Benjamin makes most of chance
Scott Petrak The Gazette BEREA — The broken fibula of running back Dion Lewis created a hole at kickoff returner. Travis Benjamin is ready to fill it. Benjamin, already slotted to return punts and be...
View ArticleMarinaro sets record for assists
Brunswick's Gannon Foust shoots and scores. (JUDD SMERGLIA / GAZETTE) Jon Huff The Gazette BRUNSWICK — It’s two shutouts and two wins for Brunswick’s boys soccer team, which dominated Amherst Steele...
View ArticleProperty goes for half of its appraised value
MEDINA — The former Henry Furnace building sold at auction Thursday for $285,000. The new owners are business partners Greg Cordray and Steve Madden. Cordray, president of Akron-based Keystone...
View ArticleFamily sues bar over fatal crash
ELYRIA — The family of a Liverpool Township man killed in a May 13, 2012, crash has sued the bar that reportedly served alcohol to the Columbia Station man accused of causing the fatal wreck in Lorain...
View ArticleLorain trio suspected in series of thefts
BRUNSWICK — Two sisters and a man, all from Lorain, were arrested early Wednesday morning after a resident reported suspicious activity to police. According to Brunswick police, Lindsey R. Kitchen, 24;...
View ArticleMan, 20, gets decade in prison for violent crimes
Convicted burglar Jason Donelon, right, grows emotional as Medina County Common Pleas Judge James L. Kimbler sentences him to 10 years in prison. Also pictured: Donelonâs attorney Andrew Korduba,...
View ArticleBarbershop’s roots run deep in Brunswick
Ashlea Bailey, left, and her mother, Vicki Michalske, join grandfather, Don Michalske, at the Brunswick Plaza Barbershop in Brunswick Plaza last week. Don holds a copy of a story from The Gazette about...
View ArticleHospital battles Amish parents in court
MEDINA — Akron Children’s Hospital plans to file an appeal over the case of a 10-year-old Amish girl whose parents refused her chemotherapy for leukemia. Probate and Juvenile Judge John J. Lohn denied...
View ArticleNew State Report Cards released (Updated with county results)
Click here for overall report cards for Medina County school districts. Click here for proficiency test results. Loren Genson, Kiera Manion-Fischer and Dan Pompili | Staff Writers School districts used...
View ArticleSchreck expects to see action: Ford is coming back from injury
Rick Noland The Gazette Mason Schreck is catching on, figuratively and literally, with the University at Buffalo football team. Chris Ford is working hard to catch up. The two Medina High products are...
View ArticleDefense off to good start
Scott Petrak The Gazette Even defensive coordinator Ray Horton has gotten caught up in the hot start by the first-team offense. “I give us an incomplete, but I give them an A,” he said. Horton was...
View ArticleMcAllister, Kazmir flip rotation spots
Brian Dulik The Gazette CLEVELAND — The Indians continue to be careful with left-handed pitcher Scott Kazmir, bumping his next start back one day. Right-hander Zach McAllister will take the mound...
View ArticleDriver remains critical after crash
LITCHFIELD TWP. — A Chatham Township resident remains hospitalized in critical condition following a Tuesday afternoon crash. At about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Charles Osborne, 53, drove his minivan left of...
View ArticleLodi hospital tied to Akron General, Clinic deal
Lodi Community Hospital is included in a pending sale of Akron General Health System to Cleveland Clinic and Community Health Systems Inc. The Akron hospital group has signed a nonbinding letter of...
View ArticlePark opens today
The Medina County Park District will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Carolyn Ludwig Mugrage Park at 2 p.m. today near the picnic shelter. The park entrance, at 4985 Windfall Road in Granger...
View ArticleSobriety checkpoint in Brunswick tonight
The Medina County OVI Task Force will host a sobriety checkpoint in Brunswick tonight. The exact location of the checkpoint was not immediately available. “OVI checkpoints are designed to not only...
View ArticleBrunswick considers $1.8 million land deal
BRUNSWICK — City Council is expected to vote Monday night on the sale of 16.3 acres of city property to a developer for $1.8 million. Canton-based McKinley Development Co. wants to purchase the...
View ArticleSenator makes a business call
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Cincinnati, speaks to GrafTech International employees Friday at the company's new manufacturing facility in Sharon Township. (KIERA MANION-FISCHER / GAZETTE) SHARON TWP. — A...
View ArticleCareer Center receives top grades
For the first time, state report cards offered evaluations of vocational schools, and the Medina County Joint Vocational School District got straight A’s. The district, which represents the Medina...
View ArticleTribe Wednesday: Atlanta Braves walk off with 3-2 win
ATLANTA — Chris Johnson singled to left with two outs in the ninth inning for his first career walk-off hit as the Atlanta Braves won again at home, beating the Indians 3-2 Wednesday night. Jordan...
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