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Students in Jill Reiter and Mary Grady’s nursing classes at Lorain County Community College can confidently say that their professors wrote the book on nursing. Reiter and Grady are contributing authors in the newly released textbook “Pediatric Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care” by Kathryn Rudd and Diane Kocisko. Reiter and Grady teach an array of nursing courses at ... Read More »

A Crocker Park Blvd. store is out $12,000 after a credit card fraud on Jan. 21 A black female suspect’s Discover card was declined to purchase the 207 clothing items; she then pretended to call Discover and obtain the OK to complete the sale, according to Westlake Police. The clerk also spoke to an unidentified person on the suspect’s phone ... Read More »

On 01/26/2014, at 0303 hrs, Bay Village Police  received a 911 call from a motorist reporting a person lying on the sidewalk in the area of Lake Rd. and Elmwood.  Officers responded and discovered that a car had struck a utility pole, injuring the driver.  The 46-yoa female driver was intoxicated, and was taken to the hospital for treatment of ... Read More »

  Westlake Police report that John W VARGYAS, 41, has been connected by DNA to all three of the recent break-ins at the Westlake Christian Church on Hilliard Blvd. A felony warrant for Breaking and Entering was issued by the Rocky River Municipal Court after Ohio BCI analyzed evidence left at the scene. VARGYAS frequents the Metrohealth Hospital area; his ... Read More »

Twelve workforce members at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland were recognized with NASA’s prestigious Silver Snoopy award for outstanding performance and professional dedication to human flight safety or mission success.  Glenn’s Deputy Director Greg Robinson and Associate Director Janet Watkins joined astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock in presenting the awards during a ceremony at the center. NASA’s Astronaut Office annually ... Read More »

For the third year in a row, Emerald Village won the North Olmsted Senior Center People’s Choice Award at the International Food Contest held in December.   Linda Stallard, Dining Service Manager pulled out all of the stops for the win! Linda and her team made the Emerald Village Version of a Great American Classic, the “Big Boy” Double Decker ... Read More »

LAND studio, Bike Cleveland, and the Charter One Foundation have announced that Cleveland Metroparks is the winner of a competition to determine the location for the final bike box to be placed in Cuyahoga County.   The final bike box will be placed at Edgewater Park in the new Lakefront Reservation this spring. The bike box is a repurposed, locally-sourced, ... Read More »

Connecting for Kids will hold its 2nd Annual Fundraiser from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 2014, at Panini’s Bar & Grill, 23800 Detroit Road in Westlake.  The cost for the evening is $20.00 per person in advance and $25.00 per person at the door for unlimited appetizers, desserts, beer and wine.  The evening will also feature a ... Read More »

Goal is to double graduates in science, technology, engineering and math Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) has partnered with The Ohio State University and nine other Ohio colleges for a project focused on encouraging minority students to study science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and earn degrees in these vital areas. The College has secured a sub-award of $241,264 over ... Read More »

Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA), is pleased to announce its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program open to incoming second and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Pan Asian and Native American students enrolled at Ohio law schools. Incoming second and third-year female law students enrolled at Ohio law schools are also eligible regardless of ... Read More »