1. It took some years to happen but a Sheetz service station may be coming to Eckley's Corner after all.

Sheetz has requested a conditional use permit and the Planning Commission could vote on it as early as Jan. 26.

The first time Sheetz tried to move in, some Mentor residents who lived nearby initially opposed the idea. However, a few of these neighbors changed their mind when Sheetz offered to make compromises, including getting rid of outdoor music and adding landscaping buffers.

The new permit request notes that the families who live directly south of the property support Sheetz's request.

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2. It's a new year and with that comes new leadership.

Mentor City Council, the Mentor Schools Board of Education and the city's Board of Zoning Appeals all elected its new leaders.

Mentor City Council voted Scott Marn as council president and Ray Kirchner as vice president during its first meeting of the year.

Meanwhile, Alan Mihok was voted to be the new BOE president.

3. Oh, that's right. It snows in Ohio during the winter.

The National Weather Service says to expect another one to two inches Saturday. The winter storm warning is supposed to expire 4 p.m. Saturday.

4. The trial for a Mentor man -- who is accused of altering a dying woman's will so he could take her $750,000 estate -- began this week in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

William Dilley, 66, is charged with theft, tampering with records and perjury.

Dilley was the financial adviser of Betty Montgomery, who lived in the Stratford Commons nursing home in Glenwillow and, before that, in Solon.

Montgomery had no family and planned to divide her considerable estate between three friends, Save-A-Pet and the Holy Cancer Family Home.

However, Dilley doctored her will in 2008, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office. Dilley made himself Montgomery's sole beneficiary and executor of her estate. Then he had Montgomery sign the new will.

When Montgomery died in 2009, Dilley filed the altered will in probate court and Montgomery's original beneficiaries challenged it, prosecutors said.

5. Last but certainly not least, our esteemed Moms Council gave their opinions on when a child is responsible enough to not need a babysitter.