Garfield Heights News

By Douglas Belkin GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- When her daughter didn't return home last November, Barbara Carmichael was sad but not surprised.

The National Park Service wants to replace the historic Tinkers Creek Aqueduct in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Garfield Heights VFW Post 3445 will host a fundraiser to help the family of Jessica Bojarski, a Parma resident, pay for her medical bills.

Normandy got its second consecutive win after its 17-6 victory over Garfield Heights in Northeast Ohio Conference Lake Division football action.

May face prison for church thefts. By Ken Robinson, Newsradio WTAM 1100 Check out Ken's personality page Thursday, October 29, 2009 Fifty-nine year old Lawrence Cermak pleaded guilty to stealing $330,000 from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church over a 6 year period.

C lick! Consider that a fine sound, folks. Motorists in more communities may soon learn that a picture's worth at least $100, as click-it-and-ticket traffic camera programs keep developing across Northeast Ohio.

A 23-year-old Cleveland man pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Friday to marijuana trafficking and weapons possession.

Northeast Ohio Schools are feeling the increase in flu cases, most suspected of being the H1N1 virus that's been confirmed in communities across the country.

A 59-year-old Garfield Heights man pleaded not guilty this morning in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court where he was arraigned on one count of theft in connection with about $330,000 taken from the church where he was the bookkeeper.

Look for the Parma Fire Department to open a classroom training center Nov. 1 at Parmatown Mall.

A deacon was in court today on theft charges. Lawrence Cermak pleaded not guilty to stealing more than $300,000 from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Garfield Heights.

A 59-year-old Garfield Heights bookkeeper stole about $330,000 from Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church over the last six years, according to Cuyahoga County prosecutors.

Over the past few days, the school has experienced large numbers of absentees due to flu like symptoms.

A 27-year-old Jamaican man, who had been in the United States less than four months, died after being found in the street in the 3000 block of East 116th Street Monday night.

Expedient Communications, a Pittsburgh-based data center service provider, will open its second data center in Garfield Heights on Wednesday.

Cuyahoga County's largest police union voted Wednesday night to back a county reform movement that keeps the current form of government in place.

A year after investigators revealed that state transportation officials traded millions of dollars worth of contracts for gifts, fishing trips and sex with strippers, the scandal shows no sign of abating.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Kathleen Sutula sentenced Christian Hilty, 51, of Hiram, to six months in prison.

Marshals are asking for help to find 43-year-old fugitive David Harris Jr., who is on parole on a homicide conviction and accused of violating probation on a drug conviction.

Archive for September 24th, 2009 Police log for Sept. 24, 2009 Lorain police Tuesday, Sept.