The 41-year-old Medina, Ohio, resident has undertaken an enormous task: hiking the entire 2,190 miles of the Appalachian Trail. For most, that would be a mighty feat unto itself, but Kozel has an ...

Euclid --Known as Mr. Nice and Easy, Jim Kozel turned out buildings and polkas. The 50-year resident of Euclid died Sept. 1 at the Hospice of the Western Reserve after struggling with several ...

A 2014 battle with lupus left Stacey Kozel paralyzed from the waist down. To defy the disease, she used an exoskeleton to hike the 2,189.1-mile Appalachian Trail.