Cavaliers 119, Pacers 114: LeBron James leads stunning rally from 26 points...
INDIANAPOLIS: The Cavs know the pain of blowing a 26-point lead, with their April 9 collapse and overtime loss in Atlanta still fresh in their minds.On Thursday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse, they...
View ArticleRamp and lane closures coming this weekend to Akron interstates
Beacon Journal staff reportThe Ohio Department of Transportation will close some ramps and lanes to make pavement repairs over the next three weekends on Interstate 77 in Akron starting this...
View ArticleAfter 30 years of storytelling, it’s time to write my own — Mary Beth...
There’s a framed saying next to my computer that says, “She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”(It’s right next to a Hemingway quote, “Write drunk. Edit sober.” But we won’t go...
View ArticleStark sheriff announces location of sobriety checkpoints Friday
CANTON: Authorities will conduct two sobriety checkpoints Friday in Stark County, Sheriff George Maier said.One will be held at 7 p.m. on Columbus Road Northeast in Plain Township and the other is set...
View ArticleSearch is on for Stark County man who faces murder charges in the shooting...
AKRON: Stark County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who is facing aggravated murder charges for the fatal shooting of his wife Friday.Around 1 p.m., deputies were called to 7487 Hill Church...
View ArticleTeen dies in apparent accidental shooting, Akron police say
A 17-year-old boy died Friday afternoon after what Akron police said appears to be an accidental shooting.Officers responded to the 600 block of Fulmer Avenue around 1 p.m. Friday over reports of a...
View ArticleFamily members plead for information to solve massacre of eight people a year...
COLUMBUS: Tearful family members are pleading for information that could help solve the massacre of eight people in Ohio a year ago, in a video released Friday.Geneva Rhoden, who lost two sons, three...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls mother leads protest outside Summit courthouse; dealer who...
A Cuyahoga Falls mother quoted from her daughter’s obituary Friday morning during the sentencing for the man who provided her fatal dose of drugs.“Sheena would not want us to cry,” Brenda Ryan said of...
View ArticleRascal Flatts to play Canal Park on Aug. 5 to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital
Country stars Rascal Flatts will play a rare major concert in Canal Park, a benefit for Akron Children’s Hospital on Aug. 5.The RubberDucks stadium seats 7,630 and fans will also be allowed on the...
View ArticleSyrians in Akron speak out over chemical attacks in home country
Outside the Highland Square library, about a dozen people formed a small circle, each with a flickering candle in hand.Walaa Hamad stood somberly as her two children ran through the grass. A soft...
View ArticleNFL Network’s Mike Mayock says Browns must draft Myles Garrett at No. 1 but...
When Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown spoke during a pre-draft news conference earlier this week, he sounded as if he were ready to draft Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett first...
View ArticleFrancisco Lindor reportedly turned down Indians’ offer of about $100 million
Perhaps Brody Chernoff was on to something.The 6-year-old son of Indians General Manager Mike Chernoff, Brody was on the air with Indians radio play-by-play man Tom Hamilton when he said in spring...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: LeBron James’ greatness ‘showcased’ in different fashion in...
INDIANAPOLIS: Since his iconic playoff performance against the Detroit Pistons in 2007, reminders of LeBron James’ greatness have been frequent.His amazing stat lines, his mounting list of...
View ArticleAkron dealer who sold potent mix of heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil...
HUNTINGTON, W.VA.: An Ohio man who sold heroin laced with an elephant tranquilizer that caused more than two dozen overdoses in West Virginia was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison...
View ArticleHernandez’s body brought to Connecticut funeral home
BRISTOL, Conn.: Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez’s body was taken to a funeral home in his Connecticut hometown Saturday, two days before his family holds a private funeral.The body arrived in the...
View ArticleWhat’s your super power? Akron Zoo animals and visitors show off their talents
Spider-Girl and Captain America, apparently taking a day off from fighting crime, combined their pint-size super strength Saturday to charm penguins.Almost every time the brother-sister superhero duo...
View ArticleHere’s what the Hall of Fame Village will offer
The Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village will include• Hall of Fame Museum.• Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Third and final phase, 2018 completion.• Football-themed luxury hotel and...
View ArticleWorld finance leaders drop climate change, trade rule language from meeting...
WASHINGTON: Global finance leaders on Saturday dropped a sharp condemnation of trade protectionism and references to climate change from a closing statement that wrapped up the spring meetings of the...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines tries to learn from United’s mistakes in stroller incident
NEW YORK: Another day, another cellphone video of a conflict on an airplane.American Airlines said it grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger on a Friday flight...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 22
SOFTBALLScoring SummariesGame One CLOVERLEAF 2, BUCKEYE 1Buckeye 000 100 0 — 1 4 2Cloverleaf 010 100 X — 2 8 0Batteries—Kemp and Calame; Goode and Gray. W—Goode, 1-5. L—Kemp, 2-3. Save—None....
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