By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Indians enjoyed their first and only off-day of the exhibition season on Tuesday.
Everyone but Fausto Carmona, who in an effort to stay on track for the regular season, pitched in a minor-league game in Kissimmee.
Working overtime was the norm for Carmona during a breakthrough season last year, […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Mayor Jane Leaver has decided it’s time to “just be Jane again.”
Leaver, who said she will not seek re-election in 2009, wants to make up for lost time with her husband, Jim, and two teenage daughters, Jordyn, 16, and Jamie, 17.
“When I ran the first time (2001), my husband and […]

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Willetts Middle School sixth-graders take part in the annual Invention Connection, held Tuesday in the Brunswick school’s gym. More than 200 students showed their creative sides with unique devices for parents and friends to peruse. Above, the Warming/Cooling Blanket, designed by Sara Jamiol and Erin Erdly, is a double-layered blanket that has Velcro tabs between […]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Due to budget cuts, three deputies will be laid off at the Medina County Sheriff’s Office effective April 1.
The deputies were informed of their termination on Monday, Chief Deputy Ken Baca said.
Two of the deputies are on road patrol, while the third works in the civil division located at the […]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
The inconvenient truth is not so much that the world could face climatological disaster, said Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative’s general manager Markus Bryant, but that energy prices soon could double for Americans.
In the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” former Vice President Al Gore talked about the global warming crisis while standing in front […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — A year ago, they met in the Eastern Conference finals, with the Cavaliers prevailing.
Two years ago, they met in the Eastern Conference semifinals, with the Detroit Pistons surviving a huge scare.
Ben Wallace, who now starts at power forward for the Cavaliers, helped the Pistons win an NBA title in […]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — When snowstorms, floods or any other natural disaster hit Medina County, authorities will be properly equipped to warn and help those who are affected, the National Weather Service said.
Last month, Medina County became a member of the StormReady program of the National Weather Service that awards counties and other communities […]

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State Route 83 (Avon Lake Road) at the intersection of Greenwich Road in Lodi, will be closed Monday, March 24, through Friday, May 23, for a bridge replacement and profile alignment improvement project.
Click here to view road construction projects listed on the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Web site. Medina County is part of District […]

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Charles William Dibler, 75, of Lodi, passed away Monday, March 17, 2008, at The Inn at Medina after a short illness.
He was born Jan. 13, 1933, in Dunbar, Pa., and lived in Medina County most of his life. He was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Lafayette Township and Masonic Lodge 721 in Parma. […]

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Freda L. Griffin, 84, of Strongsville, previously of Brunswick, passed away Monday, March 17, 2008, at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.
She was born Nov. 16, 1923, in Everson, Pa. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed her family and playing bingo.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Griffin of Strongsville; daughter, Karen Irene […]

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