By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Apparently all Barry Zito needed to return to his Cy Young form of yesteryear was a trip to Cleveland and a matchup against the American League’s worst offense.
Zito, who has struggled all season and lasted just two innings in his last start prior to Wednesday, was on the mark in [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Cathee Arthur may only be 14, but she already knows the basics of driving without ever sitting behind the wheel of a car and the effects of driving drunk without having touched alcohol.
As part of the 21st Century Simulated Driving Program, created by Ray and Debbie Sanderbeck and being piloted [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — The owners of Renacci-Doraty Chevrolet claim the dealership’s former general manager is holding their name “hostage” by refusing to give up ownership of Internet domain name RDChevy.com.
The Wadsworth dealership, also known as RDChevy, received a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon signed by Medina County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher J. [...]

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MEDINA — The Wadsworth man arrested following a four-hour standoff at his residence in April pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of inducing panic.
John N. Warrington, 48, of 376 Broad St., could spend as many as 18 months in prison on the fourth-degree felony counts when he is sentenced on Aug. 4.
Wadsworth police responded to [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — A 3-year-old boy was transported to the hospital after he drank from a water bottle containing camping equipment fuel Tuesday night.
Police reported:
Officers responded to the boy’s house in the 1400 block of Yale Drive at 5:22 p.m. Tuesday. The boy was lying in the front yard, breathing on his own [...]

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– A resident of the 4300 block of Southwick Boulevard reported gas was stolen from her car while it was parked outside her house between 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. June 19. She said she had half a tank of gas when she parked, but when she turned her car on again her gas light [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers already have their franchise player in LeBron James.
It’s a good thing, too, because general manager Danny Ferry’s main objective with the No. 19 pick in tonight’s NBA Draft is getting a guy who can play in the league, period.
 “Derrick Rose is going to play. Michael Beasley is [...]

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Betty Matilda Gotthardt, 85, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2008.
She was born Sept. 30, 1922, in Warren to William A. and Bertha Adams Roby.
She is survived by her sisters, Kay Bailes and Jeanne Beach.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John W. Gotthardt; and brother, Robert Roby.
A graveside service was held at Harrington [...]

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Margery L. Heskamp passed away Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Hendersonville, N.C.
She was born on a farm outside Frankfort, Ky., as the only child of James Clarence and Virginia Hulette. After graduating from Frankfort High School, she attended college at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va., and Center College in Danville, Ky. It was at [...]

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Donald Jackson Johnson, 71, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
He was born Nov. 14, 1936, in Coburn, W.Va., to Nicholas and LuLu (Utt) Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a quality control manager at Ford Motor Co. and a lifelong farmer. After retiring, he was the owner-operator of DJ Farms & Construction. He was a township trustee [...]

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