Independence News

A Canadian investor is buying the former Sheraton Hotel in Independence and plans to bring a major hotel brand back to the property.

INDEPENDENCE City Council gave the green light to begin the first phase of the project to realign the Selig Drive - state Route 21 intersection.

An affiliate of McKnight Property Management of Pittsburgh has purchased the Point 6 office building in Westlake from GE Capital.

BREAKING AND ENTERING, ROCKSIDE ROAD: A VFW member arrived about 11 a.m. Nov. 27 and found the back door to the hall wide open.

Donations are needed for the Yuletide Hunger food drive... The annual drive feeds families in need in Independence, Seven Hills, Brecksville and Broadview Heights.

An unexpected need has developed in some Cleveland-area communities where you might not expect it.

Seven Hills seeks people or businesses to take part in the annual Adopt-A-Family program.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force operating under authorization of Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and Ohio's Organized Crime Investigations Commission announced that six defendants pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud-related offenses for their role as sellers in a large mortgage fraud scheme ...

INDEPENDENCE Five city residents pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Nov.

Teachers are invited to a water education workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Field House in Independence, 6354 Selig Drive.

The Independence Historical Society will hold a free open house at 6 p.m. Saturday at Historic Hall, located on the east side of Independence public square on Brecksville Road.

Mark Link, an environmental planner for the regional sewer district, looks over part of West Creek, a Cuyahoga River tributary.

Alpha Group Agency: Rick Hughes joined the Independence insurance agency that provides human resources services to small and medium-sized businesses as the principal heading AlphaHR LLC, a new division created through the acquisition of MagnaHR.

THEFT, WEST CREEK ROAD: A man left his loaded 9 mm Luger in a "hang bag" in his room Nov.

The city was prepared for crowds of people lined up to receive the H1N1 vaccine Saturday, but the demand was far lower than expected.

From shopping mall kiosks and hotel conference rooms to your neighbor's dining room, the gold rush is on to buy and sell scrap gold.

Published on Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 People Helping People People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers.

A suburban grief center is opening its arms and its resources to the Imperial Avenue neighborhood of Cleveland, a neighborhood still reeling from the murders of 11 women.

Staff and students at Independence High School are mourning the death of a longtime, well-loved teacher.

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