The Wadsworth Police Department made an arrest on Friday in connection with an armed robbery that took place Tuesday night at the Speedway Gas Station at 1140 Akron Rd. Wadsworth detectives, with assistance from the Medina County Sheriff’s Department and the Westfield Center Police Department, arrested 35-year-old Jarrod Kallis at Read more…
Wadsworth firefighters were busy Friday battling a garage fire behind a home near the corner of North Lyman and East Prospect. Fire officials suspect that an overheated space heater may have been the cause of the smoke and flames. The location of the fire is just a couple of blocks Read more…
The start of the Wadsworth High School boys tennis season on Friday has fallen victim to the weather. Both the JV match at North Royalton and varsity match at Wadsworth against North Royalton have been cancelled. Wadsworth boys tennis team coach Christa Halicki says the boys tennis season is packed Read more…
Plans to bring an Aldi supermarket and GetGo gas station to Wadsworth took another step forward this week. At the Wadsworth Planning Commission meeting, members approved site plans for both businesses and a conditional zoning permit for the GetGo. The Commission also approved a plan to split the property at 951 High Street Read more…
Kaile Pappas and Aubrey Virgin of the Wadsworth Lady Grizzlies basketball team are now playing with players they competed against during the regular seasion. It’s all-star season for senior members of girls’ varsity teams. Pappas and Virgin played Monday night in the Women’s Tri-County Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game Read more…
It was cold and windy on Saturday and the sun was nowhere to be found. But it didn’t matter. The Wadsworth High School baseball team warmed things up as they took on GlenOak High School in their first outdoor scrimmage of the year. High school baseball scrimmages are similar to, Read more…
The Wadsworth High School baseball team has plenty of goals they want to achieve as they begin the 2015 season. Wadsworth head baseball coach Greg Pickard, entering his fourth season in leading the Grizzlies, said he hopes to build on the success the team has had over the last two Read more…
Spring officially sprouts in Wadsworth at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, March 20. We’ve seen plenty of signs around town that spring is nearly here. The snow piles in parking lots are disappearing and residents are walking downtown. Flower bulbs, like daffodils and tulips, are beginning to break through the ground. Plus, Read more…
The State Fire Marshal’s Office has been called in to investigate the cause of a late Monday night fire in Downtown Wadsworth at The Sub Station, located at 126 Main Street. Wadsworth Fire officials say the flames broke out around 11 p.m. Monday. When firefighters arrived to the scene, they Read more…
Post-season honors are rolling in for Wadsworth Lady Grizzlies basketball player Jodi Johnson. The 5′ 11″ junior shooting guard has been named as the Northeast Inland District Player of the Year and to the 2014-2015 First Team All-Ohio in Div. I released by the Associated Press. Johnson averaged nearly 15 points, 6 Read more…
