Akron to transform shipping containers into a village of tiny houses for...
The first of many transient artists could move into shipping containers in a wooded lot near downtown Akron this summer.Akron Soul Train, a proposed village of tiny homes for traveling artists, is...
View ArticlePayless ShoeSource closing 400 stores nationwide, reportedly including South...
Payless ShoeSource, one of the largest specialty family footwear retailers in the country, is the latest retail chain to seek protection from its creditors while it reorganizes in federal bankruptcy...
View ArticleMan fires gun at downtown buildings early Sunday morning
Three downtown Akron buildings had windows shattered early Sunday morning by an unknown man shooting a gun.A witness told the Beacon Journal he heard seven distinct shots and guessed they came from a...
View ArticleJudge agrees to lower monthly restitution payments for Akron businessman...
A convicted Akron businessman who was caught trying to run an income tax business while imprisoned was back in court on Tuesday, saying he could not afford the ordered monthly restitution.Summit County...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron basketball: John Groce to replace Keith Dambrot as coach,...
John Groce, former University of Illinois and Ohio University coach, is close to assuming the reins of the University of Akron men’s basketball program, according to an ESPN report.UA did not confirm...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 4
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: Sean Flaherty steps down as Cuyahoga Falls football...
Cuyahoga Falls is in need of a high school football coach following Sean Flaherty’s resignation after four seasons.Flaherty, 37, compiled a record of 7-33 in charge of the Black Tigers during the past...
View ArticleCanton mother charged with cutting children’s necks
CANTON: Police say an Stark County woman is charged with the attempted murder of her two children after she cut their necks, cut her own wrists and called 911 to report the injuries.Police say the 7-...
View ArticlePolice say shoplifter trapped in Brimfield store after closing calls 911
BRIMFIELD TWP.: Police say a suspected shoplifter called 911 for help after she hid in a fitting room at closing time and got locked inside a department store.Brimfield Township police say surveillance...
View ArticleCounty forecloses on the Rubber Bowl
The deteriorating Rubber Bowl could be rock ’n’ rolling if the city rezones it for music concerts, a move its new owners say would unleash millions of dollars in private investments from the other side...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron selects John Groce to lead men’s basketball program
The University of Akron on Wednesday selected former Illinois and Ohio coach John Groce to lead the men’s basketball program.Groce, 45, who reportedly will receive a six-year contract, will be...
View ArticleAkron Dish: New chef at Canal Park in Akron serves up grandma’s recipe; UA...
Thank you, Grandma.That is, the grandma of Canal Park’s new Executive Chef James Phillips.He explains that his grandmother’s culinary talents are the inspiration for the new Southern Fried Chicken...
View ArticleLafayette Township trustee stabbed multiple times, according to preliminary...
MEDINA: A Lafayette Township trustee whose body was found in Chippewa Lake was stabbed multiple times, according to preliminary autopsy results obtained Wednesday by WKYC (Channel 3).According to a...
View ArticleUp to 2 inches of rain and another 5 inches of snow possible in Akron by...
Akron residents may have a chance to break out their umbrellas and snow shovels all within the span of 24 hours.Both raindrops and snowflakes are in the weather forecast in Akron.The National Weather...
View ArticleIf Browns have quarterback-free first round, they could circle back to QBs...
As much as the Browns need a quarterback, there’s no guarantee they’ll draft one in the first round on April 27.And if they pass on the headliners and instead pick from the second tier, remember these...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Roads near Akron hospitals resemble Baja 500
Fifteen months ago, I wrote a column about a veteran paramedic who said the streets around two of Akron’s main hospitals were so bad that his patients were physically suffering because of...
View ArticleTestimony begins in Willard McCarley’s third trial in the 1992 slaying of...
The last time Phyllis Puffenbarger saw her daughter alive, she didn’t get to say she loved her.That’s what she said during her testimony on Wednesday, 25 years after her daughter — 26-year-old Charlene...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 5
BASEBALLScoring SummariesAURORA 9, BARBERTON 7Barberton 122 010 1 — 7 9 1Aurora 202 400 1 — 9 11 0Batteries—Chisnell, May (4), Saunders (5) and Murphy; Coady, Mitch (5) and Capretta. W—Mitch....
View ArticleOfficials: Ohio man shared child porn of sex acts with animals
MORRISTOWN, OHIO: An Ohio man is accused of sharing child pornography online that showed young kids being forced to engage in sexual acts with animals.Thirty-year-old Russell Conrad, of Morristown, is...
View ArticleCavaliers 114, Celtics 91: LeBron James’ dazzling second-quarter effort shows...
BOSTON: LeBron James may have picked up a little something about smokescreens from the master when he nearly landed in Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s lap on his last visit to TD Garden.On Tuesday...
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