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N. Ridgeville teen to face trial April 5
ELYRIA — Daniel Kovarbasich’s murder trial will begin April 5 after the 16-year-old North Ridgeville boy refused to waive his right to a speedy trial on charges he killed a family friend.
“We’re ready,” said Michael Stepanik, Daniel’s attorney.
Murder trials typically take years to wind their way through the legal system, but Stepanik said Daniel is [...]
Westwood student wins regional bee
SHEFFIELD LAKE — A mattock is a tool used for loosening soil.
Fiona Sims didn’t know that. She’d never heard of it. And she sure as heck didn’t know how to spell it.
“I knew it had to be either a double ‘t’ or a double ‘d’, so I just went with the double ‘t,’ ” said [...]
Boy scalded last year in hospital with head injury
AMHERST — A 3-year-old boy was in critical condition Friday after being flown to a Cleveland hospital with cranial bleeding and bruises on his body.
This isn’t the first time the boy, Jesse Crum, has been taken by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center for serious injuries.
On Jan. 5, 2009, he was taken to Amherst Hospital by [...]
ROUNDUP: March 13, 2010
Cleared man facing weapons charge
ELYRIA — An Elyria man will have to sit through another trial on whether he illegally had a gun during an Oct. 11 incident in Oberlin that left him with a bullet in his leg.
Andrew Davison was cleared by a jury earlier this week of felonious assault and other charges stemming [...]
BLOTTER: March 13, 2010
Lorain police
Thursday, March 11
10:24 a.m. – 1500 block E. 31st St., Derrick Boyd, 24, of Lorain, issued a summons for disturbing the peace for playing music too loudly.
11:59 a.m. – 1100 block W. 21st St., Ada Lincoln, 23, of Lorain, charged with domestic violence.
3:22 p.m. – 1700 block Colorado Ave., Speedy Auto Sales, employees reported [...]
More sites considered for new Lorain high school
LORAIN — Lorain citizens discussed more possibilities Thursday night for the location of the new high school.
A fourth — or fifth, if you count using the current Admiral King High School site — location was thrown into the mix.
That new location would be east of Broadway, south of another proposed site along the Black River.
The [...]
Investigators asking if blazes at four Elyria homes are related
ELYRIA — Investigators are looking into whether fires at four homes in the same west-side neighborhood were deliberately set, Elyria Fire Chief Richard Benton said Thursday.
Already, the cause of three of the fires has been ruled arson, and Benton urged residents in the area to be vigilant.
“I would take all the normal safety precautions — [...]
The water’s rising: Snow melt, rain mean the usual flooding
CARLISLE TWP. — Yes, this week’s weather has been glorious as winter seems to be giving way to spring.
But those warmer temperatures can mean bad things, too, particularly for those living near the Black River, which has gotten bigger with melting snow.
In the oft-flooded areas of Greenview and Woodside Drives in Carlisle Township, streets were [...]