By HO HOFFMAN
Special to The Gazette
LaGRANGE — The Rocky River Pirates fired three solid broadsides at Buckeye Saturday, sinking the Bucks’ chances and eliminating them in a LaGrange Keystone Division II Sectional final volleyball match.
Rocky River (18-6) came out with guns blazing, jumping out to a 17-4 first-game lead from which Buckeye never recovered, as [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
LANDOVER, Md. — Tight end Kellen Winslow was upset Sunday night, but the 14-11 loss to the Redskins wasn’t the primary reason.
“It’s bigger than the game right now,” he said.
Winslow expressed his anger with general manager Phil Savage for the way his “undisclosed illness” was handled by the team over the last [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
LANDOVER, Md. — Well, it was fun while it lasted.
The revitalized Browns that re-energized Northeast Ohio with a thrilling “Monday Night Football” win over the Giants were nowhere to be found Sunday outside the nation’s capital. In their place were the sloppy Browns from September. The ones that started 0-3 and crushed [...]

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After much haranguing and negotiating in Columbus, the legislature passed a tougher-than-expected crackdown on payday lenders. Now the industry, in an effort to save itself in Ohio, has put the new law on the ballot.
We urge voters to say no to the payday lenders, and yes to Issue 5. A yes vote upholds the payday-lending [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
With just weeks left before the Nov. 4 election for Ohio’s 22nd Senate District seat, Republican Bob Gibbs is promoting his years of experience and Democrat James Riley his new perspective.
Gibbs, 54, of Lakeville in Holmes County, currently is representing the 97th House District, which includes southern Medina County.
Gibbs is one of [...]

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Carol Napier Wass, 63, of Old Hickory, Tenn., passed away Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, of cancer at Alive Hospice at Skyline-Madison Campus in Madison, Tenn.
Carol was a born again Christian and is now in heaven with her savior. She was an active member of Hermitage Hills Baptist Church in Hermitage, Tenn.
She is survived by [...]

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Heather M. (nee Copley) Robey, 24, of Medina, passed away Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, at her home.
She was born Feb. 29, 1984, in Cleveland. Heather was a homemaker and a devoted mother to her son, Dominic. She enjoyed all sports, especially playing soccer and on a traveling basketball team.
She is survived by her loving [...]

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Saturday’s cold winds left no one unscathed at the 26th annual Sound Spectacular in Brunswick, including Zachary Shively, 15, of Struthers High School in Struthers, Ohio. Thirteen marching band from around the state performed in competition at Judy Kirsch Field to qualify for the Ohio Music Education Association Marching Band Competition in Columbus later this [...]

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