Garfield Heights News

Drillers are eager to tap a vast reservoir of natural gas and oil within shale beneath Ohio, which could employ thousands, but critics say it will also cause pollution.

Norm Davis dutifully followed detour signs to loop around construction blocking the northbound lanes on Cleveland's Fulton Road between West 41st Street and Clark Avenue.

BREAKING & ENTERING/GRANDTHEFT, CHAGRIN BOULEVARD: Due to recent break-ins and thefts of nearly $1,400 worth of liquor from the Beechmont Country Club, two officers staked out the clubhouse Feb.

Cameras greet former construction company owner Steven Pumper as he arrives at the federal courthouse in Akron for another day of testimony in the racketeering trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.

Testimony today in the Jimmy Dimora federal racketeering trial centered on how loans and economic development money were secured for projects -- and whether the former Cuyahoga County commissioner played a role in securing that money.

The Greater Cleveland Aquarium swam up and opened its doors last month, on the shores of Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River, in Cleveland's historic Flats neighborhood.

Feb 3 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded one class of Banc of America Large Loan, Inc.

THEFT, CEDAR ROAD: On Jan. 29, a University Heights woman, 18, was arrested for shoplifting $1,955.03 worth of merchandise from Dillards.

Marymount Hospital, a Garfield Heights, Ohio-affiliate of the Cleveland Clinic, named Joanne Zeroske as its new president.

"Hi, my name is Mike and I'm calling on behalf of Citizens for Garfield Heights.

Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers for Jimmy Dimora took cracks at examining a former Cuyahoga County worker about various schemes in which the government alleges Dimora, the former Cuyahoga County commissioner, took part.

Once a bustling industrial center, Beachwood's Commerce Park district is struggling with obsolete buildings in a shifting business environment.

Already facing shortened school days and cuts in programs, parents and students of the Garfield Heights City School District will have to brace themselves for more potential bad news on Thursday.

THEFT, SHAKER BOUELVARD: Two separate incidents of catalytic converters being stolen from vehicles parked at the RTA stop at Shaker Boulevard and Warrensville Center Road were reported on Jan.

Nothing tastes better than a warm bowl of soup on a cold winter's day. This January, warm the body and soul with special "soup" programs from Cleveland Metroparks.

Police in Garfield Heights are investigating what is believed to be a murder-suicide. According to the Garfield Heights Chief of Police, the body of a 46-year-old female and 43-year-old male was discovered in a York Boulevard home.

Garfield Heights Police Chief Robert Sackett said police found a male and a female dead on the first floor when they arrived at a home on York Boulevard.

A Solon patrol officer is OK after his patrol cruiser was struck by another car near Harper and Aurora roads on Jan.

Just before 11 p.m. Monday, police said Officer Roy Cunningham's was struck by a Monte Carlo near the intersection of Harper Road and State Route 43.

Cuyahoga County is taking back control of which county roads will be repaired and when.