Garfield Heights News

The old-world pizza with sauce, olive oil and parmesan at Piccolo Italian Restaurant in Mayfield Heights.

Drug Offense, Rockside Road: A Cleveland man, 32, was arrested for drug abuse Nov. 22. The car he was driving was stopped for having a missing tail light, and when officers searched the car, they found a bag of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and four pills that turned out to be Ecstasy.

William Dembie, former Lorain County corrections officer, has been found guilty of murder, felonious assault and domestic violence for killing his wife in 2011.

The city's potential move to merge the emergency dispatch center of Garfield Heights with those of three neighboring communities has raised deep concerns among local dispatchers, who fear loosing their jobs, and residents, who worry that the new personnel hired to answer emergency calls won't be efficient because they won't know the city.

Former construction company executive Steven Pumper was among Jimmy Dimora's most generous corrupters, and one of the first defendants to cooperate with the FBI in what would become the largest public-corruption investigation in Cuyahoga County history.

Jessica Massa and Adam Lee were united in marriage on June 14, 2013, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Rev.

Theft, Newland Road: A woman is under investigation for stealing and selling a man's two televisions Nov. 27. The victim's son is the former boyfriend of the woman.

Black Friday shopping has become a holiday tradition for many families. When it comes to shopping, tonight is almost more of a sport than anything Black Friday shopping has become a holiday tradition for many families.

An ODOT snow plow shovels snow from I-480 West near the Valley View bridge in Garfield Heights last January.

New athletic conference: The Bay Village and Rocky River school districts continue to seek a new athletic conference with the dismantling of the current West Shore Conference as member schools shift to other leagues.

Toiletry drive: North Coast Health Ministry is partnering with First Federal Lakewood to conduct a toiletry drive this holiday season for NCHM's low-income, medically underserved patients.

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A grassroots group is lobbying City Council to repeal a long-standing ban on pit bulls in favor of breed-neutral dog regulations that place responsibility on reckless owners.

Drunken Driving, I-77: A speeding tan Nissan caught the attention of police at 1:30 a.m. Nov. 15 on I-77.

John Favaloro jokes with Denice Hunek, director of perioperative surgery at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, before he's wheeled into his total knee replacement Tuesday morning.

A Broadview Heights woman, who lives on Diana Drive, will benefit from a leaf-raking program by Momentum Christian Church in Valley View.

Sidelines continues its John F. Kennedy remembrance series with four campus individuals who remember the television carnage and raw emotion of a president's sudden death.

A week before John Favaloro's total knee replacement , all of the pre-operative testing, doctor and physical therapy visits are out of the way, and the 52-year-old sits in the living room of his Garfield Heights home with his wife, Jeanette, their son, John and the family's dog, Boz.

My friend Betty and I really enjoyed the Medina County Art Council's Ninth Spotlight Showcase recently.

Kelley, Pumper sentencings on WKYC.com: http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/crime/2013/11/13/cuyahoga-county-corruption--kelley-pumper-sentencings-set/3516297/ AKRON -- U.S. District Court Judge Sara Lioi has set two December dates for sentencing of Cuyahoga County corruption defendants J. Kevin Kelley and Steve Pumper.