Former Northfield Center Trustee Brent Sommer dies following boating accident
NORTHFIELD CENTER TWP.: Former township trustee Brent Sommer has died after a boating accident in Florida over the Memorial Day weekend. Township Trustee Paul Buescher reported the death in his online...
View ArticleLakemore police are back on the beat after nearly eight-year hiatus
LAKEMORE: Village police are back on the beat. After a nearly eight-year hiatus, the Lakemore Police Department returned to operation at 12:01 a.m. Monday. “It was nice,” Police Chief Ken Ray said...
View ArticleWhere is the LeBron James/Kevin Durant hip-hop song recorded in Akron six...
Forget the missing bench points for the Cavaliers.The real mystery swirling around this year’s NBA Finals as the Cavs look to return to their winning ways at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday night...
View ArticleOhio man who beat infant son gets more prison time after boy dies
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO: An Ohio man imprisoned for severely beating his infant son in 2007 has been sentenced to more prison time after the boy died in his sleep years later.The Columbus Dispatch reports...
View ArticleOhio man with HIV charged with murder in infected partner’s death
TOLEDO, OHIO: An Ohio man accused of not telling his girlfriend that he was HIV-positive has been charged with murder after the woman’s death, which was attributed to AIDS.Ronald Murdock, of Toledo,...
View ArticleMother files lawsuit after Lakewood officer breaks daughter’s jaw
Associated PressCLEVELAND: A mother has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force after an Ohio police officer broke her 17-year-old daughter’s jaw while escorting the girl out of a...
View ArticleEx-player’s NFL pension garnished to repay Ohio charity theft
CLEVELAND: Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Reggie Rucker will have nearly $400 a month garnished from his NFL pension payments after stealing from his nonviolence nonprofit groups.Rucker was...
View ArticleState Route 8 southbound to be temporarily reduced to one lane beginning at...
State Route 8 southbound in Stow will be reduced to one lane of traffic beginning at noon today around the 9.6-mile marker for an emergency repair by the city of Stow.The high-speed lane will remain...
View ArticleDrivers beware: ODOT to close I-77 southbound in Akron this weekend
Highway motorists be warned: A big closure is coming this weekend to Akron and more are looming.The Ohio Department of Transportation is shutting down Interstate 77 southbound just east of the Kenmore...
View ArticleFour area U.S. Postal workers indicted in post office drug conspiracy
Named in the indictment are Rabih Kairouz, 29, of Akron; Anton D. Easter Jr., 26, of Akron; Scott Gay Jr., 33, of Canton; and Corey Turnbull, 26, of Ravenna.David Sierleja, acting U.S. Attorney for the...
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Akron Dish: Wally Waffle moving to new Tallmadge development; Vaccaro’s...
Wally Waffle, an area breakfast favorite, is baking up a new location in the under-construction New Village at Town Center in Tallmadge, near the busy circle. In Bath Township, at Vaccaro’s Trattoria,...
View ArticleTallmadge man pleads no contest in drunk driving crash that killed Ellet High...
Patricia Powell should have walked across the stage with her Ellet High School peers Sunday to get her diploma.Instead, the teen’s family had flowers delivered to the commencement in her honor. Powell,...
View ArticleBuchtel students beautify vacant lot and soothe the soul
Students from Buchtel high school did more than just clean up a vacant lot Monday in the Roselawn/Excelsior section of Akron’s Middlebury neighborhood. They planted hope.The lot at 782 Excelsior Ave....
View ArticleSignet says its newly promoted chief operations officer has resigned
One of Signet Jewelers Ltd.’s top executives, newly promoted Chief Operations Officer Bryan Morgan, has resigned “due to violations of company policy,” the national retailer said.The Akron company did...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Calvin Pryor confident despite downfall with Jets, Myles...
BEREA: New Browns safety Calvin Pryor is a first-round bust in the eyes of the New York Jets, but he’s hoping a change of scenery will alter that perception.“One thing I know — I can play football,”...
View ArticleCoach Hue Jackson on Browns reportedly showing interest in free-agent...
BEREA: Coach Hue Jackson likes the idea of the Browns pursuing Jeremy Maclin, the best wide receiver on the open market.Jackson’s preference doesn’t mean they’ll sign Maclin, but it supports the logic...
View ArticleBrowns D-lineman Desmond Bryant determined to make most of comeback: ‘There’s...
Unfinished business drove Browns defensive lineman Desmond Bryant to fight back from the devastating injury he suffered last summer.And the thought of officially resuming his NFL career Sept. 10 in the...
View ArticleCavaliers report: As second-guessing mounts, coach Tyronn Lue to stick with...
CLEVELAND: Former Indians manager Mike Hargrove might be able to offer Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue some timely advice. Not on how to massage egos on a team loaded with stars, although that was one of...
View ArticleBath police looking for bank robber
BATH TWP.: Township police are looking for a man who robbed the Key Bank, 3983 Medina Road, at 2 p.m. Monday.The suspect gave a note to a teller and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.The suspect...
View ArticleNortheast Ohio recording studio releases snippet of LeBron rapping with...
It seems that kid from Akron took his musical talents to Olmsted Falls some six years ago to record a hip-hop song with friend-turned-Warriors-foe Kevin Durant.Spider Studios (@SpiderStudiosOH) has...
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