The ties that bind: Warriors broadcaster pays tribute to late friend and...
Jim Barnett once felt Nate Thurmond’s wrath when he was caught without a coat and tie. Speaking at the Basketball Hall of Famer’s funeral last July, Barnett, in his 32nd season as the Golden State...
View ArticleAkron teacher delivers signs of hope to LeBron James’ Bath home after vandal...
When LeBron James returns to the home court Wednesday night to “Defend the Land,” he can be rest assured there’s at least one fan in Akron who has his back.An Akron schoolteacher made national...
View ArticleAkron woman accused of biting off fingertip of female rival
Akron police are looking for a woman accused of biting off the fingertip of her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend.Dateika L. Jackson, 36, of East Archwood Avenue, is wanted on a warrant for felonious...
View ArticleAkron man hits woman in face with gun, steals $75,000 in cash
Akron police are looking for a man accused of hitting a 50-year-old woman in the face with a gun and stealing $75,000 in cash.Derrick L. Whatley, 33, of Madison Avenue is wanted on charges of...
View ArticleAnother Akron toddler overdoses on opiates, revived with Narcan at hospital
Another Akron toddler apparently overdosed on opiates and was revived Tuesday night at Akron Children’s with Naloxone, police said.How the 1 year-old boy got hold of the drugs is unclear.Police said...
View ArticleMan charged with stabbing, then shooting Goodyear Heights store clerk with...
AKRON: Police have charged a man who they say shot a Goodyear Heights convenience store clerk with the clerk’s own gun during a May 17 robbery.Rueben Jovone Woodruff, 22, of Dundee Avenue, faces...
View ArticleReview: Despite Tom Cruise’s charms, ‘The Mummy’ comes unwrapped with...
While Marvel/Lucasfilm/Disney and Warner Bros./DC Comics ride the wave of creating their respective universes in the hopes of claiming tons upon tons of cash, Universal Studios has decided to resurrect...
View ArticleKmart stores in Streetsboro and Wooster to shut down in latest round of Sears...
More Sears and Kmart stores will disappear from the Ohio landscape with the announcement this week that the company will close 72 stores nationwide.The closings include Kmart stores in Streetsboro and...
View ArticleGoodyear’s week of community volunteering closes with workshops, painting and...
Eric Nelson, executive director of the nonprofit Students With a Goal, already liked what came out of the first two hours of a free, all-day professional development workshop he and others participated...
View ArticleBob Dyer: More tips for people who don’t hate their kids
I can’t think of everything, but my readers can.Not long ago I urged you to leave a financial map to help your children, spouse or best friend fight through the paperwork required to settle your...
View ArticlePoll: Can the Cavs win Game 4 of the NBA Finals?
A combined 77 points from LeBron James and Kyrie Irving wasn’t enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers to get a win in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night. Despite having a seven-point lead in the...
View ArticleArt teacher who made sure students got school photos comes through again,...
“Miss B, sign my yearbook for me!”Nicole Bozickovich was puzzled. Most students at STEAM Academy in Akron’s Firestone Park neighborhood did not opt to have their school photos taken, so how could there...
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‘Lose Your Marbles’ will roll into Akron
The title Lose Your Marbles, for Akron’s new dance-centric fringe festival, is both an homage to Akron’s toy marble-making history and a nod to how many artists must “lose it” a bit — or at least lose...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Cavaliers seemingly find magic in third quarter, but...
CLEVELAND: When J.R. Smith’s 3-point shot bounced in and out and in with 8:15 left in the third quarter Wednesday night, it felt as if the magic that carried the Cavaliers to the 2016 championship...
View ArticleAkron’s littlest inhabitants all in Cavs onesies from Children’s Hospital
Ten little fingers. Ten little toes. One great big love for the Cavaliers.Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Akron Children’s Hospital are cloaked in greatness with “Just a Kid from...
View ArticleMan shot to death in South Akron neighborhood
A 24-year-old man has died after being shot multiple times at 9:10 p.m. Wednesday in the city’s South Akron neighborhood.The Summit Medical Examiner’s Office and Akron police are investigating.Police...
View ArticleFormer Summit County politician Mark Ravenscraft passes away
Mark Ravenscraft, an outspoken political wunderkind who was elected as a Summit County commissioner at age 23, has died.His family reported on social media that he died Wednesday morning in Florida,...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to life in prison with possible parole after 15 years for...
A 35-year-old Akron man was sentenced this week to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old Akron boy last September. Adam D. Shaffer pleaded...
View ArticleOhio teen killed, 3 injured in single-car accident
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio: Authorities say a 16-year-old girl has died and three others have been injured when a car carrying six teen girls left the roadway and crashed into a tree outside of Cleveland.The...
View ArticleLiving room window shatters after Ellet residents hear gun shots near home
AKRON: Some Ellet residents apparently came close to being injured by gunfire that erupted outside their home Thursday morning, police say.The incident happened shortly after midnight in the 2200 block...
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