Brogan Scott banks in a game-winner for Highland
GRANGER TWP. — Brogan Scott called Tuesday’s game-winner against Smithville. No, the 6-foot-3 freshman didn’t call the bank. With Highland’s boys basketball team deadlocked at 47 and 0.8 seconds left...
View ArticleCity in Ohio joins list of those banning begging
CENTERVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio city has joined a list of several communities banning people from begging after authorities say the number of such incidents has soared. The Dayton Daily News reported today...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Bucks win a game of ups, downs
SULLIVAN TWP. — The name of the game was The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and the only thing missing was Clint Eastwood’s famous movie character. When the dust settled Tuesday, the Buckeye boys...
View ArticleToddler dies after vehicle accident in Spencer Twp.
SPENCER TWP. — Sophia Ann Hornbeck Miller loved animals, chocolate, gymnastics and playing hide-and-seek. Sophia, who was a little more than a month away from her third birthday, died early Tuesday...
View ArticleWrestling: Brunswick’s Tyler Hughes overcomes blood clot
Adam gave up a rib to create Eve. Tyler Hughes sacrificed one for wrestling. An athlete with a promising future, Hughes was ready to start his sophomore season at Brunswick last year when life took a...
View ArticleMedina Township to host fracking forum
MEDINA TWP. — The township is hosting an educational forum next week on the pros and cons of a drilling process for oil and natural gas. Trustee Mike Todd proposed the idea of having the forum about...
View ArticleBuckeye Schools hope voters believe in value
YORK TWP. — With the district on the brink of fiscal emergency, Buckeye Schools is asking the community to approve new operating money for the first time in 17 years. The 1 percent earned income tax on...
View ArticleThe offseason is key to future for Browns
The Super Bowl ended 18 days ago. So it must be time for the NFL’s offseason to kick into high gear. The scouting combine begins today in Indianapolis. Not only does it start the run-up to the draft...
View ArticleNerves won’t be an issue for swimmers
Cloverleaf swimming coach Mike McGee has seen it before. So has Wadsworth coach Autumn Reeves. Can’t-miss athletes have outstanding seasons and qualify for state, then hit the pool at C.T. Branin...
View ArticleBricklaying at ‘The Q’ helps New Orleans build eighth victory
CLEVELAND — It wasn’t the way the Cavaliers wanted to go into the All-Star break. With a chance to record their first three-game winning streak since Nov. 5-9, 2010, the Cavs put up enough bricks to...
View ArticleSecretary of State visits factory as Root Candles introduces new line
MEDINA — Root Candles introduced a line of candles celebrating America on Wednesday morning to a crowd of employees, local guests, state VIPs and business partners. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted...
View ArticlePolice chief Carl DeForest tops Brunswick pay list
BRUNSWICK — The city’s top earner in 2011 was the police chief, who for almost two months of the year also served as the interim city manager. Carl DeForest earned $102,012.24 in 2011, according to...
View ArticleOhio police capture inmate who scaled jail fence
LANCASTER, Ohio — Authorities have captured an inmate who apparently escaped from a southeast Ohio jail facility by using socks to protect his hands as he climbed a barbed wire fence. The Fairfield...
View ArticleFormer Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland won’t rule out another run
COLUMBUS — Former Gov. Ted Strickland has shut down his campaign fund but isn’t ready to rule out another run for the office he held for four years. The 70-year-old Strickland said he hasn’t ruled a...
View ArticleRininger, Gordon get shot of confidence
Brad Bournival The Gazette ASHLAND — Anyone who tells a wrestler what happened last week doesn’t matter should go into the air conditioning business during the cold winter months in Ohio. Matches won...
View ArticleSizemore likely to miss opener
Chris Assenheimer The Gazette CLEVELAND — It appears Grady Sizemore’s season will begin the same way it did last year — with the three-time all-star and two-time Gold Glove award winner on the disabled...
View ArticleCommissioners challenged
Incumbent Patricia G. Geissman, of Lodi, is being challenged in the March 6 Republican primary by political newcomer Jason T. Stevenson. Geissman first was elected in 1992 and was the county’s first...
View ArticleBrunswick Schools seek levy renewal
BRUNSWICK — A renewal levy for Brunswick Schools on the March 6 ballot aims to keep the district in good financial standing, according to school officials. The district is asking voters to renew a...
View ArticleStorybook ending eludes Grizzlies
Albert Grindle The Gazette WADSWORTH — Among the estimated 2,200 fans who attended the West Gym finale Friday at Wadsworth High was an invisible woman named Destiny. Much to the devastation of the Sea...
View ArticleMedina may hike water rates
MEDINA — The city is looking to raise water rates to bring in $300,000 a year to help cover its dwindling water budget. Ward 3 Councilman Mark Kolesar, chair of City Council’s Water and Utilities...
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