CLEVELAND — Fernando Cabrera’s struggles have reached the monumental level, but Indians manager Eric Wedge still isn’t giving up on the reliever.
“If you don’t feel like a guy can get the job done, there’s no reason for him to be here,” Wedge said. “He has as much upside as anybody (in the bullpen). When he [...]

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Barry Bonds is about to break the most hallowed record in American sports, and I don’t care at all.
I don’t care when he breaks it, where he breaks it, off whom he breaks it or even if his oversized head explodes and he never breaks Hank Aaron’s major-league record of 755 home runs.
I just don’t [...]

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MEDINA — A company interested in generating electricity and producing fuel like ethanol from solid waste may build a plant in the city.
If it is built, the biomass plant could bring 80 significant-wage jobs to the city and invest approximately $85 million in construction costs, said Tom Krueger, Medina’s economic development director.
“It could be [...]

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MEDINA — The splash pad water park at Fred Greenwood Park, which originally was scheduled to open by July 2, won’t be cooling off neighborhood kids until August.
Vandalism and construction holdups have contributed to the delay, Mayor Jane Leaver said.
Anderson Recreational Design, the company that was subcontracted by Brookside Lawn Care to provide the splash [...]

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WESTFIELD TWP. — A township farmer died after the tractor he was driving flipped over Tuesday afternoon.
The Medina County Sheriff’s Office reported:
Thomas Gallatin, 66, was working in a field in the 6500 block of Seville Road when he made a left turn, causing the tractor to flip over and land on top of him.

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o Whoever broke into an apartment in the 700 block of Miner Drive apparently did not want to deal with small change.
The residents of the apartment found the place broken into when they returned home Saturday. Missing were a bottle of Hypnotiq liquor, $530 and only the larger denominations from a jar of coins.
The [...]

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Joan J. Gunkelman, a resident of Wadsworth Pointe, Wadsworth, entered into a peaceful sleep Saturday, July 14, 2007, surrounded by family and friends.
She was born in Cleveland to R.H. and Gladys (nee Harrington) Gunkelman. Ms. Gunkelman was a resident of Medina for many years. She was a graduate of Medina High School. After graduating from [...]

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Joseph D. Maschak, 87, of Lodi, passed away Monday, July 16, 2007, at his daughter’s home.
He was born April 8, 1920, in Johnstown, Pa., to Joseph E. and Amelia (Buzak) Maschak. He retired from Ford Motor Co., working as a millwright for 30 years. He was an active member of St. Stephen’s Catholic Church and [...]

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Joe C. Neff, 81, of Medina, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2007, in Wadsworth.
He was born May 17, 1926, in Medina, where he lived his entire life. He was a member of Akron Federation of Musicians Local 14, the International Federation of Musicians, Boy Scout Troop 507 and Sea Scouts. He was a charter member [...]

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Gladys Virginia (Grund) Newcomb, 92, passed away Monday, July 16, 2007.
She was born in April 1915, in Edinburg, Ohio, to Marion and Estella (Kurtz) Grund. Mrs. Newcomb worked at Polson Rubber, and she and her husband ran a farm for many years. She then retired from Geauga Industries. She baked hundreds of pies for charities, [...]

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