Medina city may buy Moose parking lot
MEDINA — City Council is considering buying a parking lot on the southeast corner of Elmwood Avenue and Liberty Street. Medina City Council will consider buying a parking lot at the corner of West...
View ArticleTrash pickup resumes as strike ends
Kiera Manion-Fischer and Steve Fogarty A lot of Medina neighborhoods should begin looking cleaner and smelling better this week as garbage pickup gets back to normal after the end of a weeklong strike...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Weekend on the lacrosse field
Weekend on the lacrosse field: The Baggataway Tournmament Middle school lacrosse teams duel it out as part of the Baggataway Tournament, hosted Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21, 2013, by the...
View ArticleSoftball: Bees struggle against Knights
Todd Shapiro AKRON — There were a number of girls who showed up to Akron’s Logan Field on Sunday afternoon dressed in Medina uniforms, but once they stepped between the white lines, they looked and...
View ArticleMedina’s Ranallo named as Gazette Winter Coach of Year
High school sports present a unique — and increasingly difficult — balancing act for coaches. Winning the right way, of course, is their main objective. But it’s also important for every athlete to...
View ArticleNFL draft: QB’s skills make some drool, but others stay cool
The buzz in NFL circles won’t go away. If West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith is still around, the Browns will draft him at No. 6. Smith “That’s a logical place for him,” NFL Network analyst Mike...
View ArticleEnergy Evaluation Basics: What the Blower Door Test Entails
If you live in an older home, or you’ve noticed your energy bills steadily climbing, it may be time for an energy evaluation. Sure, you could go through your homeidentifying potentially leaky areas,...
View ArticleIndians offense back to struggling, but does enough
HOUSTON — After walloping the Astros 19-6 Saturday night, the Indians were back to struggling on Sunday. But to struggle and win is fun, so the Tribe was all smiles after slipping past the Astros 5-4...
View ArticleJimmy Haslam ‘embarrassed’ by FBI documents, announces Pilot Flying J’s plan...
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam announced a five-step reponse this afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn., as Pilot Flying J is in the midst of an investigation by the FBI and IRS. Haslam is CEO of Pilot Flying J,...
View ArticlePHOTO: Kindness from Cruella
Medina’s Hobby Horse Preschool took on the look of a Disney movie set Tuesday when parent Mary Martin showed up in a limousine, dressed as Cruella De Vil, the villain in the film “101 Dalmatians.”...
View ArticleApril 24 police log for Medina
Medina police Tuesday, April 16 6:11 p.m. — 500 block W. Friendship St., Holly G. Bobrowski, 47, 538 W. Friendship St., No. 1, Medina, charged with menacing. Wednesday, April 17 9:46 p.m. — 600 block...
View ArticleTrack and field: Hornets put it in cruise control
GRANGER TWP. — The Highland boys track team won 10 of the 12 events on the track Tuesday in cruising to a 95-42 Suburban League win over Cloverleaf. Joshua Poling Stuart Arbuckle Josh Poling and Stuart...
View ArticleSoftball: Raiders win close one
SULLIVAN TWP. — Pitchers Christine Lyzen of Columbia and Black River’s Dagmar Smith are summertime travel-ball teammates and friends of longstanding. But put them in opposite dugouts during the high...
View ArticleBaseball: Highland’s Kenny Sanford stays solid on mound
WESTFIELD TWP. — Kenny Sanford said he was “honored” to be pegged the No. 2 starter by first-year Highland baseball coach Jay Grissom. Sanford yet again failed to disappoint Tuesday at Cloverleaf. The...
View ArticleNFL draft: Most agree Dee Milliner is top cornerback, but criticism still flows
Dee Milliner has been picked on lately. Milliner That’s unfamiliar territory for the All-American cornerback from Alabama. And Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban doesn’t like it. “There’s a lot of...
View ArticleIndians: Even rainout doesn’t stop Nick Swisher’s joy
CHICAGO — Three weeks into the season and Indians outfielder Nick Swisher can’t contain his excitement over his new team. The veteran will have to wait another day to help Cleveland try to extend its...
View ArticleCavs agree on 5-year deal to bring back former coach Mike Brown
INDEPENDENCE — The 19th head coach in Cavaliers history will be the same as the 17th. Just five days after firing Byron Scott, the Cavs reached a deal Tuesday with Mike Brown, who is expected to be...
View ArticleBrowns LB Quentin Groves arrested on solicitation charges last week
Browns linebacker Quentin Groves was arrested for solicitation April 17 in the east side suburb of Orange, according to the police report. The Orange and Beachwood Police departments, along with the...
View ArticleScott Petrak’s mock NFL draft
Scott Petrak’s mock draft Top 10 1 Kansas City Luke Joeckel OT Texas A&M The cleanest left tackle in the draft. 2 Jacksonville Eric Fisher OT Central Michigan Two picks, two left tackles. 3...
View ArticleBrowns Notes: Commissioner Roger Goodell meets with Jimmy Haslam, concerned...
Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged the NFL’s concern over the FBI investigation into Pilot Flying J, the family company of Browns owner Jimmy Haslam. “Well, of course, when you have that type of...
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