Pioneers score 9 runs in first inning vs. Medina
ELYRIA — Medina softball coach Jessica Toocheck looked out at the diamond at Elyria and saw an empty field. Nine of her players were in their proper positions, but she felt none of them were ready in...
View ArticleBrunswick cable budget to lose 85 percent for road upgrades
BRUNSWICK — The city is cutting almost 85 percent of this year’s cable budget and will cut a smaller percentage each of the next four years to create additional funding for road maintenance. City...
View ArticleCorbin Kruczek to play soccer at Ohio Northern
MEDINA — Medina boys soccer player Corbin Kruczek has committed to play for Ohio Northern University next season. The senior defender helped the Bees to an undefeated regular season and a Northeast...
View ArticleState lawmakers consider teacher pension changes
COLUMBUS — The latest plan to help maintain the pension system for Ohio public school teachers would have them pay more into their retirement accounts. The Columbus Dispatch reported the plan has been...
View ArticleBees, Grizzlies to play softball for a good cause
First-year Wadsworth softball coach Michelle DeAngelis loved the event when she was an assistant, so she made sure to bring it back once she was in charge of the program. The Grizzlies and Medina will...
View ArticleWadsworth hurdler Michalla Gordon feeds off new-found drive
Michalla Gordon has always been a competitor, but this year she’s taken it up a notch. The Wadsworth hurdler has shaved seconds off her best times from a season ago, already recorded some big victories...
View ArticleMedina Schools to hold meeting on recent threats
MEDINA — A community meeting will be 6:30 tonight in the Medina High School auditorium to discuss the various threats the schools have received since the Chardon shootings on Feb. 27. T.J. Lane, a...
View ArticleSoftball: Cloverleaf capitalizes on Hornets’ mistakes
WESTFIELD TWP. — Cloverleaf’s girls softball team took advantage of two Highland errors to beat the Hornets 5-3 in Suburban League play Monday, assuring the Colts of their first winning season since...
View ArticleHigh school baseball: The Bucks learn a lesson against Black River
YORK TWP. — Shane Miller learned three valuable lessons Monday. No. 1: Never take an opponent for granted. Shane Miller No. 2: The Buckeye baseball team is tough to beat when Miller and leadoff hitter...
View ArticleNew proposal could lower county trash costs
MEDINA — County commissioners were approached Monday with a proposal that could help keep rubbish costs low. If Envision Waste Services LLC, the county’s Central Processing Facility operator, and...
View ArticleGazette’s Best of the Best nomination process is underway
Are you ready pick the Best of the Best? Nominate your favorite Medina County business this week in The Gazette’s annual Best of the Best contest! The nomination period runs from now through Sunday....
View ArticleMedina County’s jobless rate drops 1 percent in March
COLUMBUS — The jobless rate in Medina County dropped a full percentage point last month. Unemployment in March was 6.3 percent, which is down from the February rate of 7.3 percent, according to data...
View ArticleCavs’ fans will receive a big thank you
CLEVELAND — A ton of people are going to win tonight. The Cavaliers might even be among them. Cleveland plays its final home game of the season at Quicken Loans Arena — the 2011-12 campaign concludes...
View ArticleBears’ baseball squad hands Devils first River division defeat
BRUNSWICK — North Royalton’s baseball team parlayed a six-run third inning into a 7-2 victory over Brunswick in Northeast Ohio Conference River Division play Tuesday. The Blue Devils (12-3, 5-1)...
View ArticleOhio House ready to pass election overhaul repeal measure
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House is expected to approve a contentious measure today that repeals a new election law in the presidential battleground state. If enacted, the repeal measure would leave in place...
View ArticleOhio man’s fossil find in Kentucky stumps scientists
DAYTON — Experts are trying to figure out what a fossil dubbed “Godzillus” used to be. The 150-pound fossil recovered last year in northern Kentucky is more than 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. The Dayton...
View ArticleTwo Medina High School teens arrested for written threat
MEDINA — Two Medina High School students were charged with inducing panic in connection with the written threat at the high school Thursday. Medina Police Detective Kirk Vozar, school resource officer...
View ArticleGrizzlies’ sixth-inning rally saves day
WADSWORTH — Connor VanFleet, Brandon Palidar and the rest of the Wadsworth baseball team had been through late-inning rallies before this season. Forgive them if they didn’t fully understand the...
View ArticleCody Lamielle comes up big for Wadsworth boys track team
WADSWORTH — Cody Lamielle was a part of four wins Tuesday as the Wadsworth boys track team routed Revere 101-38 in Suburban League action. Cody Lamielle Lamielle won the long jump, 200 meters and was...
View ArticleHigh school basketball: Marty Ryan gets Colts coaching job
WESTFIELD TWP. — In less than a calendar year, Marty Ryan saw his freshman coaching job eliminated to becoming varsity headman at Cloverleaf. The 51-year-old was approved by the board of education...
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