Ginn always beats the odds
Glenvile coach Ted Ginn Sr. poses with helmets of former players Ted Ginn Jr. and Donte Whitner, among others. (BRAD BOURNIVAL PHOTO) Brad Bournival The Gazette CLEVELAND — Should Cleveland Glenville...
View ArticleGlenville has been pipeline for big-time college teams
Brad Bournival The Gazette CLEVELAND — Since the turn of the century, the St. Ignatius football team has hoisted three championship banners in its gym for football. St. Edward has done it once....
View ArticleOver earns third All-America honor
Dan Brown The Gazette Bobby Over was told early on if he worked hard he could earn All-American status by the time he was a senior. The Allegheny cross country runner couldn’t wait. He earned the...
View ArticleLeBron beats Cavs again
CLEVELAND — Ho-hum, LeBron wins another one. It lacked the crowd involvement of previous meetings and was totally devoid of drama, but LeBron James still came out on the winning end, his Miami Heat...
View ArticleRecount in Black River board race
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Boards of elections in Ashland, Lorain and Medina counties will have to recount the results of the Black River Schools board race. In the six-person race, Tim Clifford, who received...
View ArticleNonprofit files appeal in case of Amish girl
An appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court regarding a 10-year-old Amish girl, who was forced by a court order to continue chemotherapy to treat her cancer, has drawn the attention of an Ohio nonprofit. The...
View ArticleMailbox policy in the works
County Engineer Mike Salay is proposing a mailbox policy for all county roads that he said is consistent with rules that apply to state and federal roads and which other counties already have in place....
View ArticleWestfield resident giving boat a Dynamite new life
Nancy Johnson | The Gazette Mention the Dynamite III and fans of the old Chippewa Lake Park perk up. The sleek, inboard runabout was a popular ride at the now-closed Medina County amusement park. Back...
View ArticleViolet Lowe-Wilkinson
Violet Lowe-Wilkinson, 93, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013. The loving wife of the late Kenneth Lowe and Elton Wilkinson; dear mother of Linda Blevins (the late Paul), Jean Cable (George), Bruce...
View ArticleTurkey Day football proceeds go to charity
The black and maroon teams face off in the Meadows Turkey Bowl on Thursday morning in the backyard of Mike Meadows’ home on Hood Road in Medina Township. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY LOREN GENSON) They needed a...
View ArticleSmall businesses ready for holiday shoppers
MEDINA — Businesses around Public Square are offering shoppers a chance to avoid a Black-eye Friday and support the local economy on Small Business Saturday. “It is a day to focus on small businesses...
View ArticleMan, 59, beaten at motel
LODI — Police are looking for the person or people responsible for beating a 59-year old man Tuesday night who was staying at the Lodi Motel. According to Lodi police, someone or a group of people...
View ArticleBrunswick church serves 6,000 Thanksgiving meals
Volunteers from the Brunswick area delivered and served meals to more than 6,000 people in need this Thanksgiving through St. Ambrose Church and its charitable arm, Catholic Works of Mercy. This year,...
View ArticleBasketball game to honor man killed by drunken driver
Liverpool Township resident Curtis Porter III, killed by a drunken driver in 2012, will be honored at 7 p.m. Saturday. A charity basketball game in Porter’s honor is at Lakewood High School, 14100...
View ArticleWadsworth police log for Nov. 29
Wadsworth police Thursday, Nov. 21 9:42 a.m. — Interstate 76 and High St., traffic stop, Carl E. Raulston, 48, Norton, arrested on a warrant. 1:18 p.m. — 100 block Wadsworth Road, suspicious vehicle...
View ArticleHighland football: Speed is name of game against Glenville
Highland’s James Friedl, right, and Coltin Kinsey break up a pass intended for Avon’s Braeden Friss. Below, Hornets tackle Tyler Gienger blocks against Nordonia’s Justice Alexander. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY...
View ArticleCollege signing: Grizzlies Surratt follows sibling to U. of Toledo
WADSWORTH — Success always catches the eyes of the elite. Swimmers like Wadsworth’s Ellie Surratt looked at Toledo and saw a school that has won Mid-American Conference championships two times in the...
View ArticleBrowns: Haden cites wife as reason for success
BEREA — Improved technique? Nope. Experience against the NFL’s best wideouts? Not it. Coaching from coordinator Ray Horton? Guess again. Browns cornerback Joe Haden has a different, and definitive,...
View ArticleCavs: James’ mastery of Cleveland remains strong
CLEVELAND — Ho-hum, LeBron wins another one. It lacked the crowd involvement of previous meetings and was totally devoid of drama, but LeBron James still came out on the winning end, his Miami Heat...
View ArticleMan charged with cocaine trafficking
MEDINA — A SWAT team was called in to serve a search warrant at a Medina apartment complex on Abbeyville Road last week where a man was arrested on a drug-trafficking charge. Tarome Boyd, 20, was...
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