College notes: Taylor Burke posts first Gator high jump victory
It didn’t take long for Medina native Taylor Burke to register her first collegiate high jump victory. In just her second indoor meet at the college level, the reigning Gazette Athlete of the Year and...
View ArticleMeth suspected in Lodi house fire
LODI — A methamphetamine operation might have caused a house fire early Sunday, according to Police Chief Keith Keough. Four adults reportedly were in the house and some or all may have been cooking...
View ArticleWhy Routine Filter Changes Enchance Furnace Efficiency
Why are routine filter changes so important? You’d be surprised how often we’re asked that question. You may think that air filters play a minor role in the life of your furnace, but in our...
View ArticleProposal would allow guns in Ohio Statehouse garage
COLUMBUS — Members of the public are barred from taking guns into the Ohio Statehouse. A state lawmaker wants to make an exception for the garage beneath the Capitol building. Republican Rep. Ron Maag,...
View ArticleTeenager charged in bomb threat at Wadsworth High School
WADSWORTH — A Wadsworth High School senior was arrested Monday in connection with a bomb threat last week at the school, police said. After executing a search warrant at 279 Stratford Ave., police...
View ArticleAntawn Jamison believes Cavs will get back on track
INDEPENDENCE — When the Cavaliers faced LeBron James and the Miami Heat for the first time last season, Cleveland suffered an embarrassing 118-90 loss at Quicken Loans Arena that deflated everyone,...
View ArticleOhio Christian audiences want Broncos’ QB Tim Tebow
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Denver Broncos star quarterback Tim Tebow is in demand for Christian audiences in Ohio. A church youth ministry program is raising money in hopes of landing Tebow speak at an annual...
View ArticleHead-on crash along I-76 kills a Lake Milton man
WADSWORTH TWP. — A Lake Milton man was killed Monday evening in a head-on collision along east Interstate 76. Justen T. Russell, 22, of Wadsworth, was driving west in an east lane of I-76 between state...
View ArticleGymnastics: Alice Hottensmith has splendid all-around day
BRECKSVILLE — Brunswick gymnast Alice Hottensmith played another sweet tune Saturday at the Rock-n-Roll Classic. Hottensmith captured her second consecutive all-around championship at Brecksville’s...
View ArticleBlue Devil goalie will attend Cleveland State
BRUNSWICK — Rebecca Coleman is quick to credit all of her athletic accomplishments to her family. So when it came down to making her college decision, it was only fitting the Brunswick goalkeeper...
View ArticlePhoenix has 26-4 explosion in second quarter vs. Bucks
YORK TWP. — The Buckeye boys basketball team helped the Oberlin Phoenix look like the Phoenix Suns in the second quarter Tuesday night. At least that was the case at the offensive end. From a defensive...
View ArticleTwo contractors killed in Cleveland building collapse
CLEVELAND — Two contractors in Cleveland are dead after a building collapsed as they were tearing it down. Authorities said it appears the two men were cutting some metal beams on the second floor of...
View ArticleDoug Haas leaves Cloverleaf to coach Wooster football
WESTFIELD TWP. — On the same day state auditor Dave Yost announced the Cloverleaf Local School District is in fiscal emergency, the Colts lost their football coach. Doug Haas was named head man at...
View ArticlePirates are still in search of their second win
SULLIVAN TWP. — When a team is in the midst of a 10-game losing streak, it tries to find anything positive. While Black River’s boys basketball team was on the wrong side of a 66-56 Patriot Athletic...
View ArticlePresident Obama: ‘A fair shot for all’
By Ben Feller WASHINGTON — Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the...
View ArticleCloverleaf Schools are in a fiscal emergency
WESTFIELD TWP. — Cloverleaf Schools are in a state of fiscal emergency, state Auditor Dave Yost announced Tuesday. The action came at the request of the school district, which will be placed under the...
View ArticleGirl, 18, hurt in 2-vehicle crash today along Route 224
WESTFIELD TWP. — A Westfield Center woman was transported this morning by emergency helicopter to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of state Route 224 and LeRoy Road. Trooper...
View ArticleColts clinch gymnastics title
WESTFIELD TWP. — Cloverleaf clinched the North East Gymnastics Conference championship Tuesday with a 136.75-127.05 win over Perry. To make the victory all the sweeter, senior Ashley Rose led the way...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Mason Schreck’s hot streak is key to Bees’ surge
WADSWORTH — Senior Mason Schreck is suddenly on a hot streak, and Medina’s boys basketball team has its first winning streak of the season because of it. The 6-foot-5 center dominated the game-deciding...
View ArticleMedina’s Nick Bavaro receives award from ESPN Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Medina soccer and football player Nick Bavaro received college scholarship money courtesy of ESPN Cleveland on Jan. 19. Bavaro, who was joined by Shaker Heights’ Connor Hall as a winner,...
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