Bedford Heights News

Ronald McDonald House provides a place for the families of sick kids to say when their children have extended stays, or are receiving long-term treatments, at local hospitals.

"It's just a surreal experience," he said Tuesday night, before a practice match at the Maxout Sports Martial Arts and Fitness Center in Bedford Heights.

Bedford Heights has joined with the Maple Heights , Bedford and Bedford University Hospital , to create a 911 regional dispatch system for any emergency situation in order to be more efficient and reduce costs among the three communities.

The U.S. Attorneys charged Mack J. Johnson, Jr. and Dawn Mungin with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

City Council agreed last week to pay just under $38,000 as a local share for the 85-percent state-funded resurfacing of Richmond Road, at a total cost of $460,000. Councilman Rick Bell said the Ohio Department of Transportation has selected Richmond Road as part of its Urban Paving Program for Fiscal Year 2013, which begins in July, when the state ... (more)

Every time you drive your car up to 60 miles per hour, you hear it - that faint rattling noise coming from somewhere on the dashboard.

Parma Police Det. Marty Compton says Hugh Patton, 32, of Parma, is charged with felony fleeing and alluding, accused of 80 mph on surface streets in Parma and "placing thousands of lives in danger." The chase started just after 1 a.m. in Oakwood Village with police saying Patton was clocked doing 62 mph in a 35 mph zone near Fair Oaks at Broadway ... (more)

The City of Bedford Heights Police Department will be hosting its first open house on Saturday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This open house is for Bedford Heights residents only.

Beachwood City Council will consider a liquor permit for a Beachwood location of Winking Lizard's Lizardville Beer Store and Whiskey Bar.

The theme of the day at South East Harley Davidson on Aurora road in Bedford Heights was to make sure that local US veterans know all the services that are available to them.

A standout senior basketball player at Garfield Heights High School was indicted Wednesday by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on charges of kidnapping, assaulting and robbing his ex-girlfriend on April 23 in Bedford Heights.

CHAP is hosting a spay and neuter clinic in Akron on Saturday, May 5. The cost to have a female cat spayed is $60. The cost to have a male cat neutered is $40. CHAP is a mobile clinic that has helped 5,500 cats/kittens with altering since 2001.

Mid-morning Tuesday, U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott confirmed to WKYC that the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Bridget Robinson, 36, of Bedford Heights, and Danielle Roberson, 27, of Akron.