26 Feb 1999
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1999
Page
1
Reggie Miller sinks over Danny Ferry as Indiana defeats Cleveland 81-74 at Gund Arena. The Chronicle notes this third straight loss for the Cavs and highlights a strong Pacers performance.
More than 300 attendees at Lorain County Community College discussed airport expansion with scholars and politicians. Chris paraphrase: The session filled with questions, many unanswered, as critics urged caution while proponent Michael Ross argued the plan could gain support. Local figures such as Mary Jo Wass weighed in, and observers left unsure about the measure’s regional fit.
In Jasper Texas John King 24 was sentenced to lethal injection for the murder of James Byrd Jr dragging him behind a pickup. Jurors and a black foreman delivered the verdict amid taunts and a brief outburst from King who declared innocence and cited Nazi writings in a final statement.
Michael and Debra Bush, owners of Lorain IGA and Huron IGA, were secretly indicted on eight counts each of filing fraudulent sales tax returns and collecting and failing to pay sales tax. They face 18 counts including engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and aggravated grand theft. The Avon Lake couple, both in their forties, allegedly did not remit $176,002 in state sales taxes.
Akron investigators say two 18 year old teens Torrey Swain and Jason Cottrell along with a 16 year old boy lured two youths into a car and held them at gunpoint marking the first use of Ohio's new gang law in Summit County.
Electroalloys Corp will shutter its Taylor Street foundry in late April and lay off most of its 108 local workers. West Homestead Engineering and Machine Co president William Cook Jr says deteriorating oil and steel markets ruined the Elyria castings site and reopening is unlikely. The firm supplies heat resistant castings to petrochemical and steel industries as oil prices stay low and demand weakens.
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