Westlake

IRS scammers have gained momentum as April 15 approaches. Westlake Police report a Settlers Reserve Way man received a check in the mail in March from a California bank for $8900 in March. It had his name on it and another male’s, who is unknown to the victim. It appears to be related to someone filing a fraudulent US income ... Read More »

    Westlake Police report that 74-year-old Robert Godwin of Cleveland has been identified as the suspect in the shooting incident which occurred April 5 at 30700 Center Ridge Rd. Godwin  had a past dispute with Elios Financial Group, located in that building. He was arrested on April 9 without incident. A .38 cal revolver was recovered during a consent ... Read More »

Westlake High School sophomore Karalyn Suter qualified in junior varsity beginner horsemanship, advancing to the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) Zone 5, Region 4 western trials regional competition. Karalyn rides for Equine Differences in Oberlin. She competes with high school riders from Summit, Stark, Lorain, Medina, Mahoning and Tuscarawas counties on May 10 in Sullivan. IEA was organized to promote and ... Read More »

  Lee Burneson Middle School eighth grader Kyle Yu, 13, defended his title at the state Geographic Bee on April 4 and will now represent Ohio again at the National Geographic Bee next month in Washington, D.C. Kyle beat out about 100 other fourth through eighth graders for the state title, which he also claimed in 2013. The national finals ... Read More »

Lee Burneson Middle School seventh and eighth grade math teams captured first place in the region and third place in Ohio out of 75 schools in the 2014 Ohio Math League Contest. The entire middle school student body participated in the written mathematics contest. The goal of the contest is to encourage student interest and confidence in math while problem ... Read More »

The Westlake High School Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, an honor society for high school students enrolled in Spanish and Portuguese, inducted 43 new members. The group recognizes high achievement of high school students in Spanish and Portuguese languages and promotes a continuing interest in Hispanic and Luso Portuguese studies. Officers are President Katie Routhier, Vice President Elizabeth Raiff, Treasurer Aly Silver ... Read More »

  Lee Burneson Middle School eighth grader Miranda Li won a second place prize in the 61st Annual Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair held March 11 at Cleveland State University. Miranda won second place in Health/Medicine under the Biological Science category for her project “If You Are What You Eat, Then Are Your Teeth What You Chew?” Her research ... Read More »

Hilliard Elementary School surpassed its $1,200 goal and raised $2,263.05 – enough to buy 9,052 meals – through the annual Harvest for Hunger campaign, “Generosity in Bloom.” Harvest for Hunger is an annual food and funds drive conducted through grocery stores, workplaces and schools in 21 Northeast Ohio counties. The food and money collected by Westlake elementary students stays in ... Read More »

  Westlake Police have released the 911 call received Sat., April 5 reporting gunshots that were fired into a business at 30700 Center Ridge Road. Here is the call: There are no new developments as to suspect(s), motive, description(s), or vehicle(s) involved as of 10 a.m. April 8. Event Rewind Gunfire was reported in Westlake on Sat., April 5. Westlake ... Read More »

At the 2014 Ohio Junior Classical League Convention in Columbus, the Westlake High School Latin Club brought home a series of awards for academic contests, artistic competitions, games and colloquia on different classical subjects. Katerina Packis took several first-place awards, along with the Best of Show award: ·         “The Seer” ink drawing ·         “Roman Street” mixed media ·         “Pandora” oil ... Read More »