Girls basketball: Bees bank on balanced attack
GRANGER TWP. — Things were close for awhile, but Medina’s girls basketball team ran away with a 63-48 non-league win over Highland on Wednesday behind a very balanced offense. The Bees (11-2) had 12...
View ArticleHead coaching interviews just keep on coming for Browns
The Browns looked on both sides of the ball Wednesday as they continued their coaching search. Former Browns offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski, who holds the same position with the Panthers, was at...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Bucks swat away any Pirate hopes
YORK TWP. — The S.W.A.T. team was out in full force, and it wore Buckeye girls basketball uniforms instead of bulletproof armor. The Bucks’ defense was as impenetrable as Kevlar Wednesday, and it...
View ArticleGun group to train educators in Medina County
At least three employees of Medina County schools have applied for gun training and crisis management classes sponsored by an Ohio-based gun advocacy group. Buckeye Firearms Association, headquartered...
View ArticleMedina Schools holds levy discussion to garner opinions
MEDINA — Medina Schools Superintendent Randy Stepp said the school board has “a very short window of time” to make a decision on whether to place a levy on the May 7 primary ballot. The board is facing...
View ArticleACLU defending Facebooker from Columbia Station
MEDINA — Two weeks ago, Joseph W. Resovsky, the Columbia Station man arrested after posting a Facebook message cheering the Newtown, Conn., school gunman, didn’t have an attorney. Now he has four —...
View ArticleHornets might field a swim team
If Monday night’s Highland Board of Education meeting goes as planned, the Hornets will be represented at next month’s Akron Division I sectional swim meet. Highland, with the help of the Medina Makos...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Blue Devils starting to find rhythm
It would have been easy for Brunswick’s girls basketball team to sulk after a three-game losing streak last month. Instead, the Blue Devils regrouped and are back rolling down the tracks. Bri Moss...
View ArticleBoys basketball notes: Close wins put Bucks in division lead
Coach Matt Saunders’ Buckeye boys basketball team has proved it can score. The balanced Bucks (6-3, 4-2) have three double-digit scorers in Garrett Beck (13.6 ppg), Matt Cox (13.4) and Jeff Miller...
View ArticleSoftball coach Merle Simmons won’t be returning to Black River
SULLIVAN TWP. — Winning isn’t everything after all. Merle Simmons led Black River’s softball team to uncharted waters. The Pirates were one out away from the Division III state semifinals last spring...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Booths have starring roles at Wadsworth
Sheryl Yoast, meet Peyton Booth. Spunky little Sheryl, played by Hayden Panettiere, was the young, football-crazed daughter of coach Bill Yoast in the 2000 hit movie “Remember the Titans,” which...
View ArticleRob Chudzinski hired as Browns new head coach
Chud is back. Rob Chudzinski has joined the Browns’ coaching staff for the third time in his career. This time as the 14th full-time head coach in franchise history. Rob Chudzinski He was hired...
View ArticleOhio child dies from flu complications
COLUMBUS — Ohio health authorities say a child has died from flu complications as the state’s flu-associated hospitalizations climb. Health Department spokeswoman Tessie Pollock said the department...
View ArticleLocal pharmacy offers drug presecriptions personalized for customers
Jeffrey Potter is proud of his work preparing drug prescriptions customized for patients. That’s why Potter is doing everything he can to distinguish his locally owned business from corporate-owned...
View ArticleChild rapist from Lodi writes family detailing crime
MEDINA — A Lodi man who wrote letters from jail to parents detailing his rape of their 6-year-old daughter will spend 25 years to life in prison. John I. Robinette Jr., 21, of 594 Oakwood Drive, Apt....
View ArticleNew Browns coach Rob Chudzinski: It’s the best job. This one is special
BEREA – Rob Chudzinski interviewed for head coaching jobs in the past, but had never landed one. That changed Thursday night when he was hired as the 14th full-time coach in Browns history. It was...
View ArticleClub helps moms network, make friends
Ariana Peterson, 4, delights 1-year-old Audrey Brown with a dive into the ball pit in Anna Brown’s living room in Medina on Thursday morning. Also shown is 18-month-old Caidyn Peterson climbing out of...
View ArticleFlood warning issued for county
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for possible flash flooding this weekend and into next week in Medina County and across northern Ohio. On Friday evening in Sharon...
View ArticleJoseph C. Farnsworth
Joseph C. Farnsworth, 91, a resident of Sharon Township, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Magnolia Village Retirement Community in Wadsworth. He was born in Sharon Township on September...
View ArticleJoyce Elaine Taylor
Joyce Elaine Taylor, 83, of Lodi, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Life Care Center of Medina, where she had resided the past four years. She was born February 5, 1929 in Decatur, Indiana, to...
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