Wednesday, Jan. 25 • The Lady Comets basketball teams host the Berea Braves with the freshman game at 4:30 p.m., junior varsity at 6 p.m., and varsity at 7 p.m. • The Comets bowl against Elyria Catholic at Rebman Recreation at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 • The Westlake Demons visit Amherst for boys basketball action, […]
Six boys and girls from Amherst and Oberlin, ages 10 to 14, were named local champions of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship, and have earned the right to compete at the district level. Holy Family Council 4891 in Amherst, sponsored the local competition at St. Joseph’s School in Amherst. All youngsters ages 10 to 14 […]
The junior varsity Lady Comets basketball team suffered a tough loss Saturday against the Westlake Demons, 40–33. They came out very focused and ready to play which gave them a good lead in the beginning of the game. “It was such an intense game because we both wanted the title,” said point guard Sherr Champe. “We […]
Senior Sarah Fisher set a new school record Saturday during Amherst’s outstanding showing at the Kent State University Indoor Track and Field Invitational. She ran the 60 meter hurdles in 10.60 seconds, surpassing Tessa Shagovac’s 10.63 record from 2001. Fisher also ran the 200 meter dash in 28.96 seconds to place second in school history for indoor records. Several other […]
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Two men — one from Amherst — have been convicted in the murder almost a decade ago of a western Pennsylvania man who was an informant responsible for the arrest of one of the defendants on drug charges. Jurors in Washington County on Tuesday night convicted 55-year-old John Bronson Jr. of […]
Lyle “Pete” Avon St. Peter, 95, and a resident of South Amherst, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 at New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain, Ohio. Lyle was born Oct. 10, 1916, in Lorain where he was raised before moving to South Amherst in 1944. Lyle worked as an electrician for Ridge Tool in Elyria, before […]
Norbert Henry Shinsky, 85, of Amherst, died peacefully, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 1, 1926 in Lorain to Alexander and Emma (nee Smarsh) Shinsky. Norbert was a veteran of World War II, serving his country with the United States Navy. In 1954, he started […]
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