Archive for April 2nd, 2008
NAACP membership breakfast to be Saturday
ELYRIA — The annual membership breakfast of the NAACP will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Elyria Holiday Inn, 1825 Lorain Blvd., and will have as a speaker the Rev. Kevin E. Parks, pastor of Jones Chapel AME Church, Elyria.
Tickets are $15 per person and may be purchased by calling (440) 322-8802 or (440) 288-0991. […]
BREAKING NEWS — Elyria meeting to discuss fire department canceled
Tonight’s Council committee meeting to discuss the matter of staffing at the Elyria Fire Department has been canceled until further notice. Fire Chief John Zielinski is ill. Councilman Michael Lotko, D-at large, who is chairman of the committee, decided to cancel it in light of Zielinski’s illness in order to give the chief […]
POLL — Elyria is closing schools. Which one should be shut?
Faced with a potential $3 million shortfall in the 2009-2010 school year, Elyria schools is looking at a plan to cut about $1.3 million from next year’s budget. To do this, the district will cut staff and close one or more of the existing 11 elementary schools. School officials will make the determination as to […]
BREAKING NEWS — Man gets six years in DUI fatal
ELYRIA – Phillip Stern II was sentenced today to six years in prison for killing Sheila Pierce when he rammed her car after fleeing a DUI stop made by Amherst police in 2006.
It wasn’t enough for Pierce’s husband, Allen Pierce, who said after county Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski handed down the sentence that he […]
College basketball: Ohio State starts strong and hangs on against Ole Miss, earns berth in NIT final against UMass
NEW YORK — Ohio State will get another chance to wrap up its season with a title, though not quite the one the Buckeyes had in mind when fall practice started. Hey, at least they don’t have to mess with Florida this time. Jamar Butler and Evan Turner scored 17 each, […]
Richard A. Johns
Richard A. Johns, 76, passed away March 30, 2008. He was formerly of Elyria, moving to the Villages in Florida in 2005.
Mr. Johns was a retired engineer. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church. He served in the Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Johns […]