John Benson

In what was nothing more than a housekeeping item, city council earlier this week sent its resident-paid monthly garbage fee of $11.42 for collection in 2022 by the Cuyahoga County Auditors.

A recently introduced resolution by Ohio lawmakers -- Rep. Adam Miller (D-Columbus) and Rep. Jessica Miranda (D-Forest Park) -- targets statewide schools that are currently using Native American mascots.

The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, representing full- and part-time patrol officers and sergeants in Olmsted Falls, last week filed a motion to vacate a conciliation award against the city.

The summer street construction season has officially begun in Seven Hills.

In this week’s Parma Heights Police Blotter, police were dispatched to a Westborough Road address after a resident, who was walking his Jack Russell terrier, was attacked by two Rottweilers running loose.

In this week’s Broadview Heights Police Blotter, police were dispatched to Giant Eagle about an unruly, possibly drunk man cursing at an employee of the East Royalton Road store.

The decision to mask or not to mask -- at least for the start of the new school year -- was decided Monday (Aug. 9), when Lakewood City Schools Superintendent Maggie Niedzwiecki announced that all 4,500 students and 600 staff members will be wearing face coverings later this month.

After a series of meetings and conversations with residents and community groups this past spring and early summer about infrastructure needs at Madison Park, Lakewood is about to begin a $30,000 renovation project at the city’s second-largest venue.

The saga continues regarding a spring incident involving five American Bullies responsible for four dog-bite incidents 11 days apart involving three North Olmsted residents and a police officer.

The transition related to dispatching and prisoner housing between the Fairview Park and North Olmsted police departments has begun.

Earlier this year, North Olmsted Mayor Kevin Kennedy said that once residents were able to return to in-person council meetings, they’d show up and be upset that the city has yet to join Cleveland Water’s Suburban Water Main Renewal Program.

After years of complaints by parents, coaches, residents and users of city ballfields, Lakewood City Council is currently eyeing a twofold solution to make routine grounders less adventurous.

In this week’s Parma Heights Police Blotter, a concerned passerby called police after seeing what they thought was a teenager lying on the sidewalk near the Independence Boulevard bridge.

Mexican food lovers disappointed about the closure of La Casa Tequila last summer in Brooklyn will be happy to learn that El Palenque recently opened its doors at 5092 Tiedeman Road.

Mihai-Catalin Gulie and Gabriela Ion deny murdering their six-month-old baby

You and the Cap’n make it happen!

It was only two years ago that the then-newly formed We Are Parma Proud made its debut, with roughly 500 people attending Picnic in the Park at Ridgewood Lake Park.

For roughly two years Parma Heights Mayor Michael P. Byrne has been cautiously optimistic about the city’s proposed Nathan Hale Park retention basin, which will help solve flooding issues in the area, becoming a reality.

Brooklyn City Schools Superintendent/CEO Theodore Caleris is excited about new Brooklyn School Principal Johnny Bollin Jr., who replaces Cristin Cicco as leader of the PreK-7 building.

In this week’s Broadview Heights Police Blotter, an East Wallings Road resident called police about a harassment report.