Brunswick’s Tyler Greiner tabbed D-I All-Ohio
Brunswick catcher Tyler Greiner was named Division I honorable mention All-Ohio by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association. The senior led Medina County with a .494 batting average and was a...
View ArticleOhio higher education leaders urge college bans on tobacco
CLEVELAND — The head of Ohio’s higher education board says he’s introducing a measure to urge public college leaders to ban tobacco on their campuses. Ohio Board of Regents Chairman James Tuschman told...
View ArticleState lacrosse: Medina girls fend off Golden Bears again, win title
MASON — The Medina girls lacrosse team is no stranger to pressure. As the two-time defending Ohio Schoolgirl Lacrosse Association Division I state champions, the Bees were circled on the calendars of...
View ArticleAli Kovarik, Anna Boyert lead Medina to fifth
COLUMBUS — Wind or no wind, Medina’s Ali Kovarik proved she belonged. The senior was the Medina County standard in the long jump all season and capped her career Saturday afternoon with a third-place...
View ArticleLocal athletes shine at Special Olympics
MEDINA — For a group of people often labeled for what they can’t do, Special Olympics is their chance to show what they can do. The 27th annual Medina County Invitational took place at Medina High...
View ArticleAnthony Young, Steele Wasik propel St. Edward to track & field title
COLUMBUS — St. Edward won its first Division I state championship Saturday night and a pair of Medina County products had a lot to do with it. Liverpool Township resident Anthony Young and Medina...
View ArticlePublic meetings slated for June 4
Editor’s note: Public meeting notices should be emailed to copyed@medina-gazette.com or faxed to (440) 329-7282. TODAY Brunswick Board of Education, work session, 7 p.m., board office, 3643 Center Road...
View ArticleLate night fire burns nearly half of Guilford Twp. home
GUILFORD TWP. — A late night fire scorched about half of a home in the 3400 block of Rohrer Road. Seville Fire Chief Jerry Winkler said the garage and part of the living area of the approximately 2,000...
View ArticleUPDATE: Fourth Brunswick teenager dies from Sunday crash
To see a slideshow of Brunswick students visiting the crash site today, click here BRUNSWICK — What should have been a day of celebration became a day of mourning for the Brunswick High School...
View ArticleJennifer Aylsworth Webb writes open letter to teen daughter
By Jennifer Alysworth Webb Tonight, my darling and firstborn daughter, is your last “behind-the-wheel” driver’s education session. Soon — probably as early as tonight — I know you will be clamoring to...
View ArticleClassmates flock to site where 4 Brunswick students killed
To see a slideshow of Brunswick students visiting the crash site Monday, click here BRUNSWICK — They didn’t have to say anything, but they needed to be together. A group of them gathered on the...
View ArticleThe case for choosing native plants
One of the best ways to improve a home’s resale value is to address the landscape. Increasing a property’s curb appeal can be done in many ways, but a well-pruned lawn and garden gives buyers the...
View ArticleCenter fielder picked by Tribe in MLB draft
CLEVELAND — After saying that the college position players group was the weakest area of the First-Year Player Draft, Indians scouting director Brad Grant and the rest of his draft team used their...
View ArticleLocal clients without health insurance increase
MEDINA — County agencies that provide behavior health services are seeing an increase in patrons without health insurance. Executive Director Michael Jenks of the Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction...
View ArticleFire guts half of Guilford Township house
GUILFORD TWP. — A fire that started just before midnight Sunday destroyed about half of a house at 3471 Rohrer Road while the owners were on vacation. Seville-Guilford Fire Chief Jerry Winkler said an...
View ArticleBrunswick High students honor friends with songs, words, memories
By Jennifer Pignolet and Kiera Manion-Fischer BRUNSWICK — Jeffrey Chaya and Blake Bartchak were inseparable comedians who could make anyone smile. Lexi Poerner and Kevin Fox had only been dating a few...
View ArticleMessage from the tragedy: ‘Cherish life’
By Kiera Manion-Fischer and Jennifer Pignolet COLUMBIA STATION — Judy Arena has seen several crashes in front of her Boston Road home, but none as bad as this one. “You saw things you shouldn’t have to...
View ArticleAll Gazette: Jessica Toocheck triumphant in return to Bees
Medina softball coach Jessica Toocheck doesn’t view the glass as half full. The Gazette’s Spring Coach of the Year sees it as overflowing with water, containing thousands of minerals and as being the...
View ArticleODOT driver taken to hospital after dump truck flips
MONTVILLE TWP. — An Ohio Department of Transportation driver was transported by emergency helicopter to the Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center this morning after rolling a dump truck on Poe Road and...
View ArticleDiploma of Ohio student withheld for family’s graduation cheers
CINCINNATI — A suburban Cincinnati high school is withholding a graduate’s diploma and requiring community service as punishment for what it describes as overly boisterous cheering by his family during...
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