By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
Hurricane Gustav could hit anywhere from the Florida Panhandle to eastern Texas next week, with Tropical Storm Hannah not far behind, and a local ambulance team is en route to Texas to work in the thick of it.
Medic EMS — a private ambulance company based in Medina and Wooster — contracted with [...]

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MONTVILLE TWP. — A Montville Township man was arrested at 6 p.m. Thursday after reportedly tampering with evidence concerning a sexual crime, police said.
Earl Steidl, 41, of 4417 Sharon Copley Road, allegedly destroyed a SIM card from a digital camera that contained evidence of a sexual offense, Sgt. Terry Grice said.
Police had obtained a search [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The Indians’ longest winning streak since 2002 came to an end at the hands of the American League’s worst team — the Seattle Mariners.
Who else?
In an ironic twist to an already strange season, the Indians saw their 10-game winning streak halted in a 3-2 loss to the Mariners, a club [...]

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Peggy R. Jobe passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, in Medina surrounded by family and friends.
She was born in Manatee, Fla., in 1925 and came to Ohio in 1961 with her husband, who had transferred to Medina as an Ohio State Patrolman. Mrs. Jobe was a graduate of Berea College in Berea, Ky., and taught [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — They come out in droves every Thursday morning in search of a deal.
The locations of the sales can be found in The Gazette classified section, or by just driving around neighborhoods and looking for signs that say “Garage Sale.”
And although the signs seem to be everywhere this year, most people [...]

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- A resident of the 200 block of Euclid Avenue reported an attempted break-in to his garage between 12:01 a.m. and 2:07 p.m. Tuesday. The resident said he believed someone was trying to steal his truck. He said kids stole his truck before and he thought it might be them again. The resident said there [...]

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MEDINA — A Cleveland man convicted of assaulting a woman to whom he was giving a ride home in September 2007 was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday.
Deandre Bigelow, 31, pleaded guilty to kidnapping, a first-degree felony, as part of a plea agreement before the second day of his trial in May, county Prosecutor [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — The Hinckley Township man involved in an accident last month in which two Strongsville teenagers died was indicted Wednesday on three felony counts.
Andrei Zaharie, 21, of 1115 Bellus Road, reportedly was driving more than 70 mph near his home when he traveled left of center, hitting a vehicle driven by [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
FAIRVIEW PARK — Cody Roberts exemplified the play of Cloverleaf’s football team Friday night, which is to say the Colts were in control the entire game, though that didn’t always produce the best results.
Roberts, a senior quarterback, rushed for 149 yards, threw for 102 more and lost three fumbles [...]

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Linda K. Frase, 63, of Seville, passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at The Inn at Medina.
Linda was born April 3, 1945, to Albert and Opal (Green) Hackworth. She worked at Old Trail Inn and the Seville Inn. She enjoyed bowling, camping, golf and bluegrass music.
She is survived by her husband, Bill, whom [...]

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