Olmsted Falls News

DRUNKEN DRIVING, SHARP ROAD: A vehicle travelling 50 mph in a 35 mph zone was stopped and an officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol while he was speaking with the driver.

The American Dream is not dead - it just requires work. Take that Bulldog spirit and walk into the future with pride and ready to roll up your sleeves for some hard work ahead.

The Rev. Mark Griggs, 48, of Berea: Sentenced Monday by Judge Ronald Suster to six years in prison for possessing criminal tools, 43 counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor and 40 counts of illegal use of a minor in nude material.

Olmsted Falls freshman Ryan Hanna slides safely into second base ahead of the throw taken by Midpark infielder Tom Reckart.

Senior Citizen Day attendees gather at the pavilion at the Village Green in Olmsted Falls.

Memorial Day is one of those special reasons why small town America, like Olmsted Falls, is the place to live.

Kris Hamilton, a special education assistant at Bassett Elementary School, has received a 2012 Outstanding Paraprofessional/Educational Aide Achievement Award from the Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County.

LOST RING, NOLL DRIVE: A woman came to the police station May 7 to report having lost a wedding ring she said was valued at $5,000. The resident attempted to file an insurance claim but was advised by her insurance agency that a police report was required.

The former co-pastor of a church in Olmsted Falls has been sentenced to six years in prison for trading child pornography over the internet from computers at the church, and also at his home.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Monday will be judgment day for a former suburban Cleveland minister, convicted of dozens of child pornography charges.

Workers recently completed construction of what looks like a new bus shelter opposite Cafe Ah-Roma, 38 W. Bridge St., Berea.

Olmsted Falls resident Susan Lewis credits her doctors with urging her to visit The Gathering Place in Westlake following her second cancer diagnosis in October.

A Columbus man, who received a kidney and a pancreas from an Olmsted Falls man, will run the Cleveland half marathon this Sunday.

Friday's Westlake High baseball game against Olmsted Falls was already going to be special because it was Senior Day and the final home game of the regular season.

The city will have its 13th annual Community Garage Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine.

The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland staged an eight-hour test run Thursday, with a crowd of more than 1,800 gamblers made up mostly of employees' friends and relatives.

This scene is somewhere in the Sun Post-Herald area. Here's a clue: This artwork is on the side of a popular watering hole located in the heart of a "west" neighborhood in the largest city served by this newspaper.

He's only 5, but Olmsted Falls resident Dillinger Chapman has participated in a dozen motocross races and notched four wins, so far.

Berea High School graduating seniors will have the opportunity to meet and talk with various guest speakers, including Dan Musser III, the owner of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, on May 14.

The American Cancer Society needs at least 300,000 American adults for a new study that will track healthy people, without a personal history of cancer other than basal or squamous cell cancer of the skin over the next 20-30 years in a research study called Cancer Prevention Study-3 of CPS-3. The study is meant to understand who gets cancer and who ... (more)