Marla Ridenour: Despite consecutive sweeps, Cavaliers believe their best is...
At first glance, with an 8-0 playoff record, the Cavaliers appear in full juggernaut mode.Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey said his team ran into a “buzzsaw” in the Eastern Conference semifinals and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Akron police find missing 1-year-old safe
A 1-year-old boy who was taken by his non-custodial father during a domestic dispute early Wednesday morning in Akron has been found safe, police said.Darius Heard Jr. was dropped off by his father at...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating homicide in West Akron
Authorities are investigating the homicide of a 29-year-old man who was found lying on the side of the road at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Cordova Avenue and Thurston Street in the...
View ArticleOhio troopers seize $68,000 worth of pills hidden in car traveling on...
RICHFIELD: The Ohio State Highway Patrol says it seized 2,080 Oxycodone pills worth $68,000 during a traffic stop last week on the Ohio Turnpike.Authorities, who announced the bust Wednesday, said they...
View ArticleAkron pedestrian struck by car on Triplett Boulevard
AKRON: A pedestrian suffered possibly life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday on Triplett Boulevard in the city’s Ellet neighborhood, police said.The victim...
View ArticleSuspect in 5 slayings pleads guilty, avoids death sentence
CLEVELAND: The brother of a victim in a quintuple homicide had to be dragged by deputies from a Cleveland courtroom after trying to attack a defendant who had pleaded guilty in the fatal shootings to...
View ArticleBrowns quick hits: Sashi Brown explains dislike of ‘Hard Knocks,’ discusses...
CLEVELAND: Here are some quick hits from Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown’s question-and-answer session Wednesday with the Press Club of Cleveland at FirstEnergy Stadium:• The Browns have...
View ArticleSummer Concert Preview 2017: U2, Billy Joel, Chance the Rapper, Jason Aldean,...
Summer is nearly here, and keeping with the schedule of the entertainment industry, that means that a bunch of artists will be on the road hoping to entertain you and separate you from a chunk of your...
View ArticleWhole Foods shakes up board as sales figure keeps falling
NEW YORK: Whole Foods announced a board shake-up and cost-cutting plan Wednesday as it fights to hold on to shoppers who have more choices about where to buy the natural and organic foods for which the...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Boxing out network announcers
If you love watching the Cavs on TV but don’t love listening to national TV announcers pulling for the underdog, this might be the gizmo for you. As I noted last year during the World Series — when...
View ArticleRoundabout construction to close Granger Road/State Route 94 intersection...
GRANGER TWP.: The intersection of Granger and Ridge roads will be closed for 70 days when construction of a roundabout — originally scheduled for 2016 — begins in the near future.Township trustees set...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — May 10
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 ArticleAkron police chief, a former G-man, says FBI will miss James Comey but has a...
Skip Rudy Giuliani.Say no to Chris Christie.If President Donald Trump ever wants to move beyond politics and restore faith in the FBI, he needs to pick someone he doesn’t know to lead the nation’s...
View ArticleBack from the dead, man revived by food bank staff home after being released...
One minute, Horace Lewis was closing the gate on his truck at the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank loading dock, where he’d picked up food for a ministry that helps families in need.The next minute, he...
View ArticleBrowns executive Sashi Brown defends No. 1 pick Myles Garrett for comments...
CLEVELAND: If Myles Garrett defends opponents on the football field as well as head of football operations Sashi Brown defends Garrett off the field, the Browns will be pleased with their No. 1 overall...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Already anticipated Cavs-Warriors Finals rematch would be...
INDEPENDENCE: The inevitability of Cavs-Warriors 3.0 lurks beneath the surface, largely unspoken by those on the inside.On Wednesday at Cleveland Clinic Courts, Tristan Thompson cobbled together every...
View ArticleBarberton schools hire new high school principal
BARBERTON: High school Assistant Principal Henry Muren is moving up to the school’s top job.The Board of Education agreed Wednesday to hire Muren, who has been second in command at the high school...
View ArticleAkron robbery: Be careful who you smoke weed with, they may want your Kyrie...
Akron police are investigating the armed robbery of two roommates who said they recognized one of the thieves because they had smoked pot together earlier in the day.According to police, the incident...
View ArticleAttorneys say 8-year-old Ohio boy was bullied before killing himself
School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself that another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack...
View ArticleCould fire bugs behind Springfield Township fires be responsible for recent...
SPRINGFIELD TWP. — Detectives have arrested three teens for setting two vacant homes ablaze over the past six months, police said.During one of the house fires earlier this month, a township...
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