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A 17-year-old Westlake boy was overheard off campus on Feb. 4 making threats to shoot a High School staff member if he encountered him outside the school premises, report Westlake Police. The threat was made known to police and school officials on Feb. 6 and a search warrant was served at the suspect’s home. He was arrested for Aggravated Menacing. ... Read More »

Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s top fraud and enforcement cases for 2014 investigated by the Ohio Department of Insurance on Feb. 9.   During the calendar year, the Department processed 7,173 allegations of agent misconduct and insurance fraud, initiated 1,709 investigations, identified 713 civil and criminal violations of Ohio insurance law, took administrative action against 460 ... Read More »

You can find the schedule for all St. John Medical Center community health information, health talks, and screenings in the current St. John Medical Center Health Resource Guide at this link: http://stjohnmedicalcenter.net/documents/health-resource-jan-june-2015.pdf Free CE programs are listed under the Community Outreach tab here: http://stjohnmedicalcenter.net/free-ceu-programs.aspx Questions? Contact Paul Forthofer, Manager, SJMC Community Outreach at (440) 617-9078.   Read More »

Bay Village Police  received several complaints last week from residents who received scam phone calls.  If someone calls you from Microsoft technical support and offers to help you fix your computer, mobile phone, or tablet, this is a scam designed to install malicious software on your computer, steal your personal information, or both.  Do not trust unsolicited calls. Do not provide ... Read More »

The Elyria High wrestling team won the last-ever Northeast Ohio Conference tournament  in big time fashion with the overall team title at Garfield Hts. High last Saturday. The Pioneers also posted a number of records that will now go down in history. Elyria set tournament records for most points (280), number of finalists (eight) and also number of champions (seven). ... Read More »

The three females shown the screenshots attached to this story stole $1500 worth of clothing from the Gap store on Main St. in Crocker Pk. at 5:04PM on Feb. 5, report Westlake Police. Police are using the word ‘brazen’ to describe the incident “because they were asked by a clerk if she could ring their purchases up as they left; ... Read More »

A 21-year-old Westlake man entered his mother’s Detroit Rd. home (where he is not permitted) on Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m., report Westlake Police, and cut up and spat on his 16-year-old brother’s clothing. Why? The “adult” thought that little brother had been wearing some of the adult’s clothing. Big brother then left. Mom wanted to press Criminal Damaging charges, ... Read More »

The City of Westlake’s Recreation Master Plan was review at last Thursday’s City Council meeting. The Plan shows residents are most interested in increasing Walking and Biking Trails through the community, and would also like improvements to swimming facilities. Land next to Porter Library may also be developed as a park. Wi-fi hotspots will also be added to parks. City ... Read More »

The 27th Annual Benefit Extraordinaire for the West Side Catholic Center will be held on Sunday, March 8, at La Centre in Westlake. The Friends of the West Side Catholic Center has been in existence for 27 years.  The primary goal of this group is to support the Shelter at the West Side Catholic Center for women and their children ... Read More »

Have you ever thought that spending 3 hours a week for 12 weeks at the police station would be both an enjoyable and educational experience?   Well, if you ask any one of the over 300 graduates of the “Community Police Academy”, they would tell you it was indeed both, and much more! The Westlake Police Department is again hosting the ... Read More »