Elyria NewsLocal news for Elyria, OH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Birdies aplenty: Former Elyria Catholic star Alexa Porter has one bad ...- July 22, 2008 Led by former Elyria Catholic star Alexa Porter's 1-over-par 74, three area women qualified for the Championship Flight of the 85th Women's Ohio Amateur Championship, which got under way Monday at Elyria ...http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/birdies-aplenty-former-elyria-catholic-star-al... County faces $6M budget shortfall- July 21, 2008 "Unfortunately, I'm not here to paint a pretty picture for you," county Budget Director Lisa Hobart told county commissioners Thursday.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/county-faces-6m-budget-shortfall?fromrss=1 Lorain county's leading news source- July 21, 2008 Archive for July 18th, 2008 Dennis J. Afrates Dennis J. "Happy" Afrates, 75, of Lorain, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, following a brief illness.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/lorain-countys-leading-news-source-4?fromrss=1 Woman drops order against bailiff- July 20, 2008 Woman drops stalking protection order against bailiff Brad Dicken ELYRIA - An Avon woman has dropped her civil stalking protection order against an Avon Lake Municipal Court bailiff.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/woman-drops-order-against-bailiff?fromrss=1 HONORING A HERO- July 19, 2008 AND HELPING HIS FAMILY Friends and family of Officer Jason West invite you to join them on August 10th for a Poker Run. The proceeds from the Jason D. West Poker Run will benefit the parents of Officer West who were left with expenses after his death. Officer West was shot and killed in the Line of Duty on Friday, May 25, 2007 while responding to a disturbance call. Officer West blocked a vehicle with his patrol car that was leaving the area. The driver of that auto exited his vehicle and shot..http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/honoring-a-hero?fromrss=1 Chronicle salesman Rudy Cozart, 59, dies- July 19, 2008 Longtime Chronicle advertising representative Rudy J. Cozart died Thursday evening after a battle with lung cancer.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/chronicle-salesman-rudy-cozart-59-dies?fromrss... Charity event planned one year after tragic drowning- July 19, 2008 Tom Smith still sees the face of his dead son in crowds several times a day, and Barb Glass can't ever seem to wake up from the nightmare she knows is a reality.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/charity-event-planned-one-year-after-tragic-dr... MY FINGER IS STUCK- July 19, 2008 Elyria - With gas prices through the roof lately, this situation was going to happen sooner or later. Elyria Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Marseilles after a man got his finger stuck in a gas tank. Neighbors said the man was siphoning gas from his sisters van when somehow he got his finger stuck in the hole. They tried for sometime to extricate the finger themselves before realizing they needed the Fire Department. Firefighters cut portions of the van away in order to safely...http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/my-finger-is-stuck?fromrss=1 Man cleared of rape, convicted of battery- July 19, 2008 An Elyria man was convicted Friday of sexual battery for forcing himself on a woman during a date in 2005.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/man-cleared-of-rape-convicted-of-battery?fromr... Kate Ulichney, or Lorain, volunteers at a City Fresh stand yesterday at St. Mary's Church in Lorain.- July 19, 2008 A one-year-old program now has 65 area families signed up to receive weekly produce from local farmers.http://www.topix.net/city/elyria-oh/2008/07/kate-ulichney-or-lorain-volunteers-at-a-city-f... |