Marla Ridenour: Early exodus to NFL increases pressure on Ohio State to find...
COLUMBUS: Under coach Urban Meyer, the Ohio State football program has become more of a farm team for the NFL than ever before.This year, a Football Bowl Subdivision-high six players left early for the...
View ArticleCavaliers 125, Timberwolves 97: Irving, LeBron lead blowout win over...
CLEVELAND: Kyrie Irving passed for a career-high 14 assists to go with his 14 points and LeBron James had 27 points and 12 assists in the Cavs’ 125-97 victory Wednesday over the Minnesota Timberwolves....
View ArticleCanton man killed in Route 30 crash
CANTON: A 32-year-old Canton man who was driving the wrong way on U.S. Route 30 early Thursday was killed in a head-on collision with a truck just east of Harrison Avenue.Alcohol is suspected in the...
View ArticleMajority of homicide cases last year in Akron go unsolved
AKRON: Police have been unable to solve 17 out of the 32 homicides that have taken place in the city since January 2016, Beacon Journal news partner Newsnet5.com reports.Police say there are many...
View ArticleBarberton High School teacher placed on leave over reported comment
A teacher at Barberton High School has been placed on paid administrative leave over reports of an inappropriate comment to a student. Parents received a broadcast alert by phone on Tuesday afternoon...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron James’ former teammate, former rival receive...
Independence: One of LeBron James’ former teammates and a former nemesis were part of the Cavaliers’ free-agent workout Wednesday. James said he’ll take anyone who can help him win games right now....
View ArticleAkron-area voters to see plenty of tax issues on May ballot
Akron-area voters will see a slew of tax issues on the May 2 ballot.Wednesday was the 90-day deadline for communities to file issues with election boards, which still have to certify the issues.Here’s...
View Article2 kids, 2 adults stabbed in Ohio home; man in custody
KETTERING, OHIO: Two children and two adults were found stabbed inside a suburban Dayton home early Thursday by police responding to a disturbance call.Kettering police said all four were taken to...
View ArticleStudents injured in Ohio school bus-SUV crash
DAYTON, OHIO: Police say at least three students were injured when a school bus and SUV collided in Ohio.Dayton police say two Dayton Dunbar High School students were taken to a hospital from the SUV...
View ArticleTrump’s immigration order pleases supporters, worries advocates for refugees...
Karyn Talbot-Russ spends every Wednesday afternoon in the basement of an empty Akron church, waiting to witness small miracles.“There have been so many opportunities to see God at work,” Talbot-Russ...
View ArticleWadsworth may be getting its hospital back in legal settlement with Summa
A full-service community hospital may be returning to Wadsworth.Summa Health System and the Wadsworth-Rittman Area Joint Township Hospital District Wednesday released a joint statement announcing a...
View ArticleFirstEnergy bringing back popular appliance recycling program; customers can...
Akron-based FirstEnergy is bringing back its popular appliance recycling program.The parent company of Ohio Edison on Wednesday relaunched its program that will give customers a $50 Visa gift card for...
View ArticleAkron-area entrepreneur to appear on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ on Feb. 10; hopes...
An Akron-area man will appear Feb. 10 on national TV hoping “sharks” will find his startup fruit-snack business worth biting into.Evan Delahanty, the 31-year-old creator of Peaceful Fruits fruit...
View ArticleVandalism with suspected urine at Northfield Center fire department could go...
Vandals who coated Northfield Center Township firefighting gear with a substance thought to be urine didn’t use “human substances,” investigators have determined.Summit County sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleState vows to appeal lawsuit blocking its local hiring ban
A Cuyahoga County judge ruled against the state this week, saying Republican legislators overstepped their constitutional bounds and infringed on cities’ “home rule” when outlawing local hiring quotas...
View ArticleTrump pledges to end political limits on churches
WASHINGTON: Declaring that religious freedom is “under threat,” President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk...
View ArticleCavaliers showing signs of progress on defense
CLEVELAND: Two of the sharpest criticisms General Manager David Griffin leveled against his team recently was its complacency and inability to establish a defensive identity. The two certainly seem to...
View ArticleAkron-Canton food bank staff revives fallen volunteer
The Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank has a team of first responders, a few employees that have practiced CPR on dummies but have never had to use the automated external defibrillator that hangs from a...
View ArticleLake High School ready for major expansion, renovation project
HARTVILLE: Lake High School is set to undergo a $33 million expansion and renovation project, the Canton Repository reports.The work, which begins Monday, is expected to take more than two years.Read...
View ArticleStow man killed in crash in Hudson
HUDSON: A Stow man was killed in a two-vehicle accident early Thursday morning on Seasons Road near the Stow border.Craig Fruth, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver, a 25-year-old...
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