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Voters in the The Highland Local School District were no more receptive than their Medina neighbors to increasing property taxes Tuesday, voting down the first operating levy in more than a decade by a decisive margin. The 7.9-mill issue failed with 4,051 votes against (60.05 percent of the vote) to 2,695 votes for (39.95 percent of the vote) according... Full story »

One of the benefits of writing this column is that I often get to hear about the exciting adventures of Medina High School Graduates. I recently learned that 2002 graduate Jamie Elkins is heading to Mumbai, India in mid-January to serve an internship with the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency. Jamie told me via e-mail that... Full story »

MEDINA Although voters soundly defeated an operating levy on Tuesday’s ballot, they left the makeup of the school board largely unchanged heading into next year. Incumbents Robert Wilder and William Grenfell were returned to their spots on the board. Charles Freeman will be the lone newcomer. They were the top three vote-getters in a six-candidate field defined mostly by... Full story »

MEDINA School district leaders will be facing some tough decisions with not much time to make them following the rejection of a three-year incremental operating levy on Tuesday’s ballot. Voters resoundingly defeated the issue, 9,554 votes against (64.42 percent) to 5,276 in favor (35.58), according to final but unofficial results from the Medina County Board of Elections. This levy would... Full story »

The Lake Erie Panthers, of the Heartland Football League, will be conducting a meet and greet team meeting from 10:30 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Gemini Rec Center in Fairview Park. The Panthers will be meeting in the Willow Room on the first floor. Parking is available in front of the Rec Center or in the high school... Full story »

MEDINA SMOKE, REAGAN PARKWAY: An E. Reagan Parkway woman, who was allegedly intoxicated, overcooked her dinner, burning the food and filling the residence with smoke on Oct. 28. Police provided assistance to the fire department ASSAULT, HIGH SCHOOL: Two males allegedly assaulted a student after school on Oct. 30. Around 2:30 p.m., an adult man and a juvenile male... Full story »

Medina’s boys and girls teams both advance to this weekend’s Division I state cross country meet. Medina’s boys were second and the girls were fourth at the regional meet last weekend in Tiffin. “We’re actually thrilled,” said Medina girls coach Phil Brewer. “We knew going in that it was going to be touch and go whether we would make it... Full story »

A school and its community is doing some of its strongest rooting this week for a popular Highland Hornet football player facing his greatest challenge. Kory Wiita, a senior at Highland, suffered a spinal cord injury Friday night during the Hornets’ football game against Cloverleaf. Wiita, a defensive back, fractured three neck vertebrae as he made a tackle on... Full story »

Three familiar faces will remain on the Highland Local Schools Board of Education for another four years. Robert Kelly was re-elected with 3,978 votes (28.29 percent), according to final but unofficial results from the Medina County Board of Elections. He said, “This has been a somber weekend for us because Kory Wiita (a junior at Highland High School) was... Full story »

Omar was all set for Halloween or for chasing the backyard squirrels in Medina. He lives with Steve and Eileen Brubaker. Full story »

NORTH ROYALTON -- The area premiere of the suspense thriller "Wait Until Dark" opens Nov. 6 for a two-weekend run at the Royalton Players.  Full story »

This scene is somewhere in the Medina/Brunswick Sun area. If you know it, send to editor Mark Morilak at mmorilak@sunnews.com or Go Seek, c/o News Sun, 5510 Cloverleaf Parkway, Cleveland 44125. Entries must be received by noon Monday, with name and phone number included. All correct entries will be listed in the following week’s edition and entered in a... Full story »

Halloween is over, but not the joy of seeing the faces and places from reader-submitted photographs.    Full story »

Beachwood doctor Stephen E. Bloom spent four hours carving this pumpkin in tribute to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dr. Bloom said the inspiration for carving Lebron and Shaq on the pumpkin was "the start of a new season and a new beginning." He titles the picture, "A Tribute to a Positive Future."  Full story »

The bird and the bee celebrated Halloween in Medina. Full story »