Archive for May, 2008
High school softball notebook: With three teams a win away from making state, Lorain County fans might as well dream
It’s a big day for Lorain County softball fans. For the first time, we have three schools playing in regional finals in three divisions, all scheduled for noon today. It’s pie in the sky, of course, but it would be outstanding to see Elyria, Keystone and Wellington move on to the Final […]
Steve Byrne on horse racing: Smooth air should fly to Ohio Derby win
Call him the Air apparent. Smooth Air looks like the winner in today’s 74th running of the Ohio Derby at Thistledown. He didn’t look like a Hutcheson Stakes winner back on Jan. 8, but he won that race anyway by defeating seven rivals over a muddy track at Gulfstream Park. In today’s […]
Off death row, killer seeks less jail time
ELYRIA — A convicted killer whose death sentence was overturned by a county judge who found him mentally retarded has appealed the judge’s decision to resentence him to life in prison without parole.
By filing the appeal, Raymond Smith, convicted in the 1994 murder of police informant Ronald Lally, isn’t […]
Turnpike billboard doesn’t compute
ELYRIA — The city’s chief building official is suing the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals because it gave a company the OK to erect a billboard on North Abbe Road.
The zoning board granted a variance that would allow William Holland, president of Holland Computers, to build […]
Lorain officials banish homeless from city hall
LORAIN — City Hall isn’t a homeless shelter, said city Safety Director Phil Dore, who has told police to run out any homeless people found inside City Hall after hours.
Dore said he’s seen homeless people about half a dozen times sleeping in City Hall when he arrived for work […]
Keystone grads mourn the one who’s not with them
CARLISLE TWP. — Even with 148 seniors packed onto the stage Friday night, it seemed strangely empty.
The Keystone High School Class of 2008 was not complete without Kristal Lucas, valedictorian Chelsea Flanigan said.
Lucas was 16 when she died of complications following a tonsillectomy in October 2006. Every single graduate stood up […]