Brook Park News

Cars and trucks making the tight left turn from Brookpark Road onto Ohio 237 southbound often drift off the side of the road.

Several Girl Scouts from Cuyahoga County were recognized as top 2012 cookie-sellers at the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio's String of Pearls event May 5. In the program, each girl who sells 1,000 packages the first time receives a gold chain with a single pearl, and a pearl is added for each subsequent year of reaching that mark.

ASSAULT, BROOKPARK ROAD: Four women were arrested May 12 for assaulting one woman at a hotel and bar in the 16100 block.

BURGLARY, NETHERSOLE DRIVE: A burglar broke a bedroom window to enter a house in the 7300 block.

Heavily armed Marines -- nearly a battalion's worth -- are going to occupy downtown Cleveland for a week in June and everyone is likely to have a good time.

Brook Park is preparing to fly United States flags at the corner of Engle and Holland roads.

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Berea City School District's annual student art show is under way - with some Brook Park artists - at the Student Activity Center at Baldwin-Wallace College, 96 Beech St., Berea.

Julianna Brunnet and Jessica Reahm , both residents of Brook Park who belong to the American Legion Junior Auxiliary of Berea, are running for Junior Auxiliary Honorary President and Vice President for the Department of Ohio.

As Cracker Barrel shooting victim Kayla Allen continues to recover at MetroHealth Medical Center, friends and family are trying to provide for the 10-year-old's future.

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, OLD OAK BOULEVARD: The April 23 theft of scrap metal from Lifeworks of Southwest General Health Center, a fitness center at 7390 Old Oak, led police to stop a van seen that day at the nearby Old Oak Bible Church, 7575 Old Oak.

Dennis P. Patten, former Director of Public Service for the City of Brook Park, has been named the new director of public service for the City of Parma Heights.

BROOK PARK Volunteers are sought to help clean military-related sites and plant flowers May 19 in advance of Memorial Day.

At noon Tuesday, Governor John Kasich will visit Ford Motor Company's Plant Number 1 in Brook Park to talk about a capacity increase at the facility.