Jason Lloyd: Kyle Korver allows Cavs to take positive steps but finish line a...
SAN FRANCISCO: The wheels of progress are turning, slowly but surely for the Cavaliers. It will be months still before they are whole, before they have all of their pieces in place, but the first two...
View ArticleHigh school wrestling: Hoban’s Lukus Stricker wins second consecutive Bill...
The 30th annual Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament concluded Saturday at Firestone High School with Archbishop Hoban senior Lukus Stricker feeling a sense of déjà vu.Stricker defeated Brunswick’s...
View ArticleMan walking along Lake Erie beach finds body near state line
CONNEAUT: Authorities in Ohio say a man walking along a Lake Erie beach found a partially decomposed body near the Pennsylvania state line.The county medical examiner in Cleveland will attempt to...
View ArticleAkron-Canton Airport to host temporary PreCheck enrollment site for area...
Travelers can sign up for PreCheck — the program that lets them quickly go through security lines at airports — at a temporary enrollment site Feb. 6-10 at Akron-Canton Airport in Green.PreCheck —...
View ArticleLocal history: Was Elvis Presley a menace to society?
If the imminent threats of atomic annihilation and communist domination weren’t enough of a concern during the 1950s, Americans had to grapple with a diabolical menace from within.Girls screamed in...
View ArticleGood News — Jan. 16
One of A Kind Pet Rescue announced the rescue of the 10,000th cat since the nonprofit organization was founded in 2005. Cat Manager Libby Weaver rescued Myriad, a young, pregnant, silver tabby from...
View ArticleKids aren’t only ones happy on snow days; school officials have a little fun...
Hey, Joe, what do you know? Turns out, quite a bit. Nordonia Hills Superintendent Joe Clark has been busy on Twitter getting to know the students and their families in his district. And other local...
View ArticleEddie Long, megachurch pastor embroiled in scandal, dies
LITHONIA, Ga.: Eddie Long, the flamboyant megachurch pastor whose reputation was tarnished after former congregants accused him of sexual misconduct, has died. He was 63.Long died Sunday after battling...
View ArticleBody discovered near Doylestown church
DOYLESTOWN: The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body found Sunday afternoon, Beacon Journal news partner Newsnet5.com reported. Officials say a man’s body was found behind St. Peter...
View ArticleOutgoing CIA chief rips into Trump over tweets, Russia
NEW YORK: The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect...
View ArticleDespite addition of Kevin Durant, MVP Steph Curry remains focus of Cavaliers...
SAN FRANCISCO: Throughout the last two thrilling NBA Finals, the Cavaliers’ scouting report on the Golden State Warriors started and ended with Steph Curry. For all of the talent gushing out of the...
View ArticleWayne County deputies say body found is not missing Lafayette Township trustee
Wayne County authorities say that a dead body found Sunday afternoon in Chippewa Township is not missing Lafayette Township Trustee Bryon Macron.“We are still working on learning the identity of this...
View ArticleSumma board to hire executive coach and assume control of doctor contracts...
The Summa Health board of directors is hiring an “executive coach” and taking over approval of all physician contracts after hundreds of doctors voted no-confidence in the health system’s CEO. The...
View ArticleAkron played a role in one of the darkest days in the history of the Ringling...
The announcement that, after 146 years, the “The Greatest Show on Earth” is calling it quits brings back fond memories for generations of Akron residents and also a painful reminder of the city’s role...
View ArticleInterstate 76 ramp at Kenmore leg closed because of truck accident
Akron police shut down the Interstate 76 westbound ramp to Interstate 277/U.S. Route 224 eastbound just before 9 a.m. Monday because of a truck accident.Further details were not available.
View ArticleBrothers plead guilty in federal bribery scandal involving former Summit...
Two brothers charged in a bribery scandal involving former Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cleveland.Lee has until Friday to accept a plea agreement...
View ArticlePolice find 2 men shot dead outside Ohio home
MANSFIELD: Police in north-central Ohio say two men were found dead outside a Mansfield home after an early morning shooting.Officers went to the house after gunfire was reported early Sunday morning....
View ArticleAkron and Summit County to seek audit of Oriana House
Akron and Summit County will seek an independent financial audit of their contracts with Oriana House.The move comes as the Akron-based nonprofit is facing additional scrutiny from the community.Akron...
View ArticleAuto parts plant in northern Ohio closing later this month
SANDUSKY, OHIO: An auto parts plant that employs more than 300 people in northern Ohio will shut down later this month.The owners of KBI in Sandusky announced the closing last fall and now say that the...
View ArticleTwo men shot at Akron strip club, police release surveillance images of suspects
Police have released surveillance images of a pair of men who allegedly shot two patrons of an Akron strip club early Sunday morning.The attackers appear to be black men in their 30s. One of them is...
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