Boys basketball: Hauser, Wood give Hornets more punch
GRANGER TWP. — There’s more to the Highland boys basketball team than Brogan Scott, Tanner Houska and Alex Withers. Fellow starters Ben Hauser and Alex Wood proved that with big nights Tuesday as the...
View ArticleCareer center superintendent announces retirement
MEDINA —Michael Larson started his career 40 years ago as a social studies teacher at the Medina County Career Center, and in June he’ll end his career there as its superintendent. Larson, 62,...
View ArticleWorking on their resolutions to get fit
Lose weight. Get organized. Spend less. Volunteer. Quit smoking. An estimated 40 percent of Americans made New Year’s resolutions this month. Fewer than 10 percent will keep them. Lucas Gibbs works out...
View ArticleInfant abuse trial delayed again, postponed 20+ times
MEDINA — Medina County’s longest delayed trial was postponed again Monday because a defense attorney said he is too ill to represent his client, who’s accused of breaking two dozen bones in his newborn...
View ArticleSeville chooses one trash hauler for village
SEVILLE — Officials have accepted a bid from a Lafayette Township trucking company as the village’s sole trash pickup provider. C. Martin Trucking will provide 95-gallon containers to homes for $16.50...
View ArticleTickets available for commissioners’ Charity Ball
Tickets still are available for the Medina County commissioners’ 15th annual Charity Ball. The event will be at Weymouth County Club, 3946 Weymouth Road, Medina Township, starting at 6 p.m. Saturday....
View ArticleCounty court log for Jan. 13
The following people appeared in Medina County Common Pleas Court on Monday, according to county Prosecutor Dean Holman: • Tiffany Creach, 32, Lawnsdale Ave., Mansfield, pleaded not guilty to one count...
View ArticleBrowns: Owner Haslam posts letter to frustrated fans
With the frustration of the fans growing, the perception of the organization turning even uglier and the criticism of his coaching search rising in volume, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam felt the need to...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Colts hang tough with No. 2 team in Ohio
WADSWORTH — There was a message received Wednesday in Wadsworth, and the team delivering it was a huge surprise. The Cloverleaf girls basketball team is done being afraid of the big, bad Grizzlies and...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Devils pull off stunner, upset Jaguars again
BRUNSWICK — It only took Brunswick’s girls basketball team 4 minutes to deliver a knockout blow to St. Joseph Academy. The Blue Devils scored the first 19 points of the game Wednesday — fueled by two...
View ArticleCavs: Deng helps Brown win in return to Staples
Editor’s note: The Cavaliers-Portland Trail Blazers game on Wednesday had not been completed at press time. LOS ANGELES — Mike Brown had no interest in rehashing his past with the Los Angeles Lakers —...
View ArticleAttorney: Convicted rapist, murderer’s execution was ‘agonizing’
LUCASVILLE, Ohio — A condemned Ohio inmate appeared to gasp several times and took more than 15 minutes to die Thursday as he was executed with a combination of drugs never before tried in the U.S....
View ArticleBrunswick Hills Twp. police officers sworn in
Four new Brunswick Hills police officers were sworn in at Tuesday’s township trustees meeting. From left, Matt Sandella, Theodore Makrinos Jr., Przemyslaw Piekut, Sgt. Eric Bors and Chief Sharon...
View ArticleAuditor makes $500 scholarship available to home-schooled students
MEDINA — Medina County Auditor Mike Kovack said his office again will offer a $500 scholarship to a graduating senior in a vocational program at the Medina County Career Center or Wadsworth High...
View ArticleMan, 74, sent to program after double vote
MEDINA — A 74-year-old Sharon Township man was entered into a first offender’s program in Medina County courts for voting twice in the 2012 presidential election. Thomas Losasso, of 6850 Ridge Road,...
View ArticleCounty court log for Jan. 17
The following people appeared in Medina County Common Pleas Court on Thursday, according to county Prosecutor Dean Holman: • David Bednarski, 24, Erhart Road, Medina, sentenced to three years of...
View ArticleWrestling: Grizzlies have 55 SL dual wins in a row
WADSWORTH — And the streak continues. With talk that this might be the year the Wadsworth wrestling team’s Suburban League dual meet winning streak might come to an end, the Grizzlies silenced the...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Grizzlies among amazing lineup
BERLIN — The Classic in the Country is considered one of the top showcases of girls basketball in the nation, and fans will get a special treat this weekend at Hiland’s Perry Reese Center. Beginning at...
View ArticleWrestling: Black River’s Sebastian Vidika wants more
The motto of the United States Navy SEALs is a simple one: “The only easy day was yesterday.” That fits Black River standout Sebastian Vidika quite well. Black River’s Sebastian Vidika earned his 100th...
View ArticleNoland commentary: Cavaliers get midterm grades
The Cavaliers are 14-25, but Professor Noland has seen enough and is ready to hand out midseason report cards two games ahead of time: Anthony Bennett: Doing this alphabetically, but what a fitting...
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