CANAL FULTON — Wadsworth High fixture John Martin retired from teaching at the end of this past school year. His coaching career, however, is far from over.The Medina County Sports Hall of Famer was hired as the new girls basketball coach at Canal Fulton Northwest on Monday night, bringing him back to the hardwood after a [...]

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BRUNSWICK — The Gazette MVP in boys basketball is headed to Hiram College. Standout point guard Sean Kelly, who led Brunswick to the Grafton Midview Division I District semifinals in March, will take the court as a member of the Terriers this winter.“I liked everything about Hiram, from the campus to the coaching staff to the [...]

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CLEVELAND — The Indians’ top prospect, Adam Miller, is pitching out of Triple-A Buffalo’s bullpen to build himself back up after missing over a month with a strained tendon in his right middle finger. The work may also be practice for a future assignment in the big leagues. With the Indians in search of late-inning relief [...]

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Been busy with the Cavaliers for quite a while, so it’s time to touch all bases by taking a quick Rick-o-chet around the world of sports:
This just in, folks: The Browns are undefeated. Start making those Super Bowl plans. …
Another news flash: Brady Quinn threw a wobbly pass while playing catch in his yard. …
And [...]

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John Furlong and Bryan Mitchell are making sure they don’t blink this time. Both golfers have had previous success, but both hinted that they were a little intimidated by Hawthorne Valley Country Club’s course last year in trying to make it out of the Northern Ohio Section qualifier for the Westfield Junior PGA Championship.That could [...]

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WADSWORTH - A leisurely afternoon of golf turned into a stressful day Tuesday after the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo in which Dave Smith and his son, Andy, were traveling caught fire around 3:40 p.m. on Interstate 76 east near the state Route 94 exit.They were on their way home from golfing at Westfield Group [...]

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BRUNSWICK — A 7.5-acre parcel on North Carpenter Road is the proposed home of the city’s replacement for Fire Station No. 2, now located at the corner of Grafton Road and North Carpenter.
City council voted Monday night to approve purchasing the land at 507 N. Carpenter Road in Brunswick Hills Township for $240,000.
Acting Fire Chief [...]

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YORK TWP. — The Buckeye Local School District will have a salary schedule in place for administrators and supervisors effective Aug. 1.
The schedule proposal, which the school board approved 4-1 on June 19, is a 10-step salary range, or index, Superintendent Craig Bailey said.
Bailey and Treasurer Carolyn Weglewski put the schedule together within the past [...]

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MEDINA — Shooting the windshield of a Jeep Cherokee while someone was driving away from his house got a Lafayette Township man a seven-year prison sentence.
Douglas E. Danko, 27, of 6914 Chatham Road, was sentenced Monday on a second-degree felony charge of felonious assault in Common Pleas Judge Christopher J. Collier’s court.
Danko was convicted [...]

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MEDINA — A California couple were arrested Monday night after police reportedly found marijuana and crystal methamphetamine on the wife. Pamela Logan, 48, allegedly was assaulted by her husband, 50-year-old Daniel Wilhoyte of El Cajon, Calif., so she jumped out of their parked Winnebago near the city truck weigh station on state Route 18, police Lt. [...]

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