Garfield Heights News

Strongsville Planning Commission May 23 approved a 5,600 square-foot GetGo Kitchen, with eight gas pumps at the corner of Drake and Pearl roads.

Coletta H. Winsper , 88, of North Ridgeville, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at Westlake Village Skilled Nursing Center in Westlake, following a short illness.

Fire Chief Tom Koscielski says the blaze started around 7:30am on the corner of Granger and Canal Road.

Delighted with the phenomenal success of its "Morning Exchange,'' WEWS Channel 5 introduced "The Afternoon Exchange'' on July 17, 1977.

Showing their support for the Justice for Aliza awareness campaign were this group of family and friends.

By 1977 WEWS had a huge hit on its hands with The Morning Exchange and as old-time radio star Fred Allen once said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of television." If the Morning Exchange was a hit, why not do an afternoon show? And so, The Afternoon Exchange was born.

ASSIST, PROSPECT STREET: Police surrounded a house recently after finding a vehicle that matched the description of one involved in a recent hit-skip accident in Garfield Heights.

The company spends $1.6 million to buy and renovate new laboratory, says it will hire 19 more workers in next few years Growth in industrial markets, more regulations and a shortage of skilled metallurgists all mean the same to NSL Analytical Services Inc.: more business.

A McDonald's franchise owner has built a new restaurant in Garfield Heights, Ohio, to be super energy efficient, spending about $1 million of his own money for the upgrades.

THEFT, CHAGRIN BOULEVARD: Police responded late on April 25 to a report of a someone in a gray hood attempting to break into a car parked behind a flatbed truck at Mooney's Gulf station.

Crews will close the I-71 southbound exit ramp to West 25th Street from 10 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday .

Wilma Smith will conclude her 35-year Cleveland broadcast career on Wednesday, May 22, the last official day of the 2012-13 television season.