Archive for April 25th, 2008
Visitors Bureau plans May bus tour
In May 2007, a Travel Industry Association survey asked people at what price per gallon of gas would they consider changing vacation and travel plans.
The answer was: $3.50.
It’s a year later, and we’re paying that — or more.
COURTESY LORAIN COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU
A May bus tour visiting Lorain County sites will start and end at the […]
Prosecutor: Pregnant teller wounded in robbery loses twins
INDIANAPOLIS — A pregnant teller shot in a bank robbery has lost the twins she was carrying, and police continued to search for the gunman Friday.
Katherin Shuffield, who was five months pregnant, was critically wounded when a masked gunman shot her in the abdomen Tuesday morning at a Huntington Bank branch.
Authorities and the […]
Water main break closes NASA Glenn
CLEVELAND — A water line break has shut down the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
NASA Glenn spokeswoman Lori Rachul says the break happened before 7 a.m. Friday and employees were asked to leave the center by 10 a.m.
Rachul says there’s no water in the […]
Ohio man arrested in connection with school plot
CLEVELAND — Authorities near Cleveland have arrested a man they say e-mailed an Indiana teenager about conducting a Columbine-style attack on two schools.
Lakewood Police Chief Tim Malley says 33-year-old Lee Billi was charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. A 16-year-old Indiana boy was arrested earlier […]
Capital punishment: Wizards hand Cavaliers worst playoff loss in franchise history
WASHINGTON — Midway through the third period, the Cavaliers’ second-leading scorer was, drum roll please, Ben Wallace. He had exactly five more points than Soulja Boy, who was in attendance. Not surprisingly, Cleveland trailed by 26. Yes, it was that kind of night Thursday at the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards […]
Cavs notes: LeBron making himself heard to his teammates
WASHINGTON — There hasn’t been a lot of talk about it, but LeBron James has started to become much more vocal with his Cavaliers teammates. “I’ve been really vocal,” James said Thursday at the Verizon Center before Game 3 of Cleveland’s best-of-seven playoff series with the Washington Wizards. “There’s a time and place for […]