Where is the ‘terrific’ alternative to Obamacare?
Count U.S. Sen. Rob Portman among the Republicans in Congress for slowing the pace of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. The Ohio Republican joined those arguing more responsibly that the...
View ArticleThings to Do, Jan. 14: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Kent; cottage beer crawl at...
Let’s get down to the nitty-grittyThe Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is marking its 50th anniversary with a tour that stops at 8 p.m. at The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St. Shooter Sharp and the Shootouts are the...
View ArticleSumma CEO says he is hurt by no-confidence votes, but will not resign
Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa Health president and CEO, said Friday that while he was hurt that hundreds of doctors voted no-confidence in him, he will not resign. In a 45-minute phone interview, Malone...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 13
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsAlliance 72, Marlington 58Archbishop Hoban 74, Mentor Lake Catholic 47Barberton 51, Highland 48Buchtel 78, Ellet 65Coventry 68, Norton 61CVCA 45, Fairless...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: With Kyle Korver on board, Iman Shumpert moving back into...
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: Now that the Cavaliers have a capable bench scorer in Kyle Korver, coach Tyronn Lue is using it as an opportunity to try to restart Iman Shumpert. Shumpert replaced DeAndre Liggins...
View ArticleIndians reach deals with five additional arbitration-eligible players,...
The Indians’ work with their arbitration-eligible players is nearly complete. On Friday, the club reached agreements on contracts for the 2017 season with five players, leaving only one without a deal....
View ArticleBoys basketball / Buchtel 78, Ellet 65: Griffins secure come-from-behind win...
Friday night’s game at Ellet featured a come-from-behind victory for Buchtel and a record for Orangemen senior A.J. Gareri.Gareri scored a game-high 19 points to become Ellet’s all-time leading scorer,...
View ArticleCavaliers still trying to add another point guard to roster
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: LeBron James will have to be patient. Despite James’ calls for the Cavaliers to add a point guard, General Manager David Griffin said Friday the market is thin because so many teams...
View ArticleOhioans gear up to celebrate, protest Trump inauguration at home and away
Can’t make it to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the inauguration of America’s next president or to join 170,000 women who will march for equality the next day?Don’t fret. Republicans are planning a...
View Article‘The Bye Bye Man’ found horror home in Northeast Ohio
If you’re jangled by the jolts in the horror flick The Bye Bye Man, they may be compounded by a dose of been-there-seen-that. The movie is new, but the locations are familiar. Filmed in Northeast Ohio...
View ArticleAnchors away at the mall
Chapel Hill Mall will lose its Sears store by spring, or a year after Macy’s, another of its anchor stores, closed down. The shuttering presents challenges for the Kohan Retail Investment Group, which...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Nasty rhetoric cuts both ways
Sometimes we publish stories I just don’t understand.Take the front page of Wednesday’s paper.Under the headline, “Hearts are united with hope,” we ran a lengthy story with four photos (and two...
View ArticleNew CEO OF Akron Urban League expands programs
The new head of the Akron Urban League is on a mission to return people and life-changing programs to the Vernon Odom Boulevard facility.“This is a wonderful building, and it’s up to me to make it work...
View ArticleSecurity force for Trump’s inauguration contemplates truck attacks, dirty bombs
WASHINGTON: Braced for demonstrations by 99 groups and a new “global terrorist environment,” security officials plan to protect the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump with buses, dump trucks...
View ArticleTrump unleashes Twitter attack against civil rights legend
NEW YORK: Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black...
View ArticleThings to Do, Jan. 15: Play at Civic features ‘Idol’ winner; Akron Art Museum...
‘Idol’ winner stars in playAmerican Idol winner Ruben Studdard stars in The Bold and the Sanctified, a play about two small churches — one black, one white — that are forced by financial circumstances...
View ArticleProtesters across U.S. decry Trump’s anti-immigrant stance
WASHINGTON: Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall...
View ArticleRecession, smession? Signs point toward continued, but slowing, economic...
Courtney Wagner likes what she sees at her family-owned machine and tool shop off Wooster Road West in Norton.Business is good and they are investing in new equipment, she said. She’s president of...
View ArticleExamining the two-year tenure of Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa CEO and president
Tension crackled inside a conference room at Barberton Hospital in early 2015. Several doctors said they remember about 30 members of the hospital’s medical leadership team gathering to hear Summa...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 14
WRESTLINGTOP GUN (At Alliance High School, Alliance)Team Results: 1. Perry 208; 2. Cin. LaSalle 199.5; 3. Marysville 139; 4. Carrollton 137.5; 5. Aurora 133.5; 6. Claymont 123.5; 7. Alliance 119; 8....
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