Archive for January 13th, 2008
Blotter: Jan. 14
Lorain police Saturday, Jan. 12 7:55 p.m. – 2200 block Oakdale Ave., a man said two people threw bricks at his girlfriend’s van.
Elyria police
Friday, Jan. 11 8:47 a.m. – 100 block Burns Road, smashed car window. 11:29 a.m. – Hilltop Academy, Gulf Road, a […]
Trainer of ‘Biggest Loser’ contestant practices what he preaches
AVON — He’s not Bob Harper or Jillian Michaels, helping overweight Americans lose weight in front of millions of viewers on NBC’s reality show “The Biggest Loser,” but EMH personal trainer Jermaine Alexander is changing lives with his own personal wellness tips.
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Lynn Westphal uses a combination of free weights and cardio with personal trainer […]
Coroner: Accelerant used to set house afire
MASON — The burning house where a woman and her young child were found dead caught fire through the use of kerosene, gasoline or some other accelerant, a coroner said Sunday.
Three other children were pulled from Friday night’s fire but died later at a hospital. Police on Saturday charged Michel Veillette, 34, […]
Authorities release identities of plane crash dead
LAKESIDE — Authorities were continuing an investigation Sunday into why a small plane crashed in a rural residential area as its pilot prepared to land, killing four people.
The crash killed the pilot, David Eckstein, 67, of Mansfield, and his three passengers: John McCarter, 68, and Karen Soprano, 62, both of Mansfield, and […]
Cuyahoga vote board has scant time to prep
CLEVELAND — Ohio’s presidential primary may be seven weeks away, but the elections chief in Ohio’s largest county is busy preparing for a new voting system and finding a company to show voters how to use it.
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections also must set up vote-counting equipment in a warehouse — […]
Officials question growing poverty in Appalachian Ohio
COLUMBUS — Appalachian Ohio, a region that historically has struggled compared with the rest of the state, has new worries: A dramatic increase in poverty rates in which several counties had at least 20 percent of their population living in poverty.
Some local officials in Appalachian Ohio are skeptical of the U.S. Census […]