Stark County Sheriff Maier jumps in chilly creek, helps save 2 children
CANTON — Stark County Sheriff George T. Maier and Canton police officer Jeff Hothem were nearby when a car rolled down an embankment and into a muddy creek Thursday, officials said. Maier jumped into...
View ArticleTwo horses walk into a Canton gaming parlor....and then police show up (a...
CANTON — Two Tennessee walking horses — Charm and Master Charm — were rescued this week from a shuttered Canton gaming parlor after passersby saw the barnyard creatures banging their heads against the...
View Article‘It takes up the whole river!’ U.S. ports welcome giant ship
SAVANNAH, GA.: The largest cargo ship ever to visit ports on the U.S. East Coast is so long the Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument could fit end-to-end along its deck and still leave room for...
View ArticleAkron man shoots 22-year-old daughter after mistaking her for burglar, police...
AKRON: A 22-year-old woman is expected to survive after her father mistook her for a burglar and shot her, Akron police said.Police said the incident unfolded like this in the 1400 block of Onondago...
View ArticleA “Downtown Stow?” City officials want to try to build one
STOW: So where exactly is downtown Stow?Council President Mike Rasor said there should be a more obvious answer to that, but none of the city’s scattered commercial districts answers to that...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls schools looks to layoffs, fee increases to avert looming...
Cuyahoga Falls City Schools Superintendent Todd Nichols is recommending laying off teachers and other staff, increasing fees and asking voters for more money to avoid a looming financial crisis.Without...
View ArticleAkron elementary students share artwork with Summa Akron City patients
The gray plastic cart that cheerful volunteer Rosemary Capotosto pushes through the halls of Summa Akron City Hospital comes up to about her waist, but it’s not heavy.It’s laden with 178 neatly stacked...
View ArticlePeople in the News — compiled May 11
Stars turning out for ‘Red Nose Day’Ben Affleck, Jack Black, Orlando Bloom, Paul Rudd and DJ Khaled are donning red noses to help kids as part of TV’s Red Nose Day Special.NBC announced Thursday that...
View ArticleCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue praises growth, sacrifice from Kevin Love even as...
INDEPENDENCE: When Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue looks at Kevin Love’s limited number of shots in the first two rounds of the playoffs, he said he sees growth.Growth for Love, a four-time All-Star, and...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — May 11
BASEBALLTournament ScoreboardThursday’s ResultsBarberton Division I SectionalCopley at Wadsworth, ppd.Barberton at Medina, ppd.Garfield at Brecksville, ppd.Firestone at Archbishop Hoban, ppd.Hudson...
View ArticleSuburban League track and field: Highland sweeps American Conference;...
MACEDONIA: The Suburban League track and field championship concluded Thursday with hardware for Highland and host Nordonia and Wadsworth keeping streaks intact.Highland swept the girls and boys titles...
View ArticleNFL rejects reinstatement bid of suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon,...
Josh Gordon won’t be riding to the rescue of the Browns anytime soon.A source said Thursday the NFL denied the reinstatement petition of the suspended wide receiver, but he can reapply in the fall. The...
View ArticleJim Midock’s heart-transplant hopes: Former WNIR newsman waits for a...
Jim Midock is hoping for a heart transplant.He and his wife, Jennifer, are waiting by the phone. Bags packed. Midock is being kept alive by a mechanical heart pump with a power cord coming out of his...
View ArticleThanks to LeBron James, Akron students see Little Tikes factory in Hudson not...
By a show of hands, who has either owned or purchased a Little Tikes product?This is the question Bill Cofield, vice president of operations, casually tossed out to the 150 or so Akron seventh-graders...
View ArticleConstructive start at Summa
Cliff Deveny has been listening. That was evident in his recent interview with Betty Lin-Fisher, a Beacon Journal business writer. The interim chief executive of Summa Health acknowledged in a healthy...
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Spinners are spinning their way just about everywhere in Ohio
Spinners are the latest craze making the rounds and rounds and rounds in Northeast Ohio. Stores are having trouble keeping them on the shelves, and kids (as well as kids at heart) are having trouble...
View ArticleLosses at J.C. Penney double, sales slide, as do shares
PLANO, TEXAS: Losses at J.C. Penney doubled in the first quarter and sales at established stores fell again, capping a terrible week for retailers.Though the loss at first did not appear as bad as many...
View ArticleFairlawn approves project to bring CoreLife Eatery and City Barbecue to...
FAIRLAWN: The city Planning Commission has approved a proposal to tear down the aging Wyant Buildings along West Market Street to make room for a new complex featuring two restaurants.“That’s a big...
View ArticleLife in the slower lane: New Cuyahoga Falls school bus driver extends...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Bill Faix spied something wedged under the seat cushions of the school bus he drives.It was an empty, black-and-white, tiger-striped, soft-sided lunch box. When Faix lifted the lid, he...
View ArticleAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank exceeds 2017 Harvest for Hunger campaign goal
Community leaders and campaign coordinators rallied Friday at the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank to celebrate the success of the 2017 Harvest for Hunger campaign. The campaign raised $1,262,933,...
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