BRUNSWICK HILLS — A 6-vehicle accident with no injuries occurred about 7:05 a.m. today close to the intersection of Pearl and Boston roads. Portions of both roads were temporarily shut down for about an hour near the crash site, according to a dispatch report. The Ohio Highway Patrol Brunswick Hills police responded to the scene of the [...]

MEDINA — If Saturday afternoon was a preview of how good Medina’s girls basketball team is going to be, the Akron Division I Sectional/District should be very interesting. In a must-win game to stay in the hunt for the Northeast Ohio Conference River Division title, the Bees made the most of the opportunity, knocking off league-leading [...]

BRUNSWICK — Foul trouble for Pat Forsythe meant big trouble for Brunswick’s boys basketball team. Strongsville took advantage of the 6-foot-10 center’s absence by pounding the ball inside early and often, paving the way for a 70-66 win over the Blue Devils on Saturday night. Forsythe scored 20 points in 20 minutes before fouling out, but Mustangs [...]

WADSWORTH — It’s been a decade of dominance for Wadsworth’s wrestling team at the Grizzly Invitational Tournament. To put that in perspective, the last time Wadsworth lost a GIT, the president was playing saxophone, the country wasn’t at war and gas was less than $2 a gallon. That’s something not lost on this crop of Grizzlies, who [...]

WESTFIELD TWP. — It’s hard to stop a polar bear, especially a physical one with a silky-smooth jumper. Saturday afternoon, Cloverleaf’s Marissa Fowls channeled her inner-Arctic beast by jumping into frigid water at the inaugural Chippewa Lake Lions Club Polar Bear Run and Jump. Five hours later, the senior was a beast on the basketball court, feasting [...]

BRUNSWICK — City Council is working to pass legislation that would eliminate pole signs from the commercial general district in the city by the year 2018. Ward 3 Councilman Joe Delsanter said the legislation, which went through the first of three Council readings last week, amends several parts of the city’s sign code to clarify vague [...]

CHIPPEWA LAKE — A gorilla, a county commissioner and a Lady Gaga look-alike all made a splash in the village’s namesake lake on Saturday. It wasn’t a scene from one of Lady Gaga’s surreal music videos. It was an inaugural charity event sponsored by the Chippewa Lake Lions Club that had local participants — some in [...]

MEDINA TWP. — Cleanup crews worked into the evening Sunday after a tractor-trailer overturned on Fenn Road early Saturday morning and spilled part of its 5,800-gallon load of gasoline. Capt. Mark Roberts of the Medina Township Fire Department reported that the truck, owned by Kenan Advantage of Canton, crashed just west of state Route 3 around [...]

MEDINA — Sports associations will pay a $5 fee per member for the maintenance of fields in Medina and Montville Township. “The goal of the city is to maintain the fields on a higher level, and therefore additional funds are needed to maintain the fields on a higher level,” At-large Councilman John Coyne said. City Council voted [...]

YORK TWP. — Authorities arrested a 35-year-old township man who reportedly threatened to shoot and kill his brother Friday morning. Medina County sheriff’s deputies arrested Matthew Allen Dalgleish, of 3528 Abbeyville Road, about 6 a.m. Friday at his residence after he allegedly left phone messages to family members that he was going to kill his 41-year-old [...]