Costs may go up for Ohio license plates, driver’s licenses
COLUMBUS: Ohio drivers may be paying more to get their license plate or driver’s license under proposed changes to the state transportation budget.One change proposed Tuesday by the Ohio House of...
View ArticleThree-way race for utility spot on Indians bench; outfield race likely to go...
Three players are vying for the utility role on the Indians’ bench, according to manager Terry Francona.That role is often valued by Francona, as it allows him additional flexibility and insurance 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 on page 1,056 of...
View Article24-year-old man killed in work-related accident at Akron recycling facility
A 24-year-old man was killed early Wednesday morning in a work-related accident at an Akron recycling facility.The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office and Occupational Safety and Health...
View ArticleFamily seeks information on man’s death in Kent standoff
Tears, sobs and screams. That’s how the family of 27-year-old Christopher Carter of Akron reacted Tuesday evening when they finally heard details of his death Sunday in Portage County.Carter, who was...
View ArticleLawmakers look to North Hill for answers on immigration debate
Rollin Mukanza launched a carpet cleaning business without knowing how to clean carpets — only the desire to prosper.The Ellet man fled the Congo more than a decade ago to settle in Akron. With a...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls hospital deploys germ-zapping robot as cure to...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: It’s not exactly Star Wars technology, but Western Reserve Hospital’s newest employee does look a bit like R2-D2.Her co-workers have named her Violet, and for more than a month, the...
View ArticlePolice: Akron man charged with involuntary manslaughter for selling...
AKRON: A 33-year-old Akron man faces charges for allegedly selling carfentanil to two people, both of whom overdosed, with one dying and the other surviving.Joe Louis Turner II of Tyner Street also is...
View ArticleDeshaun Watson jokes Cowboys should draft him, trade Dak Prescott, Tony Romo...
Deshaun Watson was clearly kidding, but unfortunately for the Browns, they were the butt of the Clemson national championship-winning quarterback’s joke.Remember when Texas A&M defensive end Myles...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The rest of the story on TSA PreChecks
A recent column about obtaining a five-year TSA PreCheck airport security clearance for $85 brought reactions from folks who said there was more to the story than their favorite columnist had...
View ArticleGardens sprout from concrete at Akron Home & Flower Show
February isn’t normally garden-planting season.But at the John S. Knight Center, this week was an exception.Crews were bustling around the downtown event center earlier this week, installing indoor...
View ArticleRecord-breaking highs expected followed by severe storms and tornado threat...
You might (cough, cough) want to consider (cough, cough) calling in sick to work on Friday.The National Weather Service says this winter heat wave will end with a bang — literally — on Friday.“Friday...
View ArticleMedical examiner confirms missing trustee’s body pulled from Chippewa Lake
A body pulled from Chippewa Lake on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Lafayette Township Trustee Bryon Macron, the Medina County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday evening.Sheriff Tom Miller...
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Producing sports broadcasts for ESPN means valuable experience for students,...
Tucked away in a room in Kolbe Hall on the University of Akron campus, a group sits at monitors gazing at the hardwood floors that fill their screens. They’re there to prepare for the first of two...
View ArticleOhio House committee considers dropping front license plates
COLUMBUS: Ohio motorists wouldn’t be required to have a front license plate on their vehicles under a proposal being considered by a state House committee.The House Finance Subcommittee on...
View ArticleAkron man seeks early release after serving three months of yearlong sentence...
Marcus Glover’s family wasn’t happy when the man who shot and killed him was sentenced to only one year in jail.The family will be even less happy if that man gets out after serving only three...
View ArticleCavaliers meet with free-agent center Larry Sanders, sign Derrick Williams to...
INDEPENDENCE: If the Cavaliers strike out before Thursday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline, they still have other alternatives to upgrade the roster. One of them visited Cleveland Clinic Courts on Wednesday.The...
View ArticleOhio woman’s sassy obit warns people to wait to claim her stuff
COLUMBUS: Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics — “I was born. I lived. I died.”...
View ArticleInvestigators looking into cause of fire at Akron manufacturing building
AKRON: City investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at a manufacturing building Wednesday afternoon at 355 Morgan Ave. Firefighters responded at 4:27 p.m. to a call about heavy smoke...
View ArticleCuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad names new president and CEO
Joe Mazur is trading in derby cars for trains.The president and chief executive officer of the International Soap Box Derby is leaving the Akron nonprofit for the same position at the Cuyahoga Valley...
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