Rocky River News

Stocked game fish have livened the spring fishing in the Cleveland Metroparks and Lake Metroparks, a needed bonus as a very mediocre steelhead trout fishing season winds down.

Birmingham-based Munder Capital Management Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Victory Capital Holdings Inc. and combined with its wealth-management portfolio company, Cleveland-based Victory Capital Management Inc. , into a new company.

Scholarship awarded: Pawel Kotowski, a senior at Bay High School, has been awarded the Bay Village Historical Society's $1,000 scholarship.

Law directors are among the most powerful players in suburban governments, drafting legislation and giving direction to mayors and city councils.

Special meeting: The Westlake school board has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday at 1 p.m. in the district's administrative offices, 27200 Hilliard Blvd. The public session is to further discuss the search for a successor to Superintendent Dan Keenan, who is resigning at the end of July.

With violent events seemingly on the rise in schools across the country, district leaders must develop fluid and thorough safety plans .

Peter Hull has investigated several officials during his 31 years as Middleburg Heights' prosecutor and an overlapping 29 as law director.

The Goldwood PTA Playground Renovation Committee, co-chaired by Beth McBride, Liz Harmath and Erin Konet, held a Kids' Triathlon 6 - 8 p.m. Friday, to raise money for the new playground being installed this summer at Goldwood Primary School, 21600 Center Ridge Road in Rocky River.

A mayor and city council may represent the face of municipal government, but law directors are at the heart of most decisions.

Spring is a fine time to get out the fishing tackle, round up the kids and head to one of many great fishing holes to catch stocked trout or other feisty game fish.

Bond was set at $1 million for the man who fired multiple shots at a Westlake building on Saturday, prompting the closing of Center Ridge Road.

The Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood hosted this week's Celebration of Student Achievement, where Rocky River High School students captured three of the four top awards in the speech contest.

The popular pottery found a new home at Rocky River Public Library in 1978, when 800 pieces were purchased and housed in a museum at the library.

Joe's Deli and Restaurant, a popular eatery that packs in patrons, has won approval to build a second driveway off Rockcliff Drive.

Trash collection: Should Westlake switch to automated trash collection? City officials want to know what residents think and are gathering those opinions through a survey available on the city's website through April 20. City Council is slated to discuss the results during an April 23 meeting set for 7 p.m. at city hall.

Morgan Russell, from left, Tudor Sandu, Gillean Eames, adviser Ashley Morris, Holly Krampitz, Sarah Capri, Meghan Donnelly and Andrea McGannon represent Rocky River High School's Pirate Press at the Ohio Scholastic Media Association's annual conference on Friday.

The city is launching a stormwater pilot study in hopes it will reduce sanitary sewer overflows that pollute the Rocky River and eventually Lake Erie.

Intoxication, Center Ridge Road: An officer was in Walgreens on April 2 around 11:30 p.m. when a man yelled, "What's up bro" and then began staring at the officer.

Seniors Robby Olander and Madi Rizi were the top fundraisers in this yeara s Rocky River High School Prom Fashion Show.

Police from Westlake and numerous other departments continue to search for the person who fired several shots from the woods toward businesses on Center Ridge Road.