Afghan refugee recalls days when “America had our back”
Jawid Ahmadzai, 27, risked his life to defy the Taliban. As a child born in Kabul after the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979-1989, Ahmadzai quietly disapproved when the mujahideen freedom fighters, a...
View ArticleMan jailed after Cleveland teen found dead in abandoned home
CLEVELAND: Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the death of a 14-year-old Cleveland girl who disappeared days before her body was found in an abandoned house.Cleveland police say the...
View ArticleClemson QB denies avoiding Browns; Jeff Garcia interviews to be quarterbacks...
Clemson national championship-winning quarterback Deshaun Watson rejected the notion Thursday that he skipped the Senior Bowl last week in Mobile, Ala., because he doesn’t want the Browns to draft him...
View ArticleTrump hits Iran with new sanctions for missile test
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration ordered sanctions against more than two dozen people and companies from the Persian Gulf to China Friday in retaliation for Iran’s recent ballistic missile test,...
View ArticleLost songs of Holocaust survivors found in UA archives
Missing songs recorded more than 70 years ago from Holocaust survivors were recently discovered in the archives of the University of Akron. It’s the first time the lyrics of the notable songs were...
View ArticleTallmadge native Dave Ziegler, his friends living Super Bowl dream with New...
Four close friends achieve glory together in one of the world’s most alluring professions.It’s the plot of the TV series-turned-movie Entourage, but it’s also the story of Tallmadge native Dave Ziegler...
View ArticleRichfield fire chief resigns over drunken driving charge, makes $53,000 in...
In his final three months as chief of the Richfield Fire Department, Jason Mihalek made over $53,000 while on leave from his post due to a charge of drunken driving.Mihalek, 41, was placed on unpaid...
View ArticleOhio Gov. John Kasich backs DeVos without mention of $5.3 million PAC debt to...
COLUMBUS: Gov. John Kasich is urging confirmation of President Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee without mentioning the significant unpaid fine owed to Ohio by a now-defunct political action...
View ArticleAbout half of Ohio’s school districts see cuts under Kasich budget
COLUMBUS: Newly released estimates show almost half of Ohio’s school districts would sustain cuts under Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget plan.The district-level budget figures were released Friday by...
View ArticleKent State will air Super Bowl ad in Cleveland market
Cleveland-area TV viewers will see a familiar ad during this Sunday’s Super Bowl game. Kent State University will run the same ad they ran last year with the theme “Undeniably Kent State.”Here’s the...
View ArticleSchoolbelles Fairlawn store closed; owner looking for new area location,...
A company that sells uniforms for many of the Akron area’s parochial, charter and some public schools has closed its Fairlawn store and is looking for a new area location.Schoolbelles owner and...
View ArticleUA president talks to international students about new immigration orders
Ahmed Elghriany and his wife have been in the United States since 2008 on student visas, but he said they do not dare try to go back to their homeland of Libya at this time.Three of their five children...
View ArticleLeBron James Family Foundation surprises East JROTC with uniform drop
At East Community Learning Center’s annual winter sports assembly, five students in the school’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program kicked the event off with a drill routine. Front...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Feb. 3
MALTAEU worried by TrumpEuropean Union leaders on Friday vowed to remain united and defiant in the face of an onslaught of criticism from the new American president that has started to undermine the...
View ArticleMore Summa litigation moving forward after health system CEO resigns
The future of Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls may be inching closer to being resolved. A Summit County judge this week issued an order imposing a jury verdict that’s been hanging in limbo...
View ArticleRefugee escapes violence of Congo, fears he could be sent back
Eka Anthony never really knows if his family is safe. When spotty telephone and internet services are working in Africa, the Akron man checks in on his mother and siblings back in war-torn Congo. But...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 3
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 52, Walsh Jesuit 24Ashland 42, Mansfield 41 Austintown Fitch 63, Hubbard 61 (OT)Bellevue 54, Norwalk 50Bellville Clear Fork 61, Mt. Vernon...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Jackson 66, North Canton Hoover 49: Polar Bears blast...
JACKSON TOWNSHIP: It would have surprised absolutely no one if the Federal League basketball season would not have been decided until the final minute of the final game on the final night of the...
View ArticleKevin Love, Cavaliers downplay trade rumors
Kevin Love is headed to New Orleans for his fourth All-Star Game. He’s enjoying his best season since coming to Cleveland, and until back problems sabotaged him, he was the only player in the East...
View ArticleHigh school basketball/Coventry 61, Woodridge 55: Micah Wallace leads Comets...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: As he made his post-game rounds greeting Coventry’s spectators, sophomore guard Micah Wallace high-fived friends and shimmied beside parents.The visiting Comets were just minutes...
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