A lot of people loved him and will miss him. My heart goes out to the family. You will be in my prayers and God will provide you the love and support you need to get through this hard time.

To Anne, I understand completely what you are talking about. My husband is studying Criminal Justice in hopes to get into the Academy to become a fellow officer too. Before this happened, I never fully understood what it would be like to have the fear and the pride of an officer's wife. Now [...]

I think it's interesting that a March 17 item in this blog discussed how girls are getting their ears pierced at younger ages all the time. This subject has been on my mind since last weekend, when I was at Summit Mall with four eighth-grade girls from my Girl Scout troop. We were there to sell cookies [...]

A few weeks ago the paper listed average teachers wages for all school districts in the county. Midview was at the bottom of that list. Our district does more with less in every area. For a dollar a day, we can continue to have one of the highest regarded districts in the county. Times are [...]

Jerry says: March 21, 2010 at 9:45 am My condolences go out to the slain police officers family for what transpired that day. but when you have a job that has a title to “protect and to serve” sometimes it comes with a price. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YES! It comes with the price of protecting and serving everyone,including cop killers like [...]

it is time for Elyrians to take back the streets from these thugs who have ran rampant for too long. Report suspicious and known drug activity to the police. No more crack dealers hanging out by Pauls Beverage, Gas USA or sitting on street corners with their fold out chairs and cell phones like they're [...]

What a sad, sad time for our community. Elyria has had more than its share of challenges long before this incident took place. I offer my heartfelt sympathy for those most closely touched by this tragedy. I am also very concerned about the name-calling tone of many of these postings. This terrible incident has [...]

An angel was truly lost

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It is very disheartening to think that a such tragic event can bring about such ignorant postings of a few people who are of little class and self worth. It saddens me to think that a person who was sworn a duty to protect the men,women and children of Elyria was killed in [...]

Anne: you are very well spoken, very informed and understand of what you speak, Not highly regarded traits on the C.T. site by the posters. You are right in all that you say! Of the officers that are in the article, I know one and he has ALWAYS shown NOTHING but the utmost respect toward citizens and professionalism [...]

"it’s what makes ours a civilized society." yea,yea they civilize left, they civilize right. till nothing is left or nothing is right. they civilize freedom till no one is free.

We get it Raven you're Joe Law And Order. However, the argument can be made that our drug laws fail miserably in that they breed disrespect for cops and laws, and actually make us more unsafe than safe because of the inevitable black market which takes over distribution and sales of things some [...]

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code reduction... yes ........

Thank you so much for protecting the city and its citizens, we can all feel reassured knowing that you can protect us from above now... God Bless you and your family Officer Kerstetter, Rest In Peace

very well said anne may your husband and the rest of the police officers be safe and always watch out for each other and may i say i am very proud of our police dept. God bless all of you

Jerry, I hope you never need a police officer and I wish they didn't have to respond to people with mentalities like yours. They shot the man knowing he'd already shot and maybe killed another officer, a friend of theirs, and that their lives were on the line too. And I'm sure just as [...]

Jerry you don't seem to have any problem with how many time Palmer shot the officer!

Here's what I KNOW. Ron Palmer shot Officer Kerstetter while Officer Kerstetter was doing his JOB! Which is protecting the city I live in. Officers arrived and shot Ron Palmer. IF ten officers would have shown up and shot Palmer 100 times, the ONLY part I have a problem with is the first part. RON PALMER [...]

Very well said Anne

Thank you for sharing your perspective Anne. Well said. Unfortunately many of the calls your husband and his friends go out to every day are to people like NJ who most likely don't have jobs, unless you count selling drugs. And they don't have wives, only the latest baby mama. And they [...]

We all have our opinions on this matter...believe what you want to. The homeowner still broke the law. The homeowner is still a drug dealer. He'll either plead guilty, NC, or be convicted. Those are facts. I don't like the speed limits but have to abide by them. There are other laws that I hate that I follow. it's what [...]

Amen Traveler....

I am from Elyria and am currently living in Wintersville, Ohio where my husband GySgt Jason Cooper is serving Recruiting Duty till the end of April. I was at the funeral home and witnessed the hearse bring Officer Kerstetter into the funeral home the day after he was shot and killed. I did [...]

nj you are an idiot not allowed to say what i really want to call you i am soo glad those officers shot that p.o.s he ambushed jim i grew up across the street from the kerstetters they are a great family and lost a great man in [...]

I was hoping to see something in the article like a salary cap or something like the other leagues do to create more parity.

This thread simply needs to die, neither side is going to convince the other that they are right, the only smart thing to do at this point and let this thread die like it should

NJ and others in my neighborhood are just acting typical of their "nature" one thing is for sure, it's not a fair trade to lose a good man like James for Ronnie Palmer the P.O.S. One less person for our tax dollars to pay for, I'm glad he's gone. Now it's time for [...]

Nj, thank whoever put that comment together for you. Raven, you aren't the only one. I'm sure the officers were justified but deep down, honestly, I don't care if they were. He had just killed one of them. They saved us tons of money housing him, feeding him, paying for his defense, psych [...]

Oops, I'm sorry, NJ's comment was on another post about this...can't keep track there's so much...I'll go talk to him over there.

Nj, thank whoever put that last comment together so well for you. The Raven, love and agree with all your comments. Had not heard yet that the wife was home though she was there quickly afterward so maybe. I have heard speculation that she is also bipolar which would explain a lot of [...]

Nice job with the name calling Raven. Now go smoke a joint and chill out.

They are exagerating these plants worth. $1,ooo.oo per plant, hogwash. Of course exagerations and fear mongering go a long way in this failed drug war.

Raven, I believe 100 percent that you truly believe this guy deserves to have his house taken." dope smokers crying foul for decades" "customers approaching your house and kids", you are a totally outta touch with reality, fearmongering, exaggerating the worst in everything with every post of yours I read. What was [...]