Meijer has announced opening dates for three new supercenters that will open in Avon, Mentor and Stow. All three stores will open Tuesday, May 14. “We’re extremely excited to open the doors to our newest stores here in Northeast Ohio,” said Tom Wilson, Regional Vice President, Meijer in a press release. The first day of […]

MENTOR, OH (WOIO) – The Federal Hockey League (FHL) announced that the Mentor Ice Breakers, will be the newest expansion team in their league for the 2018-2019 season. The FHL, is a Single A hockey league, made up of six teams from five different states. The Ice Breakers join the Danville Dashers, Carolina Thunderbirds, Port Huron […]

MENTOR, OH (WOIO) – Police said an elderly woman crashed into two pedestrians outside the Walmart store, killing one of them. The accident happened around 12:30 p.m. Monday at the store on Mentor Avenue. Police said the victim, whose name is not being released, went into full cardiac arrest at the scene and died at Tripoint Medical […]

MENTOR, Ohio — The officer killed during a traffic stop early Sunday has been identified as Patrolman Mathew Mazany, a 14-year veteran of the Mentor Police Department. Officials say Mazany, 41, was hit by a Jeep while helping with a traffic stop on the side of Route 2 around 1 a.m. Sunday. The driver of the Jeep, […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Mentor Police Department said a 38-year-old man has been accused of killing his girlfriend. Police said officers responded to the South Villa Marina Court after a man called and told police he just killed his girlfriend. Investigators said the suspect immediately surrendered to officers when they arrived. Authorities said the 35-year-old victim was […]

Students and chaperones will all receive free transportation, t-shirts, rally towels, entertainment, and a $15 food voucher.   There has been much sadness among Mentor’s eighth grade students over the past couple of days after a field trip to Washington, D.C., was canceled following a dispute with a tour agency. While Discovery Tours and the Hyatt […]

MENTOR, OH (WOIO) – Memorial Middle School in Mentor had their 8th grade Washington, D.C. trip canceled at the last minute because of reported contractual miscues made by the tour company, Discovery Tours. The below letter is from Mentor school Interim Superintendent Bill Porter: “Hello all. Unfortunately, we have something newsworthy to share with you […]

Two Sears and Sears Auto Center locations in Northeast Ohio will close their doors in what the company is calling “a difficult, but necessary decision.” News 5 confirmed that the locations are: Sears and Sears Auto Center at 7875 Johnnycake Ridge Road in Mentor Sears and Sears Auto Center at 6950 W 130th Street in Middleburg Heights In an email, […]

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio– LeBron James-backed Blaze Pizza will not open in Strongsville, as reported earlier this week. The City of Strongsville on Friday had posted on its Facebook page that the quick-bake pizza shop was expected to be in the Commons at SouthPark in Strongsville, next to CoreLife Eatery.  The news, however, is not accurate, according to […]

MENTOR- A representative for Kmart has announced the closings of two local stores. The Kmart stores at 3801 Harmont Avenue NE in Canton and 9200 Mentor Avenue in Mentor will be closing in December. Both locations will remain open to customers until mid-December and begin their liquidation sales on Thursday, September 22. The representative said […]

MENTOR, Ohio–  More than 100 homes in Mentor are without power after heavy winds and rain dropped dozens of trees in the area. The hardest hit was Mentor Avenue at the intersection with Garfield Road as massive tree limbs knocked down power lines, cutting power to at least a hundred homes and possibly more. Folks who […]

MENTOR, Ohio – A person was killed after a trench collapsed in Mentor on Tuesday, according to the the City of Mentor. OSHA reported compliance officers responded to Mentor for a worker who was trapped and severely hurt from a trench cave-in of approximately 6-8 feet deep. Mentor fire responded to the scene as well, […]