Interim treasurer selected for Educational Service Center
Floyd Parsson MEDINA — The Medina County Schools Educational Service Center’s governing board voted at a special meeting Thursday morning to hire former Midview Schools treasurer Floyd Parsson as...
View ArticleBrowns: McGahee wants to prove worth
BEREA — Willis McGahee admits his Browns debut was a dud, but vows to be much better Sunday when Cleveland hosts the Cincinnati Bengals. The veteran running back gained 9 yards on eight carries in the...
View ArticleCarpenter Road still closed, set to reopen next week
BRUNSWICK — Carpenter Road is expected to reopen next week, City Service Director Pat McNamara said. The road has been closed while a contractor completes a culvert replacement, but the project is...
View ArticleOhio State: Buckeyes pumped to play Wisconsin in Big Ten opener
COLUMBUS — No. 4 Ohio State hasn’t picked on anyone its size yet this season. Saturday night, that all changes when the Buckeyes host No. 23 Wisconsin. In its four non-conference games, Ohio State...
View ArticleEx-teacher pleads not guilty to permitting pot grow-op
Katie Hill-Asaro Vito Asaro MEDINA — A former Claggett Middle School teacher pleaded not guilty Thursday in Medina County Common Pleas Court to allowing her husband to grow marijuana in their...
View ArticleTribe: Injured outfielder still helping team as pinch-runner
MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Bourn was not in the starting lineup Thursday for the second straight game while nursing an injured right wrist, but the Indians are optimistic they will get him back fulltime...
View ArticleWadsworth police log for Sept. 27
Wadsworth police Thursday, Sept. 19 12:07 a.m. — 500 block High Street, Owen B. Fuss, 18, 520 Caledonia, Wadsworth, charged with theft and trespassing. 9:09 p.m. — High Street and Boyer Street, Jared...
View ArticleMore kids protected from flu
More children than ever got vaccinated against the flu last year, and health officials urged families Thursday to do even better this time around. Far too many young and middle-aged adults still forego...
View ArticleStudents wear yellow to honor teen who died of apparent suicide
Nick Glunt and Loren Genson | The Gazette MEDINA — Some Medina High School students are wearing yellow today to honor a freshman who a coroner said died Thursday of apparent suicide. Yellow is the...
View ArticleThe defense never rests
Highland defenders Cory Moncol (2) and James Friedl (17) take down Massillon receiver Marcus Whitfield during the fourth quarter. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk Dan Brown The Gazette AKRON — The Highland...
View ArticleBrunswick resident accused of stabbing his mother
BRUNSWICK — A 56-year-old Brunswick man is accused of stabbing his 77-year-old mother Friday following a domestic argument. Joseph M. Lopilato, 56, was arrested and charged with felonious assault...
View ArticleFlorida man, 20, accused of raping teen girls
MEDINA — A 20-year-old Florida man is set to stand trial Monday on two counts of forcible rape. Ivan L. Ray IV Ivan L. Ray IV, of Freeport, Fla., is accused of raping two Wadsworth girls — a...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics team to travel in style
Medina County’s Special Olympics athletes received an early Christmas gift this week. Thanks to funds raised by the Medina Breakfast Kiwanis Club and donations to the Medina County Board of...
View ArticleTraffic deaths decline in county
Fatal crashes could reach a record low in Medina County and across Ohio this year. There have been only two people killed on Medina County roadways so far this year, compared to nine fatalities in 2012...
View ArticleArlene W. Bacik
Arlene W. Bacik (nee Bauman), 92, of Medina, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013. Arlene was born April 14, 1921 in Brunswick Hills Township, to the late Henry and Emma (nee Gunkelman) Bauman. She...
View ArticleDale Strasser
The City of Brunswick lost a devoted resident and community advocate Tuesday. Former Mayor Dale Strasser died at home Tuesday morning, November 12, 2013, after battling brain cancer for 20 months. He...
View ArticleMary Margaret Tench
Mary Margaret Tench (nee Witt), 55, of Brunswick, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013. She was the daughter of Lt. Colonel Francis J., Jr. and Mary Lou (nee Murray) Witt. She was born April 19,...
View ArticleRonald D. Darby
Ronald D. Darby, 71, of Salt Springs, Florida, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at the Gainesville VA Medical Center. Ron was born in Elyria and graduated from Elyria High School in 1960. His...
View ArticleChristine Popovich
Christine (nee Hornick) Popovich, 66, of Brunswick, went home to be with the Lord Friday, November 15, 2013. She was born January 17, 1947, in Cleveland, to Stephen and Helen Hornick (both are...
View ArticleSummit to tackle ‘crisis’ of heroin
Staff and wire reports CLEVELAND — More than 600 people have signed up for a daylong conference on what law enforcement and health care officials are calling a heroin epidemic in Northeast Ohio. The...
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