Family seeks answers in unsolved double homicide, one of 30 Akron slayings in...
“Why?”That’s the question an Akron family wants to be answered about the unsolved double homicide of a mother and son in May.“These people don’t know what they did,” said Roslyn Lane-Clark. “I don’t...
View ArticleMyles Garrett steals spotlight at combine in quest to convince Browns to pick...
INDIANPOLIS: Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett is the favorite in the eyes of virtually all draft analysts to be selected first overall by the Browns on April 27, but he’s not overlooking...
View Article18-year-old found dead inside car submerged in Ohio river
HEATH: Authorities have recovered the body of a central Ohio teenager who appears to have crashed his car into the South Fork Licking River while negotiating a sharp turn.A Licking County dive team...
View ArticleSecurity guard killed in second shooting of year at Game 7 Bar and Grille in...
AKRON: A security guard was shot and killed Saturday night outside the Game 7 Bar and Grille at 627 S. Arlington St., marking the second death at the establishment in two months.Akron police say they...
View ArticleUh-oh. The governor wants again to mess with local government funds
To help the state fill a big multibillion-dollar budget hole, John Kasich axed the state’s local government fund in 2011, cutting it in half. In doing so, the governor broke a pact between state and...
View ArticleIncome tax audits plummet as IRS loses agents to budget cuts
WASHINGTON: As millions of Americans file their income tax returns, their chances of getting audited by the IRS have rarely been so low.The number of people audited by the IRS in 2016 dropped for the...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Answers to your Spectrum/Time Warner conversion questions
Recently, Time Warner Cable, which was acquired by Charter Communications, rebranded itself as Spectrum. Since Spectrum does things slightly differently than Time Warner, there have been questions from...
View ArticleCoventry Township trustee leads charge to recapture community pride
COVENTRY TWP.: Richard Kutuchief fears that Coventry Township is losing its identity.To many, the community of nearly 11,000 people is just part of the larger Portage Lakes region.To others, it’s part...
View ArticleCanal Fulton police say they’ve caught serial burglar
CANAL FULTON: City police have identified a suspect they believe is responsible for a series of break-ins at downtown businesses.Authorities caught a man early Friday morning after an alarm went off at...
View ArticleDevelopers propose Menards, Meijer for Brimfield site
A shopping development featuring Menards and Meijers stores is being proposed in Brimfield Township amid concern by residents about traffic flow.Brimfield’s Zoning Commission recently recommended that...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Egos, stats cast aside as Cavaliers assemble roster that can...
MIAMi: It won’t be long before the Cavaliers are one man short of basketball’s version of a hockey second line.And unlike last season, that could be the case even as they advance in the playoffs.J.R....
View ArticleIndian researcher slams University of Akron
A research fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in India says the University of Mumbai can do better than aligning itself with the University of Akron.Fellow Sayli Udas Mankikar wrote in an essay...
View ArticleSupreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights
WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court is returning a transgender teen’s case to a lower court without reaching a decision, leaving in limbo the issue of transgender rights in school settings.Monday’s action...
View ArticlePolice: Man shot boy playing basketball in Ohio neighborhood
DAYTON, OHIO: Police are trying to figure out why someone shot and wounded an 11-year-old boy while he was playing basketball outdoors with other children in a neighborhood south of downtown...
View ArticleAkron Zoo gives inside view of daily animal care with interactive show
Every day, animals at the Akron Zoo hop, slither and slink by as onlookers observe with interest.But what happens to the animals behind closed cages?Zookeepers from the Akron Zoo gave kids an up-close...
View ArticleSummaCare moving from downtown Akron to East End development
Beacon Journal staff reportSummaCare is returning to its roots.The Akron-based health plan, originally created to provide managed care for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employees, is moving its...
View ArticleNickles Bakery Thrift Store in Akron closing
The Nickles Bakery Thrift Store at 1540 S. Arlington St. in Akron will close Friday. It is the bakery’s only thrift store location in Summit County.Phil Gardner, vice president of sales and marketing...
View ArticleRelease the autopsy report
Under Ohio law, journalists clearly are entitled to view preliminary autopsy reports. But that’s not what is happening in the case of Bryon Macron, the Lafayette Township trustee whose body was found...
View ArticleCity donates land for West Hill nut farm
Akron leaders made a nutty move Monday. City Council donated a vacant lot at 115 S. Maple Street to the West Hill Neighborhood Organization Monday as part of a plan to grow chestnut, almond, walnut and...
View ArticleBrowns entering free-agency negotiating period with historic amount of...
The Browns will enter the free-agency negotiating period armed with about $102 million in salary-cap space, a desire to retain wide receiver Terrelle Pryor and needs at virtually every position coming...
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