High school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 15
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleFemale college students in Ohio report naked man entering homes
DAYTON, OHIO: Police in Ohio are searching for a naked man who reportedly broke into the homes of at least three female students at the University of Dayton during early morning hours.Officials say a...
View ArticleMan shot and killed in Akron’s Summit Lake neighborhood
A 28-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday night in Akron’s Summit Lake neighborhood.The man, whose identity hasn’t been released to the public yet, was shot outside a residence on West Long...
View ArticleSummit County Sheriff’s Office searching for man charged with raping elderly...
NORTHFIELD CENTER TWP.: Authorities are searching for a man accused of raping an elderly woman.Robert C. Gates, 42, of Boston Heights, was charged Friday with first-degree felony rape and a warrant was...
View ArticleSumma violations include inadequate emergency room teaching experience,...
Summa Health System’s new emergency room physician group doesn’t have enough teaching experience or academic credentials to meet national requirements to train doctors.Hospital insiders say these and...
View ArticleCavaliers 113, Pacers 104: Kyle Korver hits 2,000th career 3-pointer, shoots...
CLEVELAND: Kyle Korver ascended into rare air Wednesday night. The Indiana Pacers won’t mind if he stays there.Korver scored 22 points off the bench Wednesday and became the seventh player in NBA...
View ArticleExplosion Tuesday in Copley Township caused by gasoline used to ignite...
By Bruce GriffinSpecial to the Beacon JournalCOPLEY TWP.: Officials said an explosion Tuesday night in northeast Copley Township was caused by a fire in a backyard fire pit.The loud boom brought police...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court suspends Barberton attorney for two years
COLUMBUS: A Barberton attorney has been suspended from practicing law for two years because of ethical violations, the Ohio Supreme Court said Thursday.The violations against Holly L. Bednarski...
View ArticleMan shot, killed by Hudson police officer had marijuana in his system
The unarmed Case Western Reserve University law student who was shot and killed by a Hudson police officer following a crash on the Ohio Turnpike in December had marijuana in his system, according to...
View ArticleNew names for Akron neighborhoods stir history
Surrounded by the unfamiliar names of Jewish families, Jan Davis walked through a 110-year-old cemetery for the first time in her life in the West Akron neighborhood where she grew up.She was there to...
View ArticleKasich wants teachers to learn another job, or lose theirs
Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants public school teachers to see what it’s like to work outside the classroom so they can better match their students to the needs of local employers.Tucked a third of the way...
View ArticleSumma at another crossroad
Listen to the back and forth between Summa Health and Summit Emergency Associates as their relationship of three decades fell apart at the end of last year, and there was a steady consensus: The...
View ArticleAkron General’s new president says father’s recent experience shaped his...
Dr. Brian Harte, who became president of Cleveland Clinic Akron General last September, notes that a hospital can provide good care yet still not practice an essential skill that makes patients’ lives...
View ArticleIn the market for a certain olive jar? University of Akron has just the house...
Some notable fixtures — including an infamous olive jar — will transfer to new ownership when the University of Akron unloads a home that it had provided for past presidents.The $556 olive jar was part...
View ArticleOhio Highway Patrol: Fatal traffic crashes rise in Summit County
Summit County saw a spike in fatal traffic crashes last year.Forty people were killed in accidents, compared to 25 in the previous year — a 52 percent jump, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported...
View ArticleAkron man, 27, gets life in prison for raping three young girls over...
An Akron man will spend his life in prison on charges that he raped three young girls over a three-month period.Delacey Walters, 27, earlier this month was convicted by a jury on nine counts of raping...
View ArticleArea agencies that work with refugees cutting staff due to Trump cutback in...
The International Institute of Akron will lay off nine employees, and other agencies that work with refugees in the Akron area say they will not fill job vacancies as they prepare for the impact of...
View ArticleLocal philanthropic couple honored for establishing chair at Summa Health...
Beacon Journal staff reportSumma Health honored a local philanthropic couple this week after they gave an undisclosed gift to establish a chair at Summa’s Traumatic Stress Center in Akron.Jim and...
View ArticleCouncilwoman weighs in on Summa, city says little
An Akron council member is weighing in on the emergency room staffing changes at Summa Health System and subsequent fallout.Tara Mosley-Samples, whose city ward houses Summa Akron City Hospital, met...
View ArticleDespite injuries, turbulence, Cavaliers lead the East and just one game off...
CLEVELAND: It hasn’t always been easy and oftentimes it has quite literally been painful for those involved, but the Cavaliers enter the All-Star break again on top of the Eastern Conference and the...
View Article