Garfield Heights News

Richard Thompson, chief sponsor of the Garfield Heights children's dog show, and his daughter, Lauren, are shown with a black cat, "Gino," available for adoption through Lucky Paws, a pet-adoption service.

Trucks bumping along Rockside Road sometimes shake houses. "It shakes the whole house," Irene Piekarczyk said.

SOLON DISORDERLY CONDUCT, PORTZ PARKWAY:Three teenage boys were arrested Friday afternoon after they insisted on sliding head-first into the outdoor pool at Solon Community Center, 35000 Portz.

ANIMAL CRUELTY, MAPLE HEIGHTS BOULEVARD: A resident was cited June 21 for leaving a dog in a garage without food or ventilation.

Posted by Donna J. Miller/Plain Dealer Reporter July 01, 2009 06:43AM Dontelle Brown CLEVELAND - Dontelle Brown, 23, of Garfield Heights, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for three separate crimes, after a childhood full of delinquency cases.

Three men implicated in January's armed robbery of Gamestop have been found guilty on several felony charges in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court .

Kevin Gosha, 41, of Cleveland, and Arthur Smith, 34, of Garfield Heights, were arraigned this morning and held without bond in the slaying of 37-year-old Darnell Mongo.

The state Environmental Protection Agency is offering to open its wallet to help fix methane problems at City View shopping center.

VANDALISM, THRAVES ROAD: Police responded on June 21 to a complaint that several juvenile males were firing a paintball gun out the window at passing vehicles on Thraves Road.

Garfield Heights United Methodist Church, 4977 Turney Road, will serve a free ham dinner from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the church, located across from Dave's Market.

UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, Ohio -- A 16-year old boy is behind bars, accusing of raping a woman in University Circle.

A Garfield Heights Police Officer cleared by a jury of his peers on charges of gross sexual imposition, attempted rape and rape.

Fear factor : 5. It's not my $750,000 being spent to restore and upgrade the Italian Cultural Garden in Rockefeller Park.

TRAFFIC ASSIST, FRENCH CREEK ROAD: Officers joined Lorain police in pursuit of a vehicle on June 14.

FOUND PROPERTY, MCCRACKEN ROAD: Within four days, eight bicycles were recovered in the city.

William Bryant , 54, of Garfield Heights, accused of killing two women, is in court this week trying to prove he is mentally retarded.

Two big spending requests swooped upon money-shy City Council this week. One is a request for $720,000 to pay lawyers and civil engineers who did work for the city in preparation for the now floundering Bridgeview Crossing shopping center.

The car stopped at the red light on Broadway, right at the doorstep of Interstate 480 in Garfield Heights.

The Garfield Heights building commissioner said a house on East 144th Street will be demolished Monday, NewsChannel5 reported.

SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church will say farewell today to the Rev. Theodore Marszal as pastor and welcome new pastor the Rev.