CLEVELAND — After saying that the college position players group was the weakest area of the First-Year Player Draft, Indians scouting director Brad Grant and the rest of his draft team used their first-round selection to take — a college position player. With the 15th overall choice, Cleveland took Texas A&M outfielder Tyler Naquin, a [...]
Meet African American princess Prestys Blakely
Name: Prestys Blakely Age: 18 Nationality: African American Sponsor: Point of Grace Ministries Parents: Wytina Johnson and Preston Blakely High school: Lorain High School Costume: “My costume was handed down to me by my grandmother. It was made in Ghana, Africa. It consists of the colors red and brown with a stitched design on the [...]
Police ID man shot by officers overnight
LORAIN — An approximately 15-minute standoff between police and an armed man ended around 11 p.m. Sunday with the man being shot after police said he shot at officers. Jarelle Guice, 23, of Lorain was holding a pistol to his head and mouth and threatening suicide outside an apartment at 1648 E. 29th St., shortly [...]
Lorain woman accused of beating up pregnant acquaintance
LORAIN — A Lorain woman was arrested after police say she admitted beating up a pregnant woman she had been drinking with. Jeannette Hickerson, 35, was charged with assault. Sherri Pendleton, 40, also of Lorain told police she was drinking beer with Hickerson on steps in the 700 block of West 14th Street. The two [...]
Fourth Brunswick teen dies following car accident
BRUNSWICK — What should have been a day of celebration became a day of mourning for the Brunswick High School community. Early Sunday morning, on graduation day, three Brunswick High School students were killed and two were injured in a crash in Columbia Station. One of the injured teens died this morning. Jeffrey Chaya, 18, [...]
Lorain County man is Marshals’ fugitive of the week
A Lorain County man is the U.S. Marshals’ Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force’s fugitive of the week. Christopher Barnes, 29, is wanted by Marshals and the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office on charges of felonious assault, abduction and domestic violence. All the charges stem from an incident that took place in early May, according to [...]
Tribe can’t make stand, goes 2-4 against two of baseball’s worst teams
CLEVELAND — With or without Travis Hafner and Carlos Santana, a six-game homestand against the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins was supposed to serve as a remedy for the Indians’ ills. It wound up compounding their problems. The Indians dropped the rubber match of a three-game series to the last-place Twins 6-3 Sunday, finishing [...]
Crushers waste chances, fall to 1-8 at home
AVON — The miserable homestand for the Lake Erie Crushers came to a conclusion Sunday with an all-too-familiar result: a loss. The Crushers rallied from an early five-run deficit and outhit Windy City, but wasted numerous chances, were never able to tie the game and lost 7-4 in front of 1,936 fans at All Pro [...]
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