By MARIA KACIK | Staff Writer
With wind chills below zero and slick road conditions causing 51 traffic-related mishaps on Interstate 71, the Strongsville Police Department closed the highway between U.S. Route 42 in Strongsville and state Route 303 in Brunswick for more than two hours Thursday morning.
Strongsville Sgt. Lee Colegrove said his department handled 24 [...]

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CHEERS: to Brunswick’s Green Advisory Group and others working to add a local link to a proposed trail system that would connect Medina County to Lake Erie. The project is likely a few years down the road, but it’s a great example of smart regional thinking, in which the whole will provide a benefit greater [...]

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Evalyn M. (nee Wessolek) Funk, 81, of Chatham Township, passed away Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
She was born April 11, 1927, in Cleveland to Adolph and Mabel (Reed) Wessolek. Mrs. Funk was a homemaker. She was a member of New Horizons Church in Homerville.
Mrs. Funk is survived by her [...]

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Marjorie J. (nee Dietz) Homa, 83, of Brunswick, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at Samaritan Care Center in Medina.
She was born Dec. 30, 1925, in Cleveland. Mrs. Homa was a homemaker.
She is survived by her son, Ronald (Sandra) Homa; daughter, Karen Homa; grandson, John Ferek; and granddaughter, Jean Ferek.
She was preceded in death by [...]

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Edward J. Stefanski, 86, of Medina, passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Medina.
He was born Dec. 12, 1922, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mr. Stefanski retired from the Detroit parts depot at Ford Motor Co. with more than 40 years of service. He loved music and liked to travel to Maine. He served in the Navy [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMERStaff Writer
Travis Hafner will return to the batting cages soon for the first time since undergoing surgery on a problematic right shoulder. He and the Indians are hoping he finds his hitting stroke.
Once a prolific slugger, Hafner has been a shell of his former self the past two seasons, with the ailing shoulder [...]

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