Brecksville News

They traveled hundreds of miles across the country stuffed in plastic! Thanks to a truck driver, three little kittens are nursing their way back to health! Monday morning Alan Ketchum stopped in Cleveland to drop off his cargo when workers receiving the shipment told him that his delivery was meowing.

THEFT, BROADVIEW ROAD: At 4:15 p.m. Friday, a man went into Rite Aid and stole 26 bottles of various Axe shampoo bottles, putting them in a trash bag and walking out.

UNSAFE VEHICLE, MILLER ROAD: The infamous cracked windshield led to the arrest of a 49-year-old Akron man Nov.

Amy Basista and Beau Bishop were married April 4 in Palm Desert, Calif. She is the daughter of Stan and Teresa Basista of Brecksville, Ohio, and he is the son of Jerry and Toni Bishop of Brady.

The U.S. Justice Department and Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray on Friday approved a consent decree requiring Akron to reduce the sewer overflows that have polluted the Cuyahoga and Little Cuyahoga rivers and the Ohio & Erie Canal.

The city is experiencing a housing "boomlet." Nobody can say for sure if it is an indication of an upturn in the economy, but construction companies have applied for 15 permits so far in 2009.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Health will hold its first mass H1N1 Clinic on Sunday, at three different locations throughout the county.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Health will hold H1N1 vaccination clinics 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at three sites: Brecksville-Broadview heights High School, 6683 Mill Road, Brecksville; Charles F. Brush High School, 4875 Glenlyn Road, Lyndhurst; and Olmsted Falls Middle School, 27045 Bagley Road, Olmsted Township.

4, after the black Pontiac they were riding in was stopped on Interstate 77. An officer spotted the vehicle in question weaving and failing to signal a lane change at 2:37 a.m. According to the driver, who was one of those arrested, he was weaving due to being tired.

The city is collecting food, especially breakfast items, through Dec. 5 at City Hall and the Community Recreation Center for the multiple-city Yuletide Hunger Program.

Printing Industries of America's Ben Franklin Honor Society is proud to announce the 2009 Frederick D. Kagy Education Award of Excellence recipient: the Graphic Imaging Technology program at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center in Brecksville, Ohio.

Just in time for the coming holidays, local craft markets are now in abundance. They are always a fun adventure, from the juried shows to the local church bazaars.

An Independence man died after his car hit a tree Wednesday night. Charles John Janowski, 66, died when he crashed his vehicle into a tree on Oak Park Place in Brecksville just before 11 p.m. The Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

THEFT, ROUTE 82: An employee of Village Cleaners on Chippewa Road had his van broken into sometime between 4:15 p.m. Oct.

The National Park Service and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting tonight on a proposal to modify or remove a dam on the Cuyahoga River near state Route 82 between Sagamore Hills Township and Brecksville.

Will there be animals in heaven? My wife is counting on it. Like some of us, she finds it much easier to relate to animals than people.

Members of DAV Chapter 20 in Lorain stand with a new van to transport vets to medical appointments.

After intensive negotiations with the US EPA and the Ohio EPA, the City of Akron has reached a proposed agreement on the combined sewer overflow litigation.

The following list will be updated as new Howard Hanna listings come on the market in Cuyahoga County Ohio .

Shirley and Matt Harper display Creekside's flatbread bruschetta, rear, and whiskey grilled salmon.