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For the last decade, Dean Baber and his black Labrador retriever, Julie, have helped draw awareness to the disc dog sport during Lake Metroparks Farmparks' Working Dog Weekend.This year was no exception, with the Painesville resident's Ohio Disc Dogs organization again holding

Ryan Budziak and Diane Pietrzak received a pleasant surprise just a few days into summer break.The seventh-grade student, and educator, respectively, have both been announced as winners of the 2018 R. A. Horn and Franklin B. Walter Awards, according to a Perry Schools news release. Each year, the

After an alcohol compliance check, members of Crossroads headed to Rupam Patel's Lost Nation Convenient store in Willoughby. Patel's store wasn't in trouble; in fact, it was the opposite. Crossroads was coming to hand her a Distributor of Excellence decal to hang in her store. For the past five years, Crossroads has partnered with the

Some high-profile places in Willoughby are targeted for redevelopment.Willoughby Union Point - a mix of offices and residential units - is planned in the historic Willoughby Union High and Junior High schools, and surrounding property.

Willowick Public Library will host a talk on "Up and Down A Crooked River" on June 26.At 7 p.m., historian Judy MacKeigan will lead a virtual trip along the Cuyahoga River and shares stories of the places, people and events of the past 200 years in the Cleveland Flats.Register to attend this free event by calling 440-943-4151 or visit

The James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor announced a new temporary exhibit coming this summer - "Here Come the Brides: 150 Years of Garfield Family Weddings" - will run June 16 through Aug. 30.The Garfield Site is celebrating the 130th anniversary of a double wedding that took place in the Garfield home on June 14, 1888.

You can add another scam to the list of deceptive plots that con artists are using to swindle money from area residents.This time, it's a phone call telling a resident that a warrant has been issued for their arrest for missing jury duty, along with a recommendation to pay money to stay out of jail for their transgression.

Fewer than six months ago, Wickliffe lost its second largest employer in the city.ABB Inc., a global leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids that employed more than 400 employees moved its operations to another city in Northeast Ohio.

Mentor Public Library's lecture series focusing on 20th Century U.S. presidents continues in June with Woodrow Wilson.The free program will be 6:30 p.m. on June 21 at the library's Main Branch - 8215 Mentor Ave. in Mentor. Attendees can learn about the college professor who brought America into World War I and onto the world stage in the interwar years, according to a news release.

Madison Township police are asking anyone who may have witnessed a fatal hit-skip crash on June 7 to share any information to help with their investigation, according to a June 8 news release.The release states that, shortly before midnight June 7, officers got a report that an elderly man was sitting in a lane of travel in the