Browns notebook: Head of football operations Sashi Brown won’t attend Senior...
The Browns will coach in the Senior Bowl this week, but head of football operations Sashi Brown won’t be there.Brown is not medically permitted to travel to the showcase in Mobile, Ala., because he...
View Article4,341 city customers get water from pipes with lead, city says
Amid statewide and national concerns about lead contamination, Akron city officials posted an interactive map online Monday showing the location of pipes with lead that carry drinking water.“In light...
View ArticleMan bites ear off another man during argument about Trump
PITTSBURGH: Police say a man bit the ear off another man in Pittsburgh as they argued about President Donald Trump.The 30-year-old victim was bitten at his apartment at around 6:45 a.m. Monday in the...
View ArticleMarching women vow to carry fight back home to Ohio
On the morning after the Women’s March on Washington, Ohio’s mothers, sisters and daughters are coming home to rest their weary legs after driving 700 miles and walking a few more.And they’re thinking...
View ArticleSpecial needs teacher Dennis Robart Jr. sentenced to 45 days in jail for...
A special needs teacher and one-time candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives was sentenced to 45 days in jail Monday for punching out an SUV window and striking his ex-girlfriend on her...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Memories of Paul Poorman
I’m not sure who is handling media relations for the Pacific Legal Foundation, but I think he or she might want to update the mailing list.Last week, the group, based in Sacramento, sent a news release...
View ArticleAlexa Bliss: WWE’s SmackDown star and former UA cheerleader overcame anorexia...
Alexa Bliss is at the top of the wrestling world. The former University of Akron cheerleader is the WWE SmackDown women’s champion. Last week, she climbed into a steel cage in Memphis and retained her...
View ArticleOhio boy, 10, drives to store, then speeds away in police chase
FOSTORIA, OHIO: An erratic, speeding driver who led an Ohio officer on a brief pursuit turned out to be a 10-year-old boy who took his parents’ car without permission and drove 11 miles to a nearby...
View ArticleBrowns agree to four-year, $50 million contract with linebacker Jamie Collins
Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown received backlash last year after he declared “it is important for us to keep our own,” then let four key starters leave the franchise on the first day of...
View ArticleUnion official: Cleveland police officer hit on highway dies
CLEVELAND: A Cleveland police union official says an officer struck by a vehicle on an interstate has died.Police say the officer was hit by a white Toyota Camry on Tuesday morning while setting up...
View ArticlePelicans 124, Cavaliers 122: Short-handed Pelicans send Cavs to fifth loss in...
NEW ORLEANS: Hours before the game, before the New Orleans Pelicans shot holes across the Cavaliers’ defense, LeBron James insisted it didn’t feel as if the Cavs were in a slump. It’s hard to deny it...
View ArticleAkron’s 2017 construction plan slashes spending by more than $75 million
Money for municipal construction projects in Akron is being pinched by the massive sewer and water project and shrinking state funds, leaving little for road repairs, park upgrades and other capital...
View ArticleDriver dies days after collision with horse-drawn buggy
A 74-year-old woman who was seriously injured last week when her car collided with horse-drawn buggy has died, the Wooster post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Tuesday.Joyce M. Morris of...
View ArticleManziel deletes Twitter account after advice to Trump
DALLAS: Johnny Manziel deleted his Twitter account after the Heisman Trophy winner sent expletive-laden messages telling President Donald Trump to ignore comments about him on the social media site.The...
View ArticleSecond local lawsuit filed over 2015 Ellet plane crash
A second local lawsuit has been filed in Summit County Common Pleas Court over losses incurred when a corporate jet crashed into an Ellet neighborhood more than a year ago.Beth Montgomery, one of the...
View ArticleBoy and man robbed of shoes in separate incidents in Akron; shots fired in...
An Akron boy, 16, and a Canton man, 23, were robbed of their shoes in separate incidents.In both cases, the victims were meeting up with potential buyers in online sales. Asked if the two robberies are...
View ArticleDaisy Brand expanding Wooster facility; adding 80 jobs for cottage cheese...
Daisy Brand, the nation’s largest manufacturer of sour cream, plans to expand its new Wooster facility, adding about 80 jobs.The 100,000-square-foot expansion — allowing for cottage cheese production —...
View ArticleYost to run for Ohio attorney general
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost has made public his plans to run for state attorney general in 2018.Yost, a former reporter and prosecuting attorney in Delaware County, would follow Ohio Attorney General Mike...
View ArticleLocal agencies conduct annual homeless count, hoping to end chronic...
In a small room on the first floor of the Akron-Summit County Public Library, social service volunteers asked everyone who entered the same basic question: “Where are you sleeping tonight?”Some answers...
View ArticleMan arrested in hit-and-run death of Cleveland officer
CLEVELAND: A man has been arrested and is expected to be charged in the hit-and-run death of a Cleveland patrolman on an interstate, Cleveland police said Tuesday.The 44-year-old man was arrested in...
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