North Royalton Police Office Jon Karl will be retiring later next month. Karl has served in law enforcement for almost 40 years and has been the School Resource Officer for the North Royalton School District since 1988. Officer Alexandra (Lexie) Bell will be taking Karl’s place in that position. School Resource Officers are police officers who work in the district, along with school administrators, faculty and security staff members in an effort to ensure that schools are safe places for students. In Karl’s case, he has been involved from pre-school through Grade 12, from the conducting o ....
Florida man rides off in style as big winner in FOP raffle
Dennis Joyce was out on his pontoon boat when he missed a call from retired North Royalton Police Sergeant Joe Cepik. Joyce, a resident of Lake Clarke Shores, a town in West Palm Beach, Fla., listened to Cepik’s voicemail and quickly shrugged it off as a scam or joke from friends. Cepik was calling from North Royalton to inform Joyce that he was the winner of a 1969 Chevy Chevelle SS396 Resto from North Royalton’s BlueLine Classics, as part of a raffle prize drawing sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #15 to benefit the construction of a K-9 memorial. Joyce had purchased a ra ....
Passage of Charter Amendments could change how we vote
The North Royalton City Council adopted two pieces of legislation that will place two charter change issues on the November ballot. The initial discussion on these issues began at the April 6 Council Review and Oversight Committee. A City Charter, comparable to a constitution of a State or the United States, serves to define the organization, powers, functions and essential procedures of its government. In North Royalton, changes to the charter can come via two methods, both with need the approval of the voters. The first is to introduce proposed changes through City Council, which can be int ....
Senior prom will be a ‘Night Under the Stars’
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School Board News
The May meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, May 10. The Board appointed District Assistant Superintendent James Presot to serve as Superintendent, on an interim basis, effective June 1 - 30. Accolades to soon-to-be-retiring North Royalton School Superintendent Greg Gurka were presented by Broadview Heights Mayor Sam Ali and North Royalton Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz. Gurka noted that “I have stated continuously that we are lucky to have a great relationship with our cities.” He went on to say that “we can’t do the things we do with our schools without ....