Would you be my valentine? People need to be cautious when that receiving Valentine e-cards over the next week.

Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs, Cynthia Sich said, “With so much business and communication done over the Internet, cyber-scammers see Valentine’s Day as another opportunity to break your bank and your heart.”

Chelsy Testa will be continuing her academic and athletic career next fall after signing with Walsh University to play softball.

Twenty-four French teachers were welcomed at the Paul Martin University Center Library on Jan. 7. The teachers took part part in the Franco-American Teachers-In-Training Institute sponsored by the University of Akron. Each teacher will be assigned to an area school in their teaching field.

Van Nostran-Young and Associates in Hartville and the Lake Athletic Department have selected the “Student-Athletes of the Month” for December.  Being named to receive this award are senior bowlers Kim Collins and Nathan Larkin.

Police were called to the high school on Sanitarium Road Jan. 28 after a 14-year-old girl reportedly overdosed on a prescription pill during class. The girl was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital and afterward told police she bought the pill from a female classmate. Officers spoke to the classmate, who said she got the pill from another girl. Both girls, a 16-year-old of Munroe Falls Avenue and a 15-year-old of Junior Avenue, were charged with possession of schedule I/II drugs and taken to the juvenile detention center. Charges were pending on the 14-year-old who bought the pill, police said.