Browns training camp snapshot (Day 3): Hue Jackson reprimands players after...
Saturday’s developmentsDefensive tackle Danny Shelton delivered a warning before the Browns practiced in pads for the first time this summer.“It is going to be really heated,” Shelton said in the...
View ArticleMechanical failure caused Ohio State Fair ride to break, amusement co-owner says
COLUMBUS: An owner of the company providing rides at the Ohio State Fair thinks a mechanical failure caused a thrill ride to break apart, killing an 18-year-old man.Amusements of America co-owner John...
View ArticleHow do you fill a huge budget gap? UA President Matthew Wilson talks about...
University of Akron President Matthew Wilson said he “walked into a bunch of turbulence” when he took over as head of the 23,000-student school roughly a year ago.He made this comment during a sit-down...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Firestone spectators will encounter golf version of red carpet
After all these years of slipping in through a side entrance, the tens of thousands of golf fans who annually attend the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club will now be able to walk...
View Article5KDevo draws hundreds of spuds to downtown Akron
The streets of Akron were covered in spuds.More than 900 runners — many of whom were Devo fans, others who were just fans of running — took part in the inaugural 5KDevo run Sunday morning. The race...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 4): Kenny Britt predicts DeShone Kizer...
Sunday’s developmentsBrowns rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer received a ringing endorsement from veteran wide receiver Kenny Britt.“He’s growing each day, each day,” Britt said before the fourth...
View ArticleCrowd worship outside of church during Lock 4’s Gospel Sundays series
Before the Rev. Lance Bell was a minister at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Akron, he said he was an addict, moving through life using crack and alcohol.All it took was one dream to put everything into...
View ArticleSummit County sheriff, Springfield Township police create ‘safety zones’ for...
Two more Summit County policing agencies have created “internet purchase safety zones” where people buying and selling items online can meet up and finalize their transactions.The Summit County...
View ArticleLocal history: Akron sailor’s rescue at sea in 1942 was nothing short of...
Bleeding from shrapnel wounds, Akron sailor Elgin Staples tried not to panic in the shark-infested water. He bobbed beneath the stars as the dark ocean swelled with the bodies of shipmates.When all...
View Article2 arrested after body found in freezer
CAMPBELL, Ohio: Police in Ohio say two people have been arrested after a body was discovered inside a freezer.The body was found in a home in Campbell on Saturday, but police believe it had been moved...
View ArticleWayne County sobriety checkpoint nabs two
CHIPPEWA TWP.: Two people were arrested following a sobriety checkpoint held Saturday on state Route 585 near Gates Road.The Ohio State Highway Patrol, along with Doylestown police and Wayne County...
View ArticleSmall plane carrying 2 Maine men crash-lands in Ohio field
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio: Authorities say a small plane crash-landed in a northern Ohio field, leaving the two men on board with minor injuries.Investigators say a father and son from Maine experienced engine...
View ArticleWoman uses Canal Fulton police chief’s business card to snort heroin
CANAL FULTON: A 47-year-old woman used city Police Chief Doug Swartz’s business card to snort heroin over the weekend.Police reported the incident on social media, saying that a Uniontown woman passed...
View ArticleSummit Christian School buys former Woodridge Primary school in Peninsula
PENINSULA: Summit Christian School has bought the former Woodridge Primary school at 3313 Northampton Road for $400,000, the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press reports.The building will reopen as a private...
View ArticleAkron Zoo mourns loss of Roscoe the snow leopard
In his prime, Roscoe the snow leopard could be seen napping atop the highest, sun-warmed rocks in his mountain-like exhibit at the Akron Zoo.From his perch, he could look down over a vista that...
View ArticleBrowns rookie Myles Garrett determined to build relationship with Bruce...
BEREA: Myles Garrett gets it.The No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft realizes how valuable legendary pass rusher Bruce Smith would be as a mentor, and the Browns rookie defensive end doesn’t want...
View ArticleKelly shows his clout: Scaramucci out as White House chief moves in
WASHINGTON: Firmly taking charge in an unruly White House, former Gen. John Kelly moved in Monday as President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff and immediately made sure that Trump’s...
View ArticleEmployee’s body found in Irish pub’s walk-in cooler in Ohio
CINCINNATI: Police say an employee was found dead in a walk-in cooler at a restaurant in a Cincinnati neighborhood.Police say they responded to Molly Malone’s Irish Pub & Restaurant on Monday...
View ArticleNate Ulrich’s Browns briefing: Starting free safety job Derrick Kindred’s to...
BEREA: Derrick Kindred has a clear path to starting at free safety for the Browns.Unless you ask Kindred.“It’s not a clear path,” he said Monday before the fifth practice of training camp. “I’ve still...
View ArticleAkron police to re-evaluate downtown safety after fatal shooting; 26-year-old...
Akron police plan to re-evaluate downtown safety after a shooting early Sunday morning left a 26-year-old Akron man dead and a woman wounded.Officers responded to a shots-fired call at South Main and...
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