Garfield Heights News

When a police officer came upon a snow plow stuck on Cochran Road near Aurora Road on Feb. 27, he might have known during a hard winter that such a scene was going to yield even more hard-to-believe facts.

In these half-day workshops, businesses and non-profits can learn how to start or improve a workplace recycling program and how to contract for waste hauling or recycling.

Domestic violence: A Bedford man was charged with domestic violence Feb. 23 after police said he punched his wife in the face and pushed her out of a car while it was moving on North Aurora Road near Fairview Drive.

Marlon Ricks, who was paroled in 2011 after serving time for killing his stepfather, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a woman he was to have dinner with, said a news release by the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office.

The NCCYHA Mite Steelers finished in second place at The Melt The Ice Tournament in Garfield Heights, Ohio this past weekend.

While the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District was locked in negotiations with federal regulators, devising a strategy to bore costly tunnels that alleviate sewer overflows after heavy rains, the district also weathered its own storm -- a corruption scandal that sent contractors and a sewer district attorney to prison.

Fraud Chagrin Boulevard: Police were preparing an arrest warrant for a Wadsworth man, 30, who walked into the Orange School Employees Credit Union on Feb. 5 claiming he was a new employee in the district who wanted to open an account with a $2,500 check.

Kyle Wirtz shared his story - then one of redemption - of overcoming his heroin addiction in October at a town hall in Solon.

Many people hate traffic cameras. They make you slow down or, if you don't see them in time, expose you to a possible stiff fine in the mail.

FirstEnergy's website reports more than 9,100 customers are without power statewide, with nearly 6,300 in Cuyahoga County.

Five candidates running this year for the Ohio General Assembly out of Cuyahoga County each rolled up 11 or more convictions for traffic violations over the last 20 years, state driving records show.

Drug Offense, Brecksville Road: A Garfield Heights woman, 32, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and drug abuse instruments Feb. 6. A Cleveland man, 27, was with her and was arrested on a felony burglary warrant with Cleveland police.

A Solon man, 56, was caused a lot of angst Feb. 6 when he received phone call from someone purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service.

A A" Two recent pizzeria robberies in Mayfield Heights in which employees were tied up with a cellphone charger cord and two violent robberies at Euclid businesses elicited memories of a similar rash of violent robberies 17 years ago.

Dog advocates from across Northeast Ohio are coming together to ask the City of Parma to lift their ban on pit bulls.