South Euclid News

The swishing sound of a helicopter cut through the air on May 9 as air conditioning and heating units were placed atop the new Super Walmart building under construction at Oakwood Commons, off Warrensville Center Road in South Euclid.

I n March, the state of Ohio passed legislation banning texting while driving. However, while the state law treats texting behind the wheel as a primary offense for drivers under 18 years of age, it is considered a secondary offense for drivers over 18.

Cuyahoga County Public Library officials said they expect to consider -- and possibly accept -- an offer later this month by an unidentified buyer for the historic Telling Mansion, currently home of the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library branch .

A generous supporter hired an attorney to get a Temporary Protective Order to take the Telling Mansion off the market.

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Seat belt use increased dramatically last year after the suburb enacted one of the state's most stringent laws on the matter.

Photos were provided by Cleveland Heights Fire Battalion Chief Pat Kehn. Members of the Heights Area Special Rescue Team spent May 7, 8, and 9 at Lake View Cemetery 's Dam in Cleveland Heights training for specialty rescues.

Photos were provided by Cleveland Heights Fire Battalion Chief Pat Kehn. Members of the Heights Area Special Rescue Team spent May 7, 8, and 9 at Lake View Cemetery 's Dam in Cleveland Heights training for specialty rescues.

The South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library will host writers James A. Fussell and Jeffrey P. Matovic, co-authors of "Ticked: A Medical Miracle, a Friendship, and the Weird World of Tourette Syndrome." Matovic, a South Euclid resident, will share his story of living with Tourette's through medical intervention, wit and humor.

City Council got together May 6 to discuss for the first time which avenue down which it will proceed to try and increase the city's revenues and avoid safety force layoffs.

The abandoning of the Telling Mansion Library and the shoe-horn-in of a replacement on the prearranged location of Green Road is controversial to say the least.

The city was successful in getting federal block grant funds in the amount of $123,000, meaning the project that will result in the resurfacing of Eastway Road will move forward.

Here are some ideas if you're looking for things to do this weekend in the South Euclid, Lyndhurst area.

William Parker, 56, of South Euclid: Sentenced Monday by Judge Robert McClelland to two years of probation for posing as a police officer and pointing a BB gun at a 49-year-old man in the 16000 block of Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland.

The Shell/True North gas station on the northeast corner of Cedar and South Green Roads is about to undergo upgrades.

Rescuing somebody who fell off a cliff or trapped in a collapsed trench is trickier than it looks.

Residents should not be alarmed on the morning of May 9 as the numerous helicopters they will hear and see flying above them will not spell trouble.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT, DETROIT AVENUE: A drunken man got an early start on his Cinco de Mayo celebration with a trip to jail just after midnight May 4. According to reports, the man caused a ruckus outside Taco Bell where he was spotted standing in the drive-thru line on foot, holding an open bottle of rum.

The Hillcrest Concert Band begins its 2013 Concert Tour with a performance at 7:30 p.m. May 14 in the Regina Auditorium at Notre Dame College, 4545College Road in South Euclid.

THEFT, WYNCOTE ROAD: A man parked his car, unlocked in his driveway overnight on April 24.