Cuyahoga Falls has creative plans for raising money to fix up Mill Pond and...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: When the city purchased some property — including a pond, a dam and a babbling brook — as part of a three-way deal to bring a Menards home improvement store to town, it inherited a $12...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Browns check in on UA receiver Jerome Lane at...
Like 19 other NFL teams, the Browns sent a scout to check out the University of Akron football team’s pro day at Stile Athletics Field House on Friday morning.The Browns also sent Al Saunders, senior...
View ArticleBoys basketball: St. V-M to play Wauseon in Division II state championship...
COLUMBUS: The locker room celebration was ongoing as St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball coach Dru Joyce II and senior players Jayvon Graves and Jonathan Williams spoke with the media on Thursday...
View ArticleCavaliers 112, Hornets 105: LeBron James’ free-throw shooting helps Cavs...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: For a Cavaliers team that on Wednesday got its injury-plagued starting five back on the court together for the first time since Dec. 17, the scary moments just keep on coming. J.R....
View ArticleBoys basketball / Jackson 75, Lakewood St. Edward 64: Polar Bears advance to...
COLUMBUS: Jackson established an up-tempo pace Friday night inside Value City Arena, and kept the pressure on Lakewood St. Edward.Seniors Kyle Young and Logan Hill both tossed down powerful two-hand...
View ArticleLouisiana officer convicted of manslaughter in 6-year-old autistic boy’s death
MARKSVILLE, LA.: A Louisiana law enforcement officer was convicted Friday on a lesser charge of manslaughter in a shooting that killed a 6-year-old autistic boy, a gruesome encounter captured on tape...
View Article2017 NFL Draft: Patrick Mahomes possesses more than the type of arm talent...
Patrick Mahomes can throw a football at least 80 yards, but Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury’s favorite memories of the quarterback don’t stem from his superhuman arm strength.Instead, they’re about...
View ArticleBoys basketball / St. Vincent-St. Mary 45, Wauseon 30: Jayvon Graves powers...
COLUMBUS: A whole bunch of senior Jayvon Graves and a couple of 10-0 scoring runs propelled St. Vincent-St. Mary to a Division II state championship Saturday at Value City Arena.Graves scored 25 points...
View ArticleTreasurer of Akron firefighters union charged with theft
The treasurer of the Akron firefighters union has been charged with felony theft and is in jail in North Carolina, arrested as he fled Akron after the charges were filed on Thursday.Joe Ruhlin, 40,...
View ArticleMacy's to close Rolling Acres and Canton Centre stores
Macy's Inc. will close its stores at Rolling Acres Mall and Canton Centre, with final clearance sales to begin Sunday. Another Macy's in North Randall will also be shuttered. The Rolling Acres store,...
View ArticleOhio suit on community-based options for disabled advances
By Julie Carr SmythCOLUMBUS: A lawsuit claiming Ohioans with intellectual and developmental disabilities experience segregation when forced to receive services from institutions due to fewer community-...
View ArticleWoman killed in Stark
A 48-year-old Stark County woman was fatally shot Friday night when a weapon accidentally discharged as it was being put away after target practice.Robin Lilly was found about 10 p.m. by Stark County...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Raid by Highway Patrol steams neighborhood
More than two weeks later, they’re still fuming.Can’t say I blame them.Dora McCain lives in a quiet neighborhood on the southwest edge of Akron, hard by the Towpath Trail. She has lived there for 45...
View ArticleFake news … really?
Our circulation department sends out emails to recruit subscribers. One recent email began with this headline: “Join us in standing up for real news!”The email went on to say that our real news...
View ArticleOhio’s opioid epidemic spotlighted as GOP health care repeal plan flops
For a state hit hard by a national heroin epidemic and one that’s fighting back with Medicaid expansion dollars, Ohio is home to one in six Americans who could lose access to drug addiction and mental...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Coach Tyronn Lue calls Devin Booker’s 70-point night...
CLEVELAND: Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue played 11 years in the NBA, including three seasons with the “Showtime” Lakers.But even Lue was amazed that Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker scored 70 points Friday...
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BASKETBALLState Tournament ScoreboardSaturday’s ResultsDivision I FinalJackson 39, Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller 38Division II FinalSt. Vincent-St. Mary 45, Wauseon 30Division III FinalCleveland Villa...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Jackson 39, Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller 38. Polar Bears...
COLUMBUS: Jackson senior Kyle Young stepped to the free-throw line Saturday night with 3.6 seconds on the clock in the fourth quarter at Value City Arena with a bunch of pressure on him.How much...
View ArticleIndians mulling options for one, possibly two available spots in Opening Day...
GOODYEAR, Ariz.: The Indians have a number of options for filling out their bullpen to start the regular season. The time to make those decisions is drawing near. As it stands, six relievers currently...
View ArticleCoach Tyronn Lue has secret plan to fix Cavaliers’ struggling defense in...
CLEVELAND: Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue has a secret.That should be encouraging, since what he’s holding back is his plan for how to fix the Cavs’ struggling defense in the playoffs.There’s just one...
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