Westlake News

What do you get when you mix the Grateful Dead, Phish, blues, folk, jazz and good 'ol rock 'n' roll? You get the JiMiller band, which is playing its seventh annual night before Thanksgiving show at The Winchester in Lakewood.

A woman was flown to a local hospital after she was injured when a car struck a house in Westlake Sunday afternoon.

Within a few weeks, customers of the The Irish Barber will be able to sit down and have a pint of Guinness while waiting for their turn in the chair.

Students in math teacher Mike Bee's eighth-grade pre-algebra class are taking their instruction this year in a trailer.

Miller explained that the centralized fire and EMS dispatch took a giant step toward regionalization for the cities of Bay Village, Westlake, North Ridgeville, Fairview Park and Lakewood, and that efficiency is enhanced by the professionalism of fire dispatch operators.

If Dan Rather was covering the Westlake Board of Education election, he might say that challenger Nate Cross' lead over incumbent Joe Marinucci is 'as thin as turnip soup.' According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections unofficial vote count, Cross leads Marinucci, 4,909 to 4,886 votes - a margin of only 23, in the race to fill the second of ...

Bay Village Mayor Debbie Sutherland won an apparent third term over challenger Jim Scott, a current councilman-atlarge, with a victory margin of about 80 votes.

ASSAULT, INTERSTATE 90: Prosecutors are considering charges against a 47-year-old Ravenna man after his ex-girlfriend says he assaulted her Nov.

Magnificat head coach Anjanette Arabian Whitman called it a true repeat. Bay head coach Steve Babson felt confident his No.

NASA's Ares I-X test rocket, which included hardware manufactured at Glenn Research Center, completed its six-minute flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Oct.

When I first drove Toyota's new five-door wagon at its introduction at Nemacolin resort in Pennsylvania last year, I was greatly impressed.

The Hubbs Motel, which had been at the center of the infamous decades-long lawsuit between the city and businessman Charles Shimola, is no more.

The 2009 high school soccer season got a bit sweeter for three Westshore area soccer teams last week.

Both candidates for Ward 2 in North Olmsted believe their own brand of municipal experience will draw voters to them.

For both Ward 2 City Council candidates preparation is a key when finding ways to deal with municipal problems.

A 12-year-old Westlake boy could spend the rest of his teenage years in a juvenile detention center for stabbing 40-year old Brian Sharak in the chest last month, critically injuring him.

PETTY THEFT, CROCKER ROAD: A 14-year-old Avon Lake boy, a 15-year-old Lakewood boy and a 15-year-old Fairview Park boy will face petty theft charges in juvenile court after running out on a $61 tab at Applebee's restaurant.

In Ward 1, Bob Burkhart, the chief financial officer at Northfield Park, is challenging incumbent Patrick Manning.

City officials will be looking into what makes businesses successful in coming weeks.

Voters here will decide among three school board candidates to fill two seats during the Nov.