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COLUMBUS - The Hathaway Brown basketball team defeated Walsh Jesuit 53-48in a Division II state semifinal game on Saturday night at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Full story »

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS -- “Tetelestai,” a musical portrayal of the trial, execution and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, is returning to the Heights area after a 15-year absence.  Full story »

The Cleveland Heights Hockey League season concluded recently with three of the area youth teams taking titles. The Bantam A1, Bantam A3 and Mite B Cleveland Heights teams all won their respective tournament championships, while the Squirt A1 and Squirt B teams were runners-up. • BANTAM A1: The Tigers, seeded No. 2, faced the top seeded Columbus Blue Jackets... Full story »

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — A special City Council meeting has been set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (March 23) at City Hall to act on the 2010 budget. Full story »

Looking for an egg hunt? There's one at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Forest Hill meadow in Cleveland Heights for children nine and younger. Register by Friday: (216) 691-7373, and bring a nonperishable food item for the Heights Emergency Hunger Center.  Full story »

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The sun shone brightly in the sky Tuesday as hundreds of people came to calling hours to remember a Cleveland Heights police officer who died in the line of duty.  Full story »

A boy reported an attempted robbery March 11. The victim was walking when he was approached by two juveniles who brandished what appeared to be a black handgun and demanded money. Full story »

On March 10, an employee of Revenue Assistance Corporation, 3700 Park East, reported that a female customer passed a fraudulent money order for $47,402.23.  Full story »

A Shaker Heights man, 24, was arrested for burglary March 9. A resident called police after hearing someone inside the home. Full story »

A boy, 16, will be filed on in juvenile court for attempted burglary and criminal damage after he ran away from Bellefaire JCB, 22001 Fairmount Blvd., March 9 and tried to break into a house near Gesu School. Full story »

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS -- Two principals in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district have been reassigned as a result of the resignation of Monticello Middle School Principal Sheldon Smith. Full story »

Five Beachwood High School seniors are working on an ambitious project with the goal of trying to reverse the "brain drain" in Cleveland. Full story »

The number "six million" is hard to comprehend even for many adults, but the Lower School students at Fuchs Mizrachi School in University Heights are starting to get a grasp of it. Since early January, students in grades 1-6 at the Orthodox Jewish day school have been collecting pennies with the goal of raising six million of them by Holocaust Remembrance Day April 11.  Full story »

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS -- City Council must meet at least once more this month to approve the city's 2010 budget. Monday, council defeated an ordinance to pass the budget, 4-3, following an executive session in which it discussed personnel issues.  Full story »