Proposals would ban schools from challenging property taxes or make them pay...
School districts and businesses are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to fight over property taxes.Schools want to collect more, and businesses try to pay less.It’s a quiet and...
View ArticleSumma Health’s interim CEO says ‘everything is on the table’ for correcting...
In the eight weeks since he became interim CEO at Summa Health, Dr. Cliff Deveny has been on an extensive listening tour.He’s been meeting with employees, from the housecleaning staff to nurses to...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Coach Dwane Casey challenges Raptors to throw punches,...
TORONTO: LeBron James spinning the ball twice before draining a 3-pointer in Serge Ibaka’s face in the second quarter of Game 2.James picking up a server’s beer and pretending to take a sip when...
View ArticleBrowns executive Sashi Brown says it would be ‘surprise’ if team adds another...
Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown insisted Friday he would be comfortable entering the 2017 season without adding another quarterback and he’d be surprised if the franchise acquired one...
View ArticleLeBron James relishes away games in playoffs
Cleveland: For LeBron James, traveling isn’t a violation, but rather a delight.The Cavaliers star sees the hand-painted signs calling him a crybaby or worse, and laughs. He hears the taunts from...
View ArticleCavaliers 115, Raptors 94: LeBron James, Kyle Korver key fourth-quarter run...
TORONTO: The Toronto Raptors’ two-headed monster had only one head Friday night and for three quarters, it appeared it — or he — would shoot holes in the old axiom.Especially against a Cavaliers team...
View ArticleChelsea Schobert, younger daughter of couple killed in New Franklin slayings,...
Chelsea Schobert won her freedom in April when she stood before a Summit County judge and pledged that she would start a new life by caring for her infant daughter.“She means the world to me. It’s all...
View ArticleHard Rock Rocksino adding a gas station and car wash
NORTHFIELD: Hard Rock, an international brand known for music, food, hotels and gambling, is expanding its reach into ... gas and carwashes.The Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park announced Wednesday...
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Cleared in 1988 slaying, former inmates Bob Gondor and Randy Resh don’t want...
The journey for Bob Gondor and Randy Resh to prove their innocence in a 1988 murder started and ended with a handshake. The childhood friends shook hands in 1990 in the driveway of Gondor’s family...
View ArticleGoodyear’s third NT airship being built at Wingfoot Lake
Goodyear’s third NT airship is starting to come together.Workers at Goodyear’s Suffield Township blimp base are at the beginning stages of assembling the last of three NT, or New Technology, airships...
View ArticleOhio man pleads guilty to coercing girl, 14, to have sex with him while he...
CINCINNATI: An Ohio man who authorities say held a 14-year-old girl captive for months and raped her while being electronically monitored because of an earlier abduction case pleaded guilty Friday to...
View ArticleMan slain, woman shot at large party in Portage County
FRANKLIN TWP.: A Cleveland man and a Columbus woman were shot early Saturday morning as law enforcement tried to quell a large party in Portage County, authorities said.The man — Jayquon Devione...
View ArticleFood programs remain vital in Summit County as new study finds 85,110 people...
Cathleen Naugle is among area older adults who once a month get a Senior Box — a carton of food designed to assure they have consistent access to healthful eats.Naugle, 61, said she “never really used...
View ArticleTrump wants to cut anti-drug office by 95%, memo says
The Trump administration has proposed cutting almost 95 percent of the budget for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy at a time the president has pledged to aggressively combat...
View ArticleNigerian official says 82 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls released
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls seized three years ago by Boko Haram have been freed in exchange for detained suspects with the extremist group, Nigeria’s government announced early...
View ArticleThousands of people fill arena to hear from Warren Buffett, who has harsh...
OMAHA, Neb.: Listening to Warren Buffett never gets old to the thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders who filled an arena Saturday to hear the billionaire investor at the company’s annual...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Sacrifices of Kyle Korver, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert...
TORONTO: Kyle Korver said his cellphone had not blown up with voice mails and texts after his return from Cavaliers’ oblivion.“No, it’s Toronto,” he said before Saturday’s practice, perhaps more a...
View ArticleClem Caraboolad Award: Ellet’s Chuck Shuman earns Coach of the Year honor
Those who know Chuck Shuman best describe him as a “fair and caring” man.Whether it’s on a softball field, football field or just in casual conversation, Shuman displays “class” everyday and loves to...
View ArticleAkron-area schools keeping an eye on Netflix show ‘13 Reasons Why,’ urge...
Netflix is known for encouraging its viewers to binge watch a favorite program. But when a series delves into the sensitive topic of teen suicide, it prompts some — particularly mental health experts...
View ArticleWhat the closing of the Child Development Center says about UA
The decision to close the Center for Child Development at the University of Akron did not pass quietly. Critics even compared the decision-making to Scott Scarborough, whose short tenure as president...
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