Archive for May 3rd, 2008
Prep softball notebook: Firelands on fire after frustrating start
No one has been paying much attention to Firelands since the Falcons opened the season with four straight losses. But while no one was watching, the Falcons won seven of their next eight games, a streak that continued until they ran into West Shore Conference leader Midview on Wednesday. They lost 5-3 […]
The Kentucky Derby: Race shaping up as a big test for favored Big Brown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All week, the chatter along the Churchill Downs backstretch has been about Big Brown running away with the Kentucky Derby. The talk ends today and the real running begins in the 1¼-mile Derby, where the unbeaten 3-year-old colt has plenty to prove, history to buck and perhaps even a wet […]
Barrett won’t be charged in photo case
Former state Rep. Matt Barrett won’t be charged for reportedly lying to police about knowing women in topless photos — one of which he displayed to a high school class last year — found on a state-issued memory stick.
Sandusky County Prosecutor Tom Stierwalt found nothing to warrant charges against Barrett, said Norwalk Law Director Stuart […]
Lightning strikes thrice: At EMH
ELYRIA — A lightning strike Friday afternoon left a local hospital on backup power and interrupted an open-heart surgery.
Storms that raked some areas of the county with heavy rain and hail also created a barrage of lightning, and one bolt stretched down about 3 p.m. to hit EMH Regional Medical Center, Assistant Elyria Fire Chief […]
Houses in two townships also struck
Emergency Management Agency Director Tom Kelley said lightning also struck houses Friday in Rochester and Carlisle townships.
The first hit about 9:30 a.m. at a house on Gore Orphanage Road near Stocking Road, Rochester firefighter Ronald Eaton said.
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A firefighter sprays water on a house on Edgehill Drive in Carlisle Township on Friday while […]
Woman is cited for too many cats
SHEFFIELD LAKE — A police officer Friday delivered the first of what could be a daily citation to Victoria Wilson for exceeding the city’s four-cat-per-household limit.Wilson has 80 or so cats.
Wilson, 77, who has arthritis of the spine, said she hopes that one of her health care workers can go to City Hall to pay […]