Polar plunge won’t be so polar this weekend; warm weather is expected for...
Mother Nature is giving the warm shoulder to three cold-weather events scheduled this weekend in the Akron area. Temperatures will flirt with the 60s for revelers accustomed to donning winter gear to...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in shooting death of Akron man who hit utility pole while...
Two men have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man outside a residence in Akron’s Summit Lake neighborhood earlier this week.Theo King, 29, and Donqus McSwain, 23, are charged...
View ArticleLeBron James Family Foundation’s 330 Ambassadors leave Akron’s mark on...
NEW ORLEANS: Lulu Montes had never nailed down a piece of drywall and was embarrassed when she did it wrong in her first attempt.But soon the 16-year-old Firestone High School sophomore proved to be a...
View ArticleUpdate: Stow mayor receives backlash over husband’s vulgar anti-Trump tweets....
Stow Mayor Sara Kline took to Facebook on Thursday night to defend her husband, Robert Kline, after he tweeted a string of vulgarities to President Donald Trump that caused an uproar on social media.“I...
View ArticleHot Spot: Red Fox conjures a friendly vibe in its big room
The Red Fox Sports Pub & Grille is nestled in one of the many industrial beige strip malls along State Road in Cuyahoga Falls. Out front, there is a spacious patio with fire pits offering a scenic...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 17
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 62, Parma Padua 53Cle. Central Catholic 85, St. Thomas Aquinas 62Copley 89, Kent Roosevelt 38Coventry 77, Norton 56Cuyahoga Falls 58, North...
View ArticleCity declaration would urge Kasich to make Ohio a sanctuary state
Akron City Council is tip-toeing into America’s heated debate over immigration.President Donald Trump’s temporary refugee and travel ban (the latter on Muslim-majority countries) has been sacked, for...
View ArticleNew report diagnoses Akron’s ailing housing market, prescribes treatments
Economists and researchers released a trove of housing data and recommendations this week as part of a collaborative mission to jump-start development in Akron, where new construction hasn’t been this...
View ArticleMore details emerge about reasons Summa lost accreditation for emergency room...
More details have emerged about why Summa Health System recently lost its accreditation to teach future emergency medicine doctors, including concerns about patient care.A report obtained by the Beacon...
View ArticleJurors on Summit County’s last death penalty case detail difficult service
ne juror who sat on Summit County’s last death penalty case didn’t sleep for weeks afterward.Another juror said he couldn’t get the images of the triple murder out of his head.Several jurors were so...
View ArticleWorld Baseball Classic leaves teams, including Indians with Andrew Miller,...
The World Baseball Classic is Major League Baseball’s way of making the game a more global one, as well as bringing some patriotism into it. But the reality is that there will never be a convenient...
View ArticleNBA All-Star Game: Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving admits he was forced to let go of...
NEW ORLEANS: Kyrie Irving will reprise his popular “Uncle Drew” character from Pepsi commercials in a full-length feature film.He’s poised to make his fourth appearance and second start in the NBA...
View ArticleKent State 70, Akron 67: Flashes end Zips’ 30-game home winning streak; delay...
The University of Akron men’s basketball team might have played its worst stretch of the season, and Kent State pounced all over it for a 70-67 Mid-American Conference win that delayed the Zips’...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Ellet 61, Buchtel 44: A.J. Gareri scores 25 points to lead...
Ellet possessed the size, the experience, the defense and a lead Friday night that Buchtel just could not overcome.The Orangemen jumped out to a quick lead and never trailed en route to a 61-44 win in...
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 ArticleRobin Swoboda: World War II veteran gets a well-deserved salute
When was the last time you had a good cry? Mine was at lunch last Wednesday and I can guarantee, had you been there, you would have cried, too.Normally, my longtime friend Carol Wulff and her dad,...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: CPAs offer Top 10 tax tips
Yes, grumble, grumble. It’s that time of year to talk about everyone’s favorite subject — taxes.To help make things a little easier, here are 10 tax preparation tips provided by CPAs Ed Decker and Doug...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Ads on Cavs’ jerseys? Heaven help us
Did my eyes deceive me or did I really read a story that said the Cleveland Cavaliers will wear an advertising patch on their jerseys next year?If that’s true, it breaks my heart.And also makes my...
View ArticleOSHA: Airport employee apparently demoted in retaliation
CLEVELAND: The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that a Cleveland airport employee was apparently demoted in retaliation for alerting officials to runway snowplowing...
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