LODI — Charred remains are all that’s left of the house at 108 Young Drive.
Although no one was injured in the fire that ripped through the residence around 9:15 p.m. Friday, the house was totaled, and a neighboring house at 202 Young Drive sustained $50,000 worth of damage.
It’s worse than I thought,” said Linda McReynolds, […]

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MEDINA — A man accused of making threats toward Domestic Relations Judge Mary Kovack in May pleaded not guilty Monday to felony counts of intimidation and retaliation.
 
Timothy E. Deeter, 39, of 322 N. Spring Grove St., allegedly made a threatening phone call to Kovack and threw a brick through a window at her home on […]

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LODI — A West Salem man lost control of his vehicle on Highland Drive Sunday morning, damaging his car and two others, a motorcycle, a no-parking sign and a handicapped parking sign, and a second-story balcony at Lodi Garden Apartments.
Jeffrey Billups, 50, of West Salem, was traveling west on Highland Drive in a 1987 Ford […]

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MEDINA — Two area men were charged with aggravated assault, one for reportedly shooting a firearm through a window, after a fight broke out at an apartment complex at 2 a.m. Friday, police said.
Michael Depew, 26, of 525 Birch Hill Drive, was in an apartment at 6 Young Ave. when he and a Brunswick man […]

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o Michael Wilson, 32, of New London, Ohio, was arrested at 12:08 p.m. June 25 on an assault charge for allegedly beating up a man he worked for in a ditch near Firestone Road and U.S. Route 224 in Homer Township.
Wilson allegedly pulled his truck in front of the victim’s vehicle and pulled him out […]

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Maggie Miller squirmed in the seat, tugging at the stiff collar of her new dress. At her mother’s warning look, she sighed and looked out the window of the interurban car as it rolled over the tracks. Teams of horses pulled wagons of corn through the fields, leaving behind rows of shocks. Golden brown and […]

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Medina County was served by two interurban lines: The Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway and the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company. Both were products of the consolidation of several smaller lines and both were known by various other names over the years. In its last years of service, the line to Wadsworth became a […]

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On June 19, Al Failor of the Fraternal Order of Eagles/ Medina Aerie 2224, presented a check for $5,000 to Cindy Michaels, Heartwalk director with the American Heart Association. It is but one of the many contributions given to local organizations by the F.O.E. Charity Fund Inc., a 501(c)3 fund established in 2002 by the […]

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BURBANK — It’s the time of year when many proudly display the Stars and Stripes.
But one longtime Lodi businesswoman is reviving the flagging interest in proudly supporting our military personnel by initiating the United Service Organization “Treats for the Troops” collection being held through July 8.  
“I know that there are kids who’ve worked for me […]

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Of all the songs that fall under the heading “patriotic,” “America the Beautiful” — which, like many of you, I learned in grade school — stands alone.
It celebrates all that is indeed beautiful about America, but avoids triumphalism. Its lyrics even seem to take the surprising step of suggesting these blessings are fragile.
It was […]

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