Gunshots at Ellet park send parents, kids running for cover Tuesday night
Parents and children scrambled for cover — with some adults even forming a human shield around kids — as gunfire rang out Tuesday night at a busy Davenport Park in Akron.With young children playing and...
View ArticleCoach House Theatre expected to shut down due to financial struggles of Akron...
Coach House Theatre is closing after a 90-year run.The theater’s board members and artistic directors said they are leaving because of an ongoing financial dispute between the theater and the Akron...
View ArticleCavaliers 117, Celtics 104: LeBron James’ dazzling scoring streaks continue...
BOSTON: It didn’t matter which Boston Celtic attempted to guard LeBron James.Marcus Smart, Kelly Olynyk, Al Horford, Avery Bradley, Jaylen Brown, Jae Crowder ... James embarrassed them all.On this...
View ArticleStow woman killed in Northfield Center Township crash
NORTHFIELD CENTER TWP.: A 52-year-old Stow woman was killed at 7:15 a.m. Wednesday in a one-car crash on Interstate 271 southbound.The woman, who has not been identified publicly, was driving a 2012...
View ArticleNortheast Ohio teacher on leave over Snapchat complaint about prom expenses
BEDFORD, OHIO: A suburban Cleveland teacher has been put on paid leave over a social media post that appeared to criticize the expense of some students’ prom arrangements in contrast with not having...
View ArticleFairs and Festivals 2017: Summer slate includes Harry Potter, Duck Derby,...
Kettle popcorn.Tilt-a-Whirls.Funnel cakes.Harry Potter?It’s that time of year again. The time when we close off streets, forget the diet and salute everything from cherry blossoms to hamburgers to...
View ArticleScholarship plan draws resistance and low turnout to meeting
GREEN: Councilman Stephen Dyer met some resistance Wednesday to his proposal for the city to provide college scholarships to at-risk Green High School graduates.Five residents attended a meeting called...
View ArticleFairlawn looks to buy vacant property along Ridgewood Road
FAIRLAWN: The city is looking to buy 14.5 acres of vacant property along Ridgewood Road to help expand its Fairlawn Corporate Park and improve stormwater retention.Fairlawn has a tentative deal in...
View ArticleTreatment is key to helping troubled youth, juvenile court judge says during...
When a 25-year-old man visited Summit County Juvenile Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio years after he had been through her court, he told her how much he hated her and that she made his life miserable.He...
View ArticleFormer Catholic Charities business manager sentenced for stealing $2 million...
A former business manager and comptroller at a Cleveland Catholic Charities facility has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling $2 million from the diocesan organization,...
View ArticleCar mows down Times Square pedestrians for blocks, killing one and injuring...
NEW YORK: A man steered his car onto a sidewalk running through the heart of Times Square and mowed down pedestrians for three blocks Thursday, killing a teenager, then emerged from his wrecked vehicle...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: While they saw no dirty play from Celtics, Cavs prepare...
BOSTON: While the Cavaliers are steeling themselves for another physical battle in Friday night’s Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals at TD Garden, they refused to accuse the Boston Celtics of...
View ArticleCavaliers’ J.R. Smith admits he’s a flower guy after his touching NICU...
BOSTON: J.R. Smith knows the fact that he likes giving flowers belies his reputation.“Surprisingly, yes,” he said Wednesday night without a hint of sheepishness.The Cavaliers guard did not hesitate to...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Historic 30-point night from LeBron James and Kevin Love is...
BOSTON: For one night, the Cavaliers witnessed the height of their hopes.The performances were dazzling, the historical implications surprising, even the morning after.When they traded with the...
View ArticleAuthorities search two nearby houses in connection to Akron fire that killed...
Investigators searched two houses on Hillcrest Street on Thursday afternoon as part of a probe into the nearby house fire Monday that left a family of seven dead.Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards cautioned...
View ArticleMore than 100 sickened in possible norovirus outbreak in Northeast Ohio
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO: A Northeast Ohio country club has shut down its kitchen as health officials investigate a possible outbreak of a highly contagious virus that has sickened more than 100 people.WOIO-TV...
View ArticleOhio State Highway Patrol to hold two OVI checkpoints Friday in Summit County
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will hold two checkpoints Friday night in Summit County to catch motorists operating vehicles under the influence.The patrol announced the locations Friday morning: from 8...
View ArticleRoar of engines and live racing return next week to Dragway 42
WEST SALEM: Dragway 42 will reopen next week.Ron Matcham, who bought the racetrack in 2013, has been restoring the property for the last four years, the Wooster Daily Record reports.The Wayne County...
View ArticleIndians’ Francisco Lindor is going to keep bunting, no matter what some...
CLEVELAND: Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor is aware of the criticisms some have with his decision to bunt in certain situations. He just doesn’t care. The game of baseball has been in the middle of...
View ArticleFirefighters battle blaze at vacant house in Akron
Akron firefighters battled a blaze at a vacant house early Friday morning at the intersection of Arlington and Hazel streets.There were no injuries reported.The front of the house was fully involved...
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