Archive for August 8th, 2007
Fire at Wilkes Villa
Man douses self with lighter fluid, sets blaze as cops stand outside
ELYRIA — A 24-year-old man doused himself with charcoal lighter fluid and set fire to an apartment in the Wilkes Villa housing projects after police officers were called by a woman seeking help to get her ex-boyfriend to leave.
LifeCare paramedics and police load […]
Flooding not as bad as expected in Lorain
Still, many basements and roads flooded in city and across region
LORAIN — On the day after an isolated thunderstorm blanketed much of Northeast Ohio, a secretary in the Lorain mayor’s office appeared flustered as the phone rang once again.
A pile of carpet from the flooded basement of Joel and Judy Gesoh sits by the […]
Warnings stay up at Lakeview beach
LORAIN — Beach advisory signs that were posted at Lakeview Park last Thursday warning of unsafe levels of E. coli have been left up because of Tuesday’s storms.
“We talked with the Ohio Department of Health, and we both thought it was wise to leave the signs up because of the storms,” said Park Manager Bryan […]
Fireworks killings weren’t planned, attorney says
CLEVELAND — The firefighter charged with killing three people in an apparent dispute over July Fourth fireworks will challenge prosecutors’ claims that the attack was planned, his defense attorney said Wednesday.
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John Hildebrand, attorney for Terrance Hough Jr., 35, a Cleveland firefighter, said the defendant appeared to have snapped early July 5 before the shooting […]
Key witness ditches trial for lotto show
AKRON — A man chose to appear on the Ohio Lottery’s television game show rather than testify at a robbery trial, and prosecutors said they were forced to allow the suspect to plead guilty to lesser charges.
James Finch, 41, of Akron, was supposed to be the key witness in the case against William Archibald, […]
Strongsville levy fails
STRONGSVILLE — Despite passing in the tiny portion of the Strongsville school district that falls in Columbia Township, a levy that district officials say would have staved off $6 million in cuts this year narrowly failed Tuesday.
According to unofficial election results, the measure failed with 4,675 votes against it, or 50.4 percent of the vote, […]