Sports Hall of Fame: Flash eyes another state title
Steve King The best run of success ever by a Medina County sports team? There are a lot of choices. Wadsworth High wrestling has been outstanding for a long time. So have Medina girls soccer and...
View ArticleVerlander gets best of Tribe
Chris Assenheimer The Gazette DETROIT — The Indians have undergone a number of changes over the past two-plus weeks, but one thing has remained constant. They keep losing. A new venue in Detroit did...
View ArticleMasters: Heart of the Bucks
Albert Grindle The Gazette For an unusually humble man who could run like a deer, broad jump nearly 22 feet and trample defenders with the fury of a freight train, Tom Masters’ life has consistently...
View ArticleGordon suspended for two games
Scott Petrak The Gazette Browns No. 1 receiver Josh Gordon started his second season by dropping the ball. Gordon was suspended without pay for the team’s first two regular-season games for violating...
View ArticleGuilford man indicted on drug/alcohol charges
MEDINA — A 42-year-old Guilford Township man with a long criminal record was indicted by a Medina County grand jury Wednesday on two counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The...
View ArticleRabies outbreak spreads among bats
WESTFIELD TWP. — A bat found in a home on Lake Road near Gloria Glens tested positive for rabies — the fourth rabid bat found in the county this year and the second in two weeks. It’s the most bats...
View ArticlePicnic speaks to work of advocates
Guardians, wards and Medina County Probate Court employees pose for a photo at a picnic Thursday at Brunswick Eagles Club, 349 Pearl Road. The picnic honored volunteers in the court's guardianship...
View ArticleMultiplying the surprise
Lindsay Lowrie, 20, of Brunswick holds her son, Kenneth. Lowrie gave birth to Kenneth, his twin Colton, and twins Bentley and Griffin on April 18 at Fairview Hospital. (PHOTO PROVIDED) All parents...
View ArticleTransit change up to feds
Medina County officials and Medina Mayor Dennis Hanwell want the Ohio Department of Transportation to fix the new funding formula for the county’s transit system. But an ODOT official said the federal...
View ArticleAnne Marie Hickey
Anne Marie Hickey, 80, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Anne was born July 4, 1932 in Syracuse, New York, to the late Edward and Frances (McCarthy) Wolff. She was a homemaker, active...
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Robert Allen Ferry, 86, passed away Friday, June 7, 2013. Robert was a U.S. Navy Veteran, WWII. He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College and Case Western Reserve University. He taught biology,...
View ArticleStage Left Theatre Company makes Shakespearean return
Shakespeare is coming back to Medina Public Square. After a two-year hiatus, Stage Left Theatre Company is returning with “The Taming of the Shrew” — William Shakespeare’s comic take on the war of the...
View ArticleFringe benefits case goes before justices
COLUMBUS — Ohio Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday on whether company-provided fringe benefits like cars and phone services should count in determining a person’s child support payments....
View ArticleNonprofit: Expand Medicaid or lose billions
A nonprofit group lobbying for health care for the working poor is calling on the state Legislature to allow Ohio to join the expanded Medicaid program authorized by the federal Affordable Care Act....
View ArticlePHOTO: Paved with fair intentions
Jeff Wancata, of Parma, an employee of Crossroads Asphalt Recycling, operates a rolling machine to prepare Fair Road for “chip and seal” paving. The road, which now is mostly gravel, runs through the...
View ArticleGroup: Pipe up on pipeline
A map displayed Tuesday shows the pipeline running through six Medina County townships: Wadsworth, Guilford, Montville, Lafayette, York and Litchfield. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY DAN POMPILI) A local...
View ArticleNFL: Tebow mania is back
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tim Tebow finally has a new team. The New England Patriots announced the signing of the polarizing quarterback with the poor throwing motion on Tuesday, six weeks after he was cut...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics: Pickett, Winnfried will be honored at banquet
Steve King There are a lot of great athletes. But there are far fewer great athletes who are also great teammates. Those are the special ones. They’re, oh, so valuable. The fact Tamita Pickett and...
View ArticleIndians: Tribe’s skid ends, beat Rangers 5-2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Kluber allowed one run over eight innings and the Indians beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 Tuesday night to snap an eight-game losing streak. The Indians also ended a 12-game road...
View ArticleTrack and field: Keith Yohman’s versatility hard to match
Brunswick's Keith Yohman is the 2013 Gazette boys track MVP. (RON SCHWANE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION) If it wasn’t for Solon’s Khoury Crenshaw, Keith Yohman might be polishing three Northeast Ohio Conference...
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