City of Green begins talks about adding third fire station
GREEN: City leaders are considering building a third fire station, possibly in the northeast sector where residential, business and industrial growth continues.No decisions have been made, but the...
View ArticleCleveland man who represented himself is sentenced to prison after being...
Maybe representing himself wasn’t such a great idea.A Summit County jury found a Cleveland man who served as his own lawyer guilty of charges filed against him for a series of break-ins at local...
View ArticleLeBron to sing ‘Carpool Karaoke’ and more: ‘It’s going to be phenomenal’
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James won’t just be singing Carpool Karaoke with James Corden.The English actor, comedian and singer and host of CBS’ The Late Late Show tweeted a picture of himself Monday hanging...
View ArticleFootball: East’s Devanier Floyd, Ramon Fields commit to play at the...
East juniors Devanier Floyd and Ramon Fields have committed to play football on scholarship at their hometown college, the University of Akron.“I think this is a fantastic opportunity for both of these...
View ArticleSummit prosecutor campaign reaches out to victims in different languages
पीडित That translates to “victim” in Nepali. The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office is reaching out to crime victims from different cultures by speaking their language. A new outreach campaign starting...
View ArticleLeBron James believes NBA rest controversy all about him
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James believes if he were averaging 16 points a game, there would be no controversy over NBA stars resting in nationally televised games.“I don’t understand why it’s become a...
View ArticleAP Exclusive: Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort had plan...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and...
View ArticleCity residents, leaders left nearly $90,000 on the table in community based...
City Hall is having trouble giving away money.Last year, the council set aside $100,000 for community-based grants, which would help neighborhood groups that come up with matching funds to do clean-up,...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls expects Front Street project to get started in April, end Dec. 31
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The talking is done. After three years of research, a dozen community meetings and a road trip through the Midwest, Cuyahoga Falls officials say it’s time to break ground on a nearly...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting death after emotional...
Two Akron women embraced and comforted each other Wednesday in a Summit County courtroom.They had never before met, but shared a mutual grief and sorrow. Chinille Hunt lost her husband in a December...
View Article5 dead in vehicle, knife attack at British Parliament
LONDON: A knife-wielding man went on a deadly rampage in the heart of Britain’s seat of power Wednesday, plowing a car into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer...
View ArticleLegal expert: Shooter will have to show man he killed during dirt bike...
To avoid conviction, William Knight’s attorneys will have to show he or his family were in serious danger when he shot and killed an Akron man selling his son-in-law’s stolen dirt bike Monday night, a...
View ArticleMan charged with exposing private parts to teenage girl
A Wadsworth man has been arrested on charges of exposing his private parts to a 14-year-old girl while she walked to school in Medina earlier this month.Trevor Freeman is charged with public indecency....
View ArticleUA director behind bars after authorities say he showed up intoxicated at a...
The director of the University of Akron’s School of Communication is behind bars after authorities said he showed up intoxicated this week at a probation meeting for a drunken-driving...
View ArticleBridgestone Americas hires first-ever chief technology officer to oversee...
Bridgestone Americas has hired a chief technology officer with three degrees from Ohio State University to take charge of the company’s Akron campus.Nizar Trigui will be the company’s first-ever CTO,...
View ArticleCrazy rides and critters: I-X Indoor Amusement Park offers cure for chilly...
Consider this.Cedar Point boasts some 70 rides.Kings Island, 48.The I-X Indoor Amusement Park has some 60 or so.Granted, the attractions and rides tucked under the weather-proof roof of the giant...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Snipers get a comedy discount
Multiple-newspaper reader Linda Runion of Orrville choked on her coffee the other morning when she picked up her copy of the Wooster Daily Record and read this:“LOUDONVILLE — You are invited to ‘Laugh...
View ArticleThings to Do, March 23: Irish dance at Civic; Chip and Dip Day; classical in...
Watch Irish dancing in AkronJustin Boros, a Northwest High School basketball standout turned Irish dancer, brings The Rhythm in the Night: The Irish Dance Spectacular to the Akron Civic Theatre at 7:30...
View ArticleNortheast Ohio continues to lose population
Northeast Ohio continues to bleed people — and it can no longer lay claim to being home to the largest county in Ohio.A 14-county region that includes Akron, Canton, Cleveland and Youngstown lost a...
View ArticleIndians prospect Bradley Zimmer hoping strong spring a sign of new swing...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz: Indians outfield prospect Bradley Zimmer has been tearing through Cactus League play this spring training, a positive sign after a stagnated six- to eight-month stretch.The Indians...
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