Archive for November 19th, 2007
Elyria’s new city court close to opening
ELYRIA — With the brand-new, $10.4 million Elyria Municipal Court nearing completion, Judge Lisa Locke Graves can hardly wait to shed the current courthouse’s checkered history.
After all, it’s not easy to maintain the proper judicial decorum when folks still refer to one of the courtrooms as a former lingerie department.
The new city courthouse at 601 […]
Limestone plant plan presented
LORAIN — About 100 people who are worried about dust, odor and truck traffic from a proposed limestone grinding factory grilled representatives of Oglebay Norton Co. on Sunday about plans to build the plant in the 200-acre Riverbend Commerce Park south of Missouri and Colorado avenues.
People toured the site across the Black River from the […]
List puts Detroit and Cleveland among most dangerous
DETROIT — In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.
The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive […]
Police: Vandalism was a case of ‘truth or dare’
VERMILION — Three men were playing “truth or dare” when they broke into a home and caused more than $50,000 in damage, police said.
Justin Hoag, 21, of Lorain, Steven Mahl, 18, and Joshua Mason, 18, both of Elyria, were arrested Saturday night after they bragged about it and tipsters saw stolen items in their homes, […]
Blotter: Nov. 19
Lorain police
Thursday, Nov. 15
1:02 a.m. – 500 block E. Erie Ave., seven or eight Hispanic males attacked a 44-year-old pedestrian, stealing $80 in cash, Merchant Mariner documents, a telephone card and ATM card.
5:19 p.m. – 3100 block Amherst Ave., DVD player and DVDs stolen.
6:48 p.m. – 3400 block Elyria Ave., copper pipes worth $350 stolen.
7 […]
Browns 33, Ravens 30: Things finally go Browns’ way in victory at Baltimore
BALTIMORE — Too many times the Browns have had their hearts broken. Too many times the bounces have gone against them. Too many times they’ve walked off the field with their shoulders slumped and their heads shaking in disbelief.
Not this time.
On one improbable Sunday in Crab Cake Country, everything went the Browns’ way. The carom, […]