Archive for May 8th, 2008
A fighting chance: Mixed martial arts event to feature debut of Elyria team
ELYRIA — Sure there will be wings and burgers on the menu Friday night, but that’s not exactly what area fight fans are going to be salivating over. Superior Cage Fighting will give Lorain County its first taste of high-profile mixed martial arts (MMA) in “Round 1 of the Quaker Fight Series” at the […]
High school track and field notebook: No Kopasakis means no fun for Westlake girls
It’s been a tough stretch lately for the Westlake girls, who have been without the services of sophomore distance star Sophia Kopasakis for most of the season. “She strained a hamstring before our spring break,” Westlake assistant Travis Haselswerdt said. “She ran through it for about two weeks. We were finally forced […]
Browns linebacker Willie McGinest tell’s Web site that 2008 will be his last season
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but 2008 will be the final season for 36-year-old linebacker Willie McGinest. In an interview with si.com, McGinest said he’ll play out the final year of the three-year, $12 million contract he signed with the Browns in 2006. […]
Suspect in abduction being held without bail
Victim in fair condition after being shot in back; parks to step up patrols
ELYRIA — The husband of the woman who was brutalized at the county Metro Parks’ Carlisle Reservation summed up his anger for the man accused of attacking his wife in five words.
“I’d like to kill him.”
As […]
Want a 23-cent pizza? Call Papa John — not Mama Dianna
LORAIN — Don’t call Dianna Koepke today looking for a 23-cent pizza. She already gets way too many calls from people in search of a pizza pie.
“I get them all the time, including late at night,” Koepke said.
The Lorain woman has the misfortune of having inherited the phone number that used […]
Audit or not, fire station to be closed, Mayor Grace says
ELYRIA — City Council may have called for a fire department audit, but Mayor Bill Grace is moving ahead with his plans to restructure the department right now.
Grace divulged his plan during a taping of “The Mayor’s Roundtable” this week when he said he was “extremely confident” the city could operate with just […]