Vehicle crashes into Medina fire museum front
A black SUV plowed into the Medina Little Wiz Fire Museum on East Smith Road at 12:28 a.m. causing extensive damage to the building and artifacts. The driver, a woman in her 20s, escaped with minor injuries and was taken to Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital. Structural support was added as crews assessed the damaged main structural components.
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Medina
Medina’s
Little Wiz Fire Museum
Medina Police Department
East Smith Road
Ed Kinney
Steve Ingersol
Cleveland Clinic
Medina Hospital
Medina County Emergency Management Agency
Ben Nau
Medina Fire Department
EMA
Nau
Good Trouble Lives On rally honors John Lewis
Community members in Medina gathered for a Good Trouble Lives On rally honoring late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. The event, a Medina County Indivisible and Medina Mavens partnership, joined more than 1,600 similar tributes nationwide. Lewis, the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six, led 600 protesters in the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where he suffered a skull fracture from police.
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Patrick Rhonemus
Gazette
Medina’s Square
Medina
John Lewis
Medina County
Martin Luther King Jr
Lewis
Edmund Pettus
Selma
Alabama
Farmers Savings Bank to Merge with Civista Bank
Spencer based Farmers Savings Bank announces plans to join Civista Bank of Sandusky in a merger slated to close in late 2025 pending regulatory approval. Chairman Reid Firestone notes confidence in Civista continuing local service after a century of Farmers Savings Bank community presence.
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Spencer — Spencer-based
Farmers Savings Bank
Civista Bank
Sandusky
Civista
Farmers Savings Bank Board
Reid Firestone
Jacob Firestone
Spencer
Wellington
Wadsworth Hosts Third Christmas in July Car Show and Craft Fair
Historic cars lined the Suprema Senior Center and Cafe parking lot at 617 School Drive in Wadsworth as the Christmas in July Car Show and Craft Fair ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Karen Thompson, a Wadsworth Older Adults Foundation board member who helped plan the event, greeted attendees at the check-in kiosk and spoke of the seniors’ humor and vitality. Thompson, drawn to vehicles, leads the event now in its third year, noting it merges several communities especially seniors.
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Wadsworth
Suprema Senior Center
Wadsworth Older Adults Foundation Board
Karen Thompson
Thompson
Medina Township promotes from within police roster changes
Medina Township trustees approved internal promotions at a Thursday meeting. Detective Mike Oyler was promoted to patrol sergeant effective July 27, with oath administered by Trustee Johnson and family pinning him. Oyler joined the department in 2006 and became the first full time detective in March 2023. Sgt Shari Mangel retired earlier in July after a 1997 start and 1999 sergeant promotion, honored by the board.
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Medina Twp
Medina Township Police Department
Medina Township
Shari Mangel
Mangel
Chuck Johnson
Mike Oyler
Johnson
Oyler
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