Hot Spot: Sing your heart out at Ingy’s Piano Bar
Ingy’s is alive with the sound of musicWith songs folks have sung for a thousand yearsIngy’s fills my heart with the sound of musicMy heart wants to sing every song it hears.(with apologies to Mr....
View ArticleWoman, boyfriend charged in fatal cocaine overdose of boy, 9
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: An Ohio woman and her boyfriend have been indicted for the cocaine overdose death of the woman’s 9-year-old son.A Mahoning County grand jury on Thursday indicted 39-year-old Raenell...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Good news within the bad news
As a former thespian, I am very familiar with the terms stage left and stage right. I’m even familiar with falling off a stage and into the orchestra pit, which I did about 10 years ago when I emceed...
View ArticleChipotle warns customers about payment card data breach
Hackers used malware to access credit and debit card information from Chipotle Mexican Grill customers in Northeast Ohio and across the country in March and April, the company said Friday on its...
View ArticleEight young people charged in Davenport Park in Ellet melee
Police have charged eight young men and women from Akron and Coventry Township in a fight that ended in seven gunshots that chased baseball players and their families out of Ellet’s Davenport Park last...
View ArticleUA child development center shut down after nearly 50 years on campus
For nearly 50 years, the University of Akron has had a collection of pint-size students.But that tradition ended this week, with UA closing the Center for Child Development in the face of campus...
View ArticleLaura Culp named recipient of 2017 Lieberth Community Vision Award
Laura Culp, a partner at Sikich LLP, has been selected as this year’s recipient of Leadership Akron’s Lieberth Community Vision Award.In a news release, the organization said Culp was chosen because of...
View ArticleLake Kim Tam Park being sold; immediate future is unclear
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: Lake Kim Tam Park, a summer swimming hole and playground beloved by generations of families, won’t open for the season this Memorial Day weekend and it’s unclear when, or even if, it...
View ArticleAffected 21 Summa ER residents will scatter across U.S. for training; 4 to...
The 21 Summa emergency medicine residents who had to find new programs after Summa lost its ability to train them after July 1 will scatter around the country. Four will stay in the area at Cleveland...
View ArticleAs Summa ER residents prepare to leave suspended program, they issue letter...
Thirty Summa Health emergency medicine residents who are losing their training program when the health system loses accreditation on July 1 have issued a letter thanking the nurses, staff and former ER...
View ArticleHigh school baseball / Jackson 6, Walsh Jesuit 0: Top-ranked Polar Bears...
Wooster: With any young team, a lack of big-game experience can cause some mental lapses and a game can get away in an instant.Friday on Art Murray Field at the College of Wooster, Walsh Jesuit...
View ArticleHigh school baseball / Tallmadge 3, Chardon ND-CL 1: Blue Devils use three...
HUDSON: Tallmadge coach Kenny Linn and junior Seth Gergely exchanged “the nod” Friday afternoon at the Ball Park at Hudson.That cue in the top of the seventh inning helped propel Tallmadge to a 3-1...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Suggestion that LeBron James’ playoff scoring record...
Joe DiMaggio is in our midst.No one snickered, no one laughed when the Cavaliers’ Richard Jefferson made the comparison.Because the level of consistent excellence, the longevity, the durability that...
View ArticleWho is Stan Ford? Court records and interviews paint complicated picture of...
Glass shattered in the front window of Lindell Lewis’ Fultz Street home one night near Christmas 2015. The retired bricklayer with a bum hip awoke to find a broken pane in his front door, too. Lewis...
View ArticleReport: Trump son-in-law Kushner suggested secret communications channel with...
WASHINGTON: The Washington Post reported Friday that Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, suggested setting up a secret and secure communications channel between the U.S. president’s transition...
View ArticleExhibit at McKinley Museum points out everything can be an historical...
Stop.Put down your iPad, cellphone, newspaper or whatever else you are using to read this article.Take a look to your left and your right. Scan your surroundings.Fast forward in your mind 5, 10, 20, 50...
View ArticleLeBron is broken down one Lego brick at a time at Cleveland science museum
Those who know that kid from Akron will tell you he’s a pretty complex guy.And no one knows that better than Wayne Peltz, who has created a Lego portrait of Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.The Lego...
View ArticleDomestic violence walk in memory of slaying victim Brittany Littlejohn
Friends and relatives Saturday rallied around the memory of Brittany Littlejohn at Akron’s Hardesty Park to raise awareness of domestic violence.Littlejohn, 31, was found shot to death outside her...
View ArticlePortland mayor says heroes died protecting women from anti-Muslim rant
PORTLAND, Ore.: Police said Saturday they’ll examine what appears to be the extremist ideology of a man accused of fatally stabbing two men on a train who tried to intervene when the suspect yelled...
View ArticleHigh school baseball/Tallmadge 3, Canfield 2: Blue Devils win Division II...
HUDSON: The bunt single continued to be a valuable part of the Tallmadge offense Saturday afternoon at the Ball Park at Hudson.Tallmadge coach Kenny Linn is not one to shy away from using some strategy...
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