News from Strongsville this week:

1. Custodian convicted -- LaDon Perkins, an elementary school custodian here, is convicted of fondling a 13-year-old at his Rocky River home.

2. Break-ins Reported -- Police investigate three unrelated, out-of-the-ordinary  incidents involving intruders.

3. Middle school plan -- School officials said they will ask an architect to help determine the location of a proposed new middle school after a task force studying the issue deadlocks on two sites.

4. Development predicted on Pearl -- The south end of Pearl Road is on the verge of a major business boom, observers say.

5. Cracker Barrel delivers -- The Brooklyn restaurant donates thousands to the Strongsville schools after a shooting there claimed the lives of all four members of a Shurmer Road family.

6. Water main break -- A 12-inch line ruptures Friday morning, closing Drake Road and flooding a nearby house.