EDITORIAL: The Thief We Thought We Knew

August 28, 2026

Members of the Hambden Township Volunteer Fire Department filled a Geauga County courtroom Aug. 17 to watch a man who served beside them for nearly four decades plead not guilty to stealing from them.

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A Shakespearean Fall: Judge Tim Grendell’s Long-Overdue Reckoning

December 4, 2025 by John Karlovec

For more than a decade, Judge Tim Grendell loomed over Geauga County’s political and judicial landscape—a figure whose tenure as juvenile and probate court judge became increasingly defined by public feuds, conflict and behavior unbefitting the judiciary.

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