May 21, 2013

Indians: Perez criticizes owner, front office

CLEVELAND – Chris Perez has criticized Indians fans, a few opposing teams and some of their players, while even confronting a fan in Oakland, throughout a tumultuous and highly outspoken season for the two-time All-Star closer. Now he’s taking on Cleveland’s ownership and front office. During an interview with FoxSports.com’s Jon Morosi in Detroit — [...]

Gearing up to hear former President Clinton

It is a few minutes after 5, and a group of us are heading to downtown for dinner. The weather is beautiful now, but the big news of the day is the relocation of President Obama’s acceptance speech as a result of incoming inclement weather. The speech will now be at the indoor arena where [...]

Elyria High goal: 3% rise in passing grades

ELYRIA — Spending 12 hours on the roof of Elyria High School did nothing to dissuade Principal Tom Jama from setting more goals for roughly 2,100 students this school year. On Tuesday morning, students walked into a building plastered with green signs bearing the number 8,988 and the words “Can we reach it?” The signs [...]

RB Trent Richardson practicing again, looks good

BEREA – Rookie running back Trent Richardson practiced again today in the 15 minutes open to the media. He looked good running in individual drills and practicing blitz pickup. He wore a sleeve on his left knee following arthroscopic surgery Aug. 9. He returned to practice Monday. Coach Pat Shurmur expects him to start Sunday [...]

Police: Man ransacked restaurant after coupon was denied

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ELYRIA — Police say a Cleveland man ransacked the Broad Street Burger King after a manager refused to take his coupon. The man, 25-year-old Derrian Mitchell, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass, criminal damaging and disorderly conduct for the incident. The manager of Burger King said Mitchell threw a tea dispenser on the floor, [...]

Judge urged to enforce Ohio early voting decision

COLUMBUS — Attorneys for President Barack Obama’s campaign are urging a federal judge in Ohio to enforce an order that restores early voting for all the swing state’s voters during the three days before Election Day. The motion made in court filings on Wednesday comes a day after the state’s Republican elections chief ordered county [...]

2012 Nut Survey & Interview w/Lee Croker of Ohio Div. Forestry

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Byron Scarbrough, Outdoor Writer- Elyria Chronicle Telegram This summer’s drought has been hard on wildlife, it’s no secret. The scarcity of standing water has changed habitats and the failure or shortage of traditional feed crops has caused deer to stress secondary forage sources in some areas. The result is what naturalists refer to as “over-browse”, [...]

Ted Strickland, Michelle Obama impress with speeches

Tuesday night marked the kickoff of formal convention speakers at the convention hall in downtown Charlotte. Because the Ohio delegation hotel is not downtown, travel to the convention site can be a logistical challenge with security personnel (an estimated 3,500 police officers for the week), barricades and scattered protests. As the rain drizzled during the [...]

Volleyball: Kit O’Shaughnessy puts on a show in new EC attack

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ELYRIA — Kit O’Shaughnessy finished Tuesday night’s match with 16 kills, a block kill, 10 assists and nine points. That was almost half the points Elyria Catholic racked up in its three-game victory over West Shore Conference rival North Ridgeville. “If that’s not proof that the 6-2 (offense) works for us, I don’t know what [...]

Browns’ Joe Haden unsure about his status

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The Joe Haden suspension saga isn’t over, but it’s dragged on so long it looks like he’ll play Sunday in the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. “Typically, suspensions come down on Monday or Tuesday, but there is no set cutoff,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email. Today is the start of a [...]