovered
Cindy Leise and Kiera Manion-Fischer, The Chronicle-Telegram NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Nine hundred dollars was stolen when armed men descended on a Russia Road home late Friday night and exchanged gunfire with the resident, killing the man’s brother, according to a sheriff’s report. Stephen Mihalak Jr., 46, who suffered a fatal wound to the chest, [...]
Something smells in Lorain, firefighters say
LORAIN — Lorain firefighters want citizens know something that’s been a punchline of jokes for years — the city stinks. The department has responded to calls of possible natural gas odors all morning long, but hasn’t found any actual leaks, according to Lt. Ben Weber. “It’s an unknown odor that is being held close to [...]
Lorain auditor warns of $3 million deficit by 2013
LORAIN — If anyone has a spare $3 million, the city could use it. Barring a donation from a wealthy benefactor, that’s the projected 2013 deficit. “It’s not a very rosy picture,” Auditor Ronald Mantini told the City Council’s Finance and Claims Committee on Monday. “Obviously this is not a report that I can submit [...]
Griffin gets 43 years to life for murder
ELYRIA — Patrick Griffin was sentenced Monday to 43 years to life in prison for the murder of Alberto “Cookie” Gutierrez, who was left to bleed to death in a ditch along Pratt Road in Huntington Township on Thanksgiving Day 2009. Gutierrez’s family said afterward that they thought justice had been served, and they thought [...]
Lorain chief calls possible firefighter layoffs ‘ridiculous’
LORAIN — The prospect of more firefighter layoffs angers Fire Chief Tom Brown who said the department is being unfairly singled out. “It’s ridiculous. You go and get grants, and as soon as the financial forecast is looking grim again, where’s the first place they cut?” Brown said after Auditor Ronald Mantini on Monday proposed [...]
Mayor Grace proposes creating HR director position
ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace suggested several changes to the salary and personnel ordinance Monday including a step that would create and fill a position that Mayor-elect Holly Brinda has said would be a key position in her administration. Elyria does not have a human resources director. Brinda, who won election last week, has said [...]
Team NEO says manufacturing, income taxes are up in Lorain County
ELYRIA — Six of the top 10 employers in the city are manufacturing corporations, and all have experienced a surge in income tax reporting this year. Manufacturing continues to be a growing economic engine for Lorain County as well as for the rest of the region. According to the most recent quarterly look at the [...]
Elyria man receives prison for carjacking
ELYRIA — An Elyria man who carjacked a man and forced him to drive him around was sentenced Monday to two years in prison. Steven Comrie, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of abduction, aggravated menacing and attempted abduction with the Aug. 21 incident that began near the intersection of Abbe Road and Cleveland Street [...]
Police: Gun-wielding trio ransacked Lorain home
LORAIN — Two men and a woman holding a handgun rushed into a Douglas Court apartment Sunday evening and searched the home while confining the resident and three of her friends to a couch. The resident told police she was sitting on her couch with two friends when the three assailants — a woman wearing [...]
Lorain girls say staggering man exposed himself to them
LORAIN — Three young sisters told police they were approached by a man who exposed himself as they walked down West Ninth Street on Friday evening. The girls said they were walking home from a store about 5:51 p.m. when a man approached them in the 1000 block of West Ninth Street. The man, described [...]
Vice president campaigning today at Northeast Ohio fire station
EUCLID — Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Ohio, trying to turn labor’s big win last week in a state collective bargaining fight into a political edge in 2012. The vice president is scheduled to campaign Tuesday with blue-collar workers and firefighters in a labor stronghold in the Cleveland area. His visit to a fire [...]