ESPN’s Todd McShay delves into quarterback draft decision Browns could face:...
With the first wave of NFL free agency complete, the latest trend among draft analysts is to predict all of the incoming rookie quarterbacks who will be available to the Browns when they go on the...
View ArticleCity takes first steps to crack down after repeat murders, arrests at...
The city is targeting a “problem bar” on what’s become Akron’s deadliest street corner.Twice this year men have been shot dead in or just outside of Game 7 Bar and Grille at 627 S. Arlington St.“What’s...
View ArticleInnocent bystander sues city over 2015 police dog attack meant to capture...
An Akron woman who was attacked by a police dog that was chasing a man who trespassed into her home has sued the city, arguing the dog’s handler was negligent.Deborah Callaway, now 57, alleges the dog...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Beacon’s news is set through June
Beacon Journal editors spend countless hours in planning meetings. But no more.A woman from Georgia wrote a letter to Editor Bruce Winges specifying exactly what will appear in future issues — and...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron men’s basketball: Zips advance to second round of NIT...
The season will continue for the University of Akron men’s basketball team.The Zips stayed alive in the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday night with a 78-75 win over No. 2 seed Houston on the...
View ArticleCavaliers forwards Kevin Love, Kyle Korver might return soon, but major...
INDEPENDENCE: The time that Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue has long awaited, and with it the decisions that he’s been agonizing over, are nearly upon him.Barring something unforeseen, the Cavs’ roster will...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 5 years for fentanyl overdose death; man’s mother says...
A Cuyahoga Falls mother doesn’t want her son to be known as an addict or a murderer.Nancy Mariola says Brock Richardson also is a victim of the heroin epidemic, though he is still alive while a man he...
View ArticleStark County church damaged in morning fire
A Plain Township congregation is seeking a temporary place to worship this weekend after an early morning church fire Wednesday caused about $200,000 in damage.“We’re very grateful no one was harmed....
View ArticleMcDonald’s calls Trump a ‘disgusting excuse’ in tweet, claims account was...
NEW YORK: McDonald’s says it has been notified by Twitter that its account was “compromised” after it appeared to send a message calling Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President.” The tweet to...
View ArticleOhio police say 2 found dead after child reports parents unresponsive; drug...
CENTERVILLE, OHIO: Police say medics found two adults dead after a child called 911 to report unresponsive parents at a home in southwestern Ohio.The Dayton Daily News reports that Centerville police...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic closing Medina Hospital’s birthing center at end of June
Expectant mothers in Medina County can no longer plan to give birth close to home.Cleveland Clinic is consolidating its labor and delivery services at its three hub hospitals — Akron General, Fairview...
View ArticleMan snaps neck of elderly mother’s dog, couple starves dogs in two Akron...
Akron police have charged three people with felony cruelty to animals in two incidents so far this month on accusations that they mistreated or even killed dogs. In the most recent case, James Taylor,...
View ArticleThey’re public records
As part of Sunshine Week this week, Dave Yost released a list of 414 citations issued to 357 public entities in 2016, most cited for lacking complete policies for public records. The state auditor...
View ArticleSecond child in a week revived after apparently ingesting drugs and...
A second Akron child in a week has accidentally ingested and overdosed on drugs apparently left out by parents or other adults.According to police, a 6-year-old girl ingested an opiate — possibly...
View ArticleDispute between U-verse and Raycom Media cuts off some Northeast Ohio cable...
A dispute between AT&T’s U-verse cable service and Raycom Media left some college basketball fans out in the cold Thursday and Friday and threatens to continue disrupting the local CBS affiliate’s...
View ArticleBishop gives blessing to eat corned beef Friday; St. Patrick’s Day busiest...
Go forth and eat some guilt-free corned beef.In a clash of calendars that happens every seven years or so, St. Patrick’s Day this year falls on a Friday during Lent, when Catholics are required to...
View ArticleHigh school boys basketball / Jackson 80, Medina 59: Polar Bears advance to...
Jackson brought its athletic and high-flying team to the University of Akron on Thursday night, and Medina coach Chris Hassinger left impressed.“I would call them a freight train,” Hassinger said...
View ArticleBoys basketball / St. Vincent-St. Mary 87, Mentor Lake Catholic 51: Fighting...
CANTON: Basketball fans, are you ready for St. Vincent-St. Mary versus Cleveland Central Catholic, Round II? You can read anything you like into that reference. St. V-M and Cleveland Central Catholic...
View ArticleCavaliers 91, Jazz 83: Season of adversity continues as Iman Shumpert, Kyrie...
CLEVELAND: When Kevin Love returned Thursday night, there was a sense the Cavaliers had weathered the storm.They came into the game against the Utah Jazz at Quicken Loans Arena with a two-game lead...
View ArticleAkron police boost traffic enforcement for St. Patrick’s Day
Akron police are urging people planning to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to do so responsibly.Police will be out in force in Akron to deter impaired driving. Greater levels of enforcement are funded...
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