Archive for November 20th, 2007
Shooting victim comes home
The Wellington preacher, who police say was shot by his son, has been released from the hospital.
Rev. Mark Petric, 45, was discharged from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Friday , according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Petric’s house on Peck Wadsworth Road in Brighton Township, where the bloody scene took place last month, was […]
Browns: Crennel will take breaks but says team needs to get better
BEREA — Browns coach Romeo Crennel would rather be good than lucky. But for one game, he’ll take lucky.
Less than 24 hours after the unlikeliest of wins, Crennel smiled and laughed more than ever in a half-hour news conference. He had reason, as the Browns improved to 6-4 with a 33-30 overtime win over the […]
‘Pay as you throw’ now a go
LORAIN — City Council passed the controversial “pay as you throw” trash plan Monday, just two weeks after rejecting it and slamming the lid on millions of dollars in recycling grant money for the city and the rest of Lorain County.
Lorain’s approval gives the county Solid Waste Management District the green light to implement the […]
Lorain lockup almost ready to reopen cells
Officials in Lorain plan to reopen the city jail between mid-December and New Year’s Day. The city has spent $350,000 over the past three months to renovate the old jail on the third floor of the police station on West Erie Avenue, dividing it into five blocks of seven cells each and 34 beds.
There is […]
Browns notes: Cribbs on historic pace
BEREA — Kick returner Joshua Cribbs isn’t just having a Pro Bowl season. He’s having a season for all time.
Cribbs’ 306 return yards Sunday (franchise-record 245 on kickoffs, 61 punts) ranks third in NFL history. New Orleans’ Tyrone Hughes had 347 in 1994 and Chicago’s Devin Hester 314 on Sept. 30.
According to the Elias Sports […]
Council approval wasn’t needed for land deal
LORAIN — City Council’s approval wasn’t needed to give Riverview Realty Management Co. an option to buy land at Riverbend Commerce Park, according to city planner Don Romancik.
During a meeting Sunday where eastside residents raised concerns about the proposed development of a limestone grinding factory at Riverbend, Councilman Tony Krasienko said he planned to investigate […]