University of Akron basketball: Search to replace coach Keith Dambrot begins;...
The fallout has begun in the wake of former University of Akron basketball coach Keith Dambrot accepting the same position at Duquesne University.The priority for the university is getting a new coach...
View ArticleStow judge creates program that uses inspiration to turn around offenders
STOW: At 5:45 p.m. on a recent afternoon, the empty Stow Municipal Court parking lot started to fill again.Nearly 40 people headed for the entrance, nobody wanting to be late. A 6:01 p.m. arrival means...
View ArticleFormer Edwin Shaw buildings coming down in Lakemore
LAKEMORE: The buildings on the former Edwin Shaw medical campus — everything from the cottages to the main hospital — are starting to come down.Safeco Environmental Inc. is on the property tearing down...
View ArticleKisling, Nestico and Redick accused in lawsuit of kickback schemes,...
Former clients of personal injury law firm Kisling, Nestico and Redick have sued, alleging the firm took kickbacks from other companies and charged clients for investigations that never happened.The...
View ArticleLegislation would return tax dollars mishandled in charter schools to the...
Ohio Rep. Kristina Roegner says tax dollars recouped from mismanaged charter schools belong to local school districts, not the state.On Wednesday, the Hudson Republican will give the first testimony in...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Cam Erving to move from center, compete for starting right...
PHOENIX: Cameron Erving will receive a shot to earn his keep with the Browns, but it will be at a new position.Coach Hue Jackson said Erving will move from center to right tackle, where he’ll compete...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Cavaliers conceding high playoff seed not as farfetched as it...
SAN ANTONIO: Perhaps Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue was just thinking out loud.But it’s hard to believe Lue’s comparison of the Cavs’ current situation to the 2009-10 Celtics and the dramatic shift in...
View ArticleHuman legs found in trash prompt Ohio homicide investigation
COLUMBUS: Police say two human legs have been found in the trash at a waste-collection facility in Ohio’s capital, prompting a homicide investigation.Columbus police were called to the business on the...
View ArticleAkron police looking for suspects in two shootings
Akron police are investigating separate shootings that sent two young men to the hospital.In the first incident, a 23-year-old man was found shortly after 2 a.m. Monday with a gunshot would to the...
View ArticleAkron police investigating suspected street race accident that ejected person...
Akron police are investigating a car crash that saw one person ejected and sent a vehicle engine bouncing along the street, news partner News 5 Cleveland reports.The accident took place during a...
View ArticleAkron Dish: No Greek bake sale this year; Blue Door discontinues dinners;...
I am in mourning.A local rite of spring, the annual bake sale at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Akron, is not happening this year.The reason? “Major renovations of the church, including a...
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America’s largest candy store in Cleveland braces for Easter customers
It is the calm before the sugar rush. Workers scurry about what is billed as the largest candy store in North America in anticipation of b.a. Sweetie’s biggest shopping season of the year — Easter....
View ArticleTwo men accused of robbing pizza delivery driver in Green
GREEN: Two men were arrested early Wednesday morning after being accused of robbing a pizza delivery driver when he stopped at a Circle K store in the 3500 block of Arlington Road.Ronald Henry Jr., 23,...
View ArticleAkron ‘sponsors’ dam removal near Cincinnati to save millions back home
With little more than saying OK, Akron has saved millions from its billion-dollar sewer project.Since 2015, Akron has utilized the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Resource Restoration...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 14 years for shooting death of his wife; man says...
Prosecutors say Phillip Battle and his wife were using cocaine and drinking on the night before her death when they called police to report hearing noises and voices in their Goodyear Heights...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty to charges for carfentanil death
A 24-year-old Akron man pleaded guilty this week to felony charges for supplying carfentanil to a woman who died of an overdose in New Franklin last summer.Jonathan Becker pleaded guilty to involuntary...
View Article’Angel of Death’ serial killer badly beaten in Ohio prison
TOLEDO, Ohio: Authorities say a serial killer who admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky during the 1970s and ‘80s has been badly beaten inside his prison cell.A...
View ArticleSumma loses appeal: Medical residency program at Akron City’s ER will end
Summa Health System has lost its appeal with a national accreditation council that abruptly stripped the institution of its ability to train emergency room residents at Akron City Hospital July 1.Summa...
View ArticleSashi Brown says Browns to ‘stay aggressive’ in pursuit of QB, listen to...
PHOENIX: If the Browns have it their way, they’ll trade for a veteran quarterback this offseason and keep the No. 1 overall draft pick instead of moving down next month.Those were the messages...
View ArticleGet ready to meet other new neighbors alongside 365 by Whole Foods at former...
Hairstyles and healthy attitudes — along with pet care and Italian cuisine — will fill up the new retail space accompanying 365 by Whole Foods when the complex opens this year in West Akron.The stores...
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