Man killed in one-vehicle accident in Akron
A 26-year-old man died in a one-vehicle accident on Kelly Avenue Thursday afternoon.The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was driving a 2006 Chevy Malibu northbound at 4:30 p.m. near Tech...
View ArticleNew emergency in the ER: Summa loses accreditation to teach emergency...
Summa Health System has been stripped of its ability to train up-and-coming emergency medicine physicians in its ERs July 1.The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) also put...
View ArticleThunder 118, Cavaliers 109: Another triple-double by Russell Westbrook,...
OKLAHOMA CITY: The stars all played anyway, but it didn’t much matter. The schedule and the turnovers combined to end the Cavaliers’ four-game winning streak. Kyrie Irving scored 28 points and Kevin...
View ArticleFormer Summit County councilwoman opts against taking stand and calling...
By Stephanie WarsmithBeacon Journal staff writerCLEVELAND: Former Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee chose not to take the stand Thursday in her federal bribery trial.In fact, the trial ended with...
View ArticleBond set for man who led police on 1-77 chase and crashed into two police...
A 24-year-old Maple Heights man was in Akron Municipal Court Friday on charges related to a high-speed chase on Interstate 77 Thursday.Michael Hodge, 24, is charged with fleeing and eluding, felonious...
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Salt cave offers breath of relaxing air
PLAIN TWP.:You know how good it feels to breathe the ocean’s salt air? That’s what Barbara Addessi-Hostetler wants clients of her Cave-ation salt cave to experience. The cave isn’t really a natural...
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Akron’s roller derby teams merge to form one formidable squad
Fists clenched. Shoulders flying. Fa-thud. Another player hits the hard floor. Such is the life of a rough-and-tumble roller derby girl in Akron. It’s hard to tell it is just a practice before...
View ArticlePet events: Adoptions, bingo fundraiser
Paws and Prayers Adoption Events — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Green Pet Supplies Plus, 790 Arlington Ridge No. 303, Green; noon to 2 p.m. Saturday Cuyahoga Falls Pet Supplies Plus, 1970 Portage...
View ArticleGoodyear to pay $1.75 million to settle workplace violations in Virginia tire...
Goodyear will pay $1.75 million to settle workplace health and safety violations at its Danville, Va., tire plant where four workers died on the job over the course of a year, officials announced...
View ArticleGovernor fills two judicial vacancies on Akron Municipal Court bench
Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich Friday announced the appointment of two judges to Akron’s Municipal Court.Ann Marie O’Brien and Jason T. Adams will fill court vacancies beginning March 1. Each must run for...
View ArticleGroup hopes to deter teen drug use with club that offers testing
If teen drug use never begins, it never has to be defeated. That’s the message Drug Free Clubs of America hopes to bring to Northeast Ohio. Cover2 Resources and DFCA conducted a launch program workshop...
View ArticleIslamic groups discuss challenges, options amid trump executive orders
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Over the past week, President Donald Trump’s executive orders to halt refugee immigration has prompted nationwide talk about Muslims.For Isam Zaiem, the co-founder of the Cleveland...
View ArticleJury finds ex-Summit County councilwoman Tamela Lee guilty in federal bribery...
CLEVELAND: Former Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee collapsed backward into her chair and put her hands on her face Friday evening when she heard the first of six verdicts in her federal bribery...
View ArticleSargento recalls cheese due to possible contamination
PLYMOUTH, WIS.: Wisconsin-based cheesemaker Sargento Foods Inc. is recalling a specialty cheese because of possible bacterial contamination.Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC of Middlebury, Indiana, notified...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 76, Mentor Lake Catholic 59Ashland 90, West Holmes 60 Boardman 68, Youngstown East 62Carrollton 41, Minerva 40Copley 70, Highland 59Coventry 64,...
View ArticleDerrick Williams hoping to make best of opportunity with Cavaliers
OKLAHOMA CITY: Derrick Williams spent the hour or so before the Cavaliers’ game Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder learning another playbook, getting another crash course in a new team’s...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Copley 70, Highland 59: Brian Roberts Jr. guides Indians to...
COPLEY: The undefeated Copley Indians took to the ladders Friday night to cut down the nets for the second year in a row.Moments after the final buzzer sounded on a Copley 70-59 win over Highland,...
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Indians 2017 spring training preview: What to look for as baseball returns
Cody Allen stood at his locker, well after the Indians’ crushing Game 7 loss in the World Series, as equipment was being packed up and the last few players shuffled out of the clubhouse to go home....
View ArticleGOJO Industries looks to future with new products, expansion in facilities
For Akronites, a bit of local pride swells as they travel the world and see Purell soap or hand-sanitizer dispensers in airports and businesses, knowing the product has deep roots in the city. GOJO...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Fending off the shoe bomber
Want to get back at the shoe bomber, one of the creeps who transformed the way we travel?I did. So, after reading about a new program in my favorite newspaper, I applied for a special pass that will...
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