Medina News

For seniors at Medina and Highland high schools, the big day is Sunday -- graduating classes at both schools receive their diplomas within hours and a few hundred yards of each other on the University of Akron campus.

A group of Medina residents, who served on the city charter review commission last year, asked city council on Tuesday for two potential changes to the Medina City Charter to appear on the ballot in November.

Community stakeholders have partnered with the intention of purchasing distressed housing properties and rehabilitate the homes on the land as a means to restore the historical character of Medina's downtown area - a movement called ReNew Medina.

Ohio's top spellers got off to a solid start this morning in a preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee , with 15 of the 18 nailing their words.

The bee, which is held just outside our nation's capital, kicked off on Tuesday with a 50-word computerized test.

Syria's state-run media on Wednesday criticized decisions by the U.S. and other nations to expel the country's diplomats, describing the moves as "unprecedented hysteria" and warning they might deal a fatal blow to an international peace plan.

In this April 10, 2012 photo, cartoonist Tom Batiuk, creator of the comic strip Funky Winkerbean, inks a strip at the drawing table of his Medina, Ohio home studio.

Speaker of the Ohio House William G. Batchelder, who also represents Medina in District 69, announced earlier this week that the State Controlling Board has approved the release of $254,660 for replacement of the roof on the Gov.

MEDINA, Ohio - Join your neighbors in a community wide effort to clean up the local waterways.A The City of Medina is sponsoring Creek Clean-Up Day on Saturday, June 9.A Groups will clean up both Champion Creek and Bradway Creek.

Our children are much too old to be attending prom and our grandchildren are much too young, but that doesn't stop me from worrying about students being involved in risky behavior on prom night.

It's going to be a long, warm weekend: The perfect time to get out and enjoy some of these activities going on around the Medina and Brunswick area.

The Greenmen lost 6-0 to Medina in a Division I regional semifinal game Thursday at the University of Akron.

Creating a fitting memorial to members of the community who have served in the armed forces has been a goal of Brunswick American Legion Post 234 Commander Joe Tako for a number of years.

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Britain-born Elton John - or at least his song - will turn Greek this weekend as part of a choir show presented by Medina High School choral students.

For the second time in three years, the city plans to apply for a grant from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency which will be used for the addition of bike lanes and trails in several locations in Medina.

Hospice of Medina County will host its annual Veteran's Recognition Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. June 1 at Weymouth Country Club, 3946 Weymouth Road in Medina.

Medina junior Ian McKee, shown racing earlier this season, advanced from the Amherst Division I District as a member of the 4x800- and 4x400-meter relays.

The Lorain County General Health District's Vital Statistics Office houses the birth and death records beginning in 1908 to the present.

Focusing on the Jesuit mission of "life, leadership and service with and for others," the Rev.