CINCINATTI, Ohio — Preschool children can now enjoy the past and present while preparing for the future. The Gardner School (TGS), an academically-focused preschool that serves children ages six weeks through pre-K, has recently expanded their award-winning preschool into the Cincinnati market. Their new location is in Blue Ash, Ohio at 9920 Carver Road (behind [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After using its health and safety alerting system for nine months, Roseville Area Schools, a Minnesota school district comprising more than 6,400 students, has declared Leader Alert(R) to be a key communication tool for connecting with parents, says Leader Technologies Chairman Mike McKibben. Karen Schaub, Director of Community Education and Public Relations [...]

SILVER LAKE, Ohio — ACE Vision Group, Inc. today announced the appointment of Marguerite McDonald, M.D. as Global Medical Director. Dr. McDonald is a cornea/refractive/anterior segment specialist for Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Lynbrook, NY. She is presently a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan and an Adjunct Clinical Professor [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Leader Technologies announced this week that Central State University is adopting its health and safety alerting product, Leader Alert(R), for use at its Wilberforce and Dayton, Ohio campuses of more than 2,200 students. According to CSU president John W. Garland: “This decision underlines our commitment to our students’ safety in emergency [...]

DAYTON, Ohio — The Online Marketing Summit, a national educational conference for corporate marketing executives, has selected Doug Lenos, Online Marketing Strategist at BRC Marketing, as a featured speaker at its February 4-7, 2009, event in San Diego, California. Lenos will discuss the importance of online marketing for business-to-business companies including the successful integration of [...]

ASHLAND, Ohio — SWL Retirement, Inc., Ashland, Ohio, today announced the launch of The Baby Boomer Retirement Game(TM) a hilarious new board game about retirement for Baby Boomers. The game combines nostalgia, life experiences and fun as players compete to be the first to reach “inner peace.” Because Boomers are not just focused on security [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Trying to squelch a beery urban legend that has been misquoted by historians and beer enthusiasts since the early days of Repeal, Dick Stevens, owner of the Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus has decided to belly-up to the bar, so to speak, and replace t-shirts sold at the award-winning brewery and eatery [...]

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The old adage, “It takes a village,” is true on many fronts, especially in secondary education. A strong community base is the key to strong schools; Alumni Connection (AlumniConnection.com) works to strengthen relationships between the two. Alumni Connection has developed new technology which delivers financial support to high schools so they can [...]

CENTERVILLE, Ohio — Dr. Richard Donnini, President and Founder of the Pain Evaluation & Management Center of Ohio has recently announced that Dr. Mark Thomas, one of the most renowned addiction and pain medicine specialists in the State of Ohio, has joined the team at PEMCO. This outpatient pain clinic is unique in many ways, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In celebration of the launch of their new Grilled Breakfast Sandwich, Panera Bread will host a food drive at all Columbus, Dayton and Greater Cincinnati area bakery-cafes. The non-perishable breakfast food drive, which will benefit the Mid-Ohio FoodBank of Columbus, the FreestoreFoodbank of Cincinnati (Freestore Foodbank) and The Foodbank of Dayton, will [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Leader Technologies(R) announced today its Get Green initiative, which will implement special programs with green non-profits to reduce communication costs and reduce the carbon footprint of participating companies simultaneously. Chairman Mike McKibben points to Leader Phone(R) audio conferencing as an obvious way for companies to “get greener.” “Our patented Web 2.0 innovations [...]

BATAVIA, Ohio — “Ever thought about flying your own airplane?” asks Sporty’s Pilot Shop. When you walk by the cockpit when you’re boarding an airline flight, do you ever look inside the cockpit and wonder what all those buttons, screens and controls do? Some people look at pilots walking through airports and feel that they [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Artromick, a leading developer of medication management and healthcare technology solutions for the long-term and acute care markets, today announced the selection of Katz Marketing Solutions to provide marketing innovation and strategic planning services for its Automation Products Group. The agreement is to provide marketing support to accelerate innovations that redefine medication [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lloyd D. Martin, superintendent of Mansfield City Schools, announced today that the school district has chosen Leader Alert(R), a health and safety alerting product, for use in its school district of 4,700 students. Leader Alert, the creation of Leader Technologies(R) of Columbus, Ohio, makes it possible for a school to quickly and [...]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — NewsChannel 5 Troubleshooter Joe Pagonakis is making a difference! His stories about problems between northeast Ohioans and their home improvement contractors have led to new legislation designed to protect home owners throughout the state. Pagonakis’ stories caught the attention of State Senator Bob Spada (R-North Royalton), who today passed Senate Bill 275, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Specialty food executives and marketing leaders who want to build and grow their brands faster will attend Grow Your Specialty Food Brand - Eight Brand Building Best Practices hosted by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s (NASFT) International Fancy Food Show at Jacob Javits Center, in New York on June [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) announced today it will use Westerville-based Leader Technologies’ patented Leader Alert(R) system to enhance airport security and make possible the simultaneous alerting of all key personnel in case of an emergency. According to Public Safety Director Richard Morgan, the Airport Authority saw Leader Alert’s unique alerting [...]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The NewsChannel 5 Investigators, northeast Ohio’s largest investigative team, captured four awards from the Associated Press. Each member of the investigative team (Duane Pohlman, Ron Regan, and Joe Pagonakis) was recognized for their exceptional work in the Large Market television categories. “I was thrilled but not surprised,” comments NewsChannel 5’s interim news [...]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place this week in Washington D.C., featuring six contestants from Northeast Ohio and other top spellers from across the U.S., including competitors from Europe, Guam, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, American Samoa, Ghana, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand. NewsChannel 5 [...]

FRESNO, Ohio — Just a few years ago, if you mentioned composting toilets, people would go, “A what toilet…?!?” You either quickly changed the subject, or went into an ever-lasting explanation about what it is, how it works and especially why on earth anybody would want to have a toilet that doesn’t flush. “Things are [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio School Boards Association announced today its endorsement of Leader Alert, a health and safety alerting product, for the more than 700 Ohio public school districts that comprise its membership. Leader Alert, the creation of Leader Technologies of Columbus, Ohio, makes it possible for a school to quickly and simultaneously alert [...]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bret Kirwan, a resident of Avon Lake, recently competed on the hit game show “Jeopardy!” which airs on WEWS NewsChannel 5. Viewers can see the exciting episodes featuring Bret beginning this Monday, April 21st, at 7:30 p.m. only on NewsChannel 5.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Specialty food executives and marketing leaders who want to grow their brands faster and learn how to successfully compete more efficiently will attend How to Efficiently Build Your Brand: 5 Ways to Grow BIG, While Spending Small hosted by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s (NASFT) International Fancy Food Show at McCormick Place, in Chicago.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio homeowners at risk of foreclosure will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with their mortgage lender at the free HOPE NOW Homeownership Preservation Workshop this Sunday, March 30. Ohio is the second state offering the HOPE NOW workshops, co-sponsored by NeighborWorks(R) America, as part of a national tour aimed at giving struggling homeowners face time with their lender.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — NewsChannel 5 and ABC need your help! Do you know someone whose home deserves an Extreme Makeover? If so, the producers of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition want to hear from you. Host Ty Pennington and his crew have been all across the map and are ready to drive that bus into a northeast Ohio neighborhood. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition airs on WEWS NewsChannel 5 each Sunday at 8 p.m.

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Edward A. Lyon, founder of TaxTuneup.com Inc., announces release of his 2008 Celebrity Deductions list. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes called taxes “the price we pay for civilization.” But he never said we have to pay retail! As April 15 approaches, let’s take a look at what some of our favorite bold-face names might deduct this year.