Annual collection drives kicks off holiday spirit
Student Key Club members from the Medina County Career Center decorate Medina Public Square on Sunday in preparation for next weekend’s Candlelight Walk. Brad Wright, Key Club adviser and computer...
View ArticleTreasurer’s contract up for discussion
MEDINA — The agenda for tonight’s meeting of the Medina school board includes a recommendation of a five-year contract for district Treasurer Jim Hudson. But school board President Karla Robinson said...
View ArticleVideo: Teens, think twice about suicide
MEDINA — School staff and local police and paramedics joined students at Medina High School on Sunday afternoon to help them reach out with a message of suicide awareness. Students in Stephani...
View ArticleShooting fundraiser targets turkeys
LAFAYETTE TWP. — About 30 friends gathered Sunday morning for a turkey shoot at the Izaak Walton League’s Medina Chapter clubhouse on Friendsville Road. No, they weren’t shooting turkeys — just paper...
View ArticleStorms rage across Midwest
WASHINGTON, Ill. — Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the Midwest on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods,...
View ArticleBrowns: INT, blocked punt, fumble return are lowlights in 31-0 run
CINCINNATI — Meaningful turned maddening. Relevant became ridiculous. A chance for first place devolved into a fight to stay out of last. All in a historically horrid second quarter that made last...
View ArticleBrowns commentary: Big time fails to be right time
On a rainy afternoon in downtown Cincinnati, the Browns’ playoff hopes were submerged in the Ohio River. Cleveland’s offense was overmatched and its special teams were anything but, allowing the...
View ArticleBrowns: Haden sparkles against Green
CINCINNATI — Browns cornerback Joe Haden scored his first NFL touchdown and posted his initial two-interception game Sunday in Cincinnati’s 41-20 victory at Paul Brown Stadium. The fourth-year pro also...
View ArticleCavs: Irving scores nine of his season-high 41 in extra session
WASHINGTON — With rumors of dissent swirling, the Cavaliers found a surefire remedy — a virtuoso performance by slumping All-Star Kyrie Irving. Irving scored nine of his 41 points in overtime to help...
View ArticleRay trial: Teen describes alleged rape
MEDINA — When a 17-year-old Wadsworth High School student went to police in September 2012 and accused an 18-year-old man of raping her, Wadsworth police Detective Dawn Schismenos allowed a friend of...
View ArticleRecycling center seeking ideas for new plan
MEDINA — Officials say Medina County’s recycling center faces questions about its future and are asking residents for possible answers. The county’s contract with Envision Waste of Cleveland to run the...
View ArticleAnimal shelter to publicize cat photos
Changes coming to the Medina County Animal Shelter are intended to improve the way the shelter handles cats. Critics say the shelter can do better by its feline clients. Last year, the shelter took in...
View ArticleDriver sent to prison for having meth ingredients
MEDINA — A 34-year-old Parma man will spend nine months in prison after police reported finding a variety of methamphetamine ingredients in his car during a traffic stop. Christopher Pappas Christopher...
View ArticleCavs: Dion Waiters denies altercation
INDEPENDENCE — There was no physical altercation in the locker room during the players-only meeting called by Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving following a 124-95 loss in Minnesota on Wednesday. That...
View ArticleSports commentary: Trouncing, renouncing, bouncing
Still trying to figure out how the Browns allowed three first downs and gave up 31 points in the second quarter, so let’s Rick-o-chet around the world of sports and get outta here: Andy Dalton did...
View ArticleGirls basketball coach grows hair, beard for charity
Cloverleaf’s senior basketball players, from left to right, Emily Civittolo, Meredith Illig, Lexxie Fowler and Jessie Lindemeyer check out junior varsity coach Lance Price’s hair style. Price let his...
View ArticleBrowns: Horror show revisited
BEREA — Great teams rise to the occasion. The Browns fell flat. “That’s the hardest thing to try and get over is knowing that you had a great opportunity, especially being able to play for something...
View ArticleBrowns: Turbulent plane ride leaves some shaken
BEREA — Guard Jason Pinkston thanked the pilots, drove home and didn’t let go of his little girl. “I got my daughter and held her for a good 30 minutes, just kissing her, telling her I love her,”...
View ArticlePrep Athlete of the Week for Nov. 19
James Friedl Football James Friedl, Highland: Senior outside linebacker had game-high 11 tackles in 17-14 win over Massillon in Division II, Region 4 semifinal at the University of Akron’s InfoCision...
View ArticleKathleen Ann Frame
Kathleen Ann Frame, 49, of Litchfield, passed away suddenly Saturday, November 16, 2013. She was born January 14, 1964 in Garfield Heights, to Richard and Dorothy (Hansen) Gregory. Kathleen was a...
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