Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III out for at least eight weeks, perhaps...
BEREA: Starting quarterback Robert Griffin III began his Browns career by going one and out.Griffin suffered a fractured coracoid bone in his left shoulder Sunday late in the fourth quarter of a 29-10...
View ArticleAmber Alert issued for teen abducted in Brunswick; father suspected,...
Brunswick police issued a statewide Amber Alert for a 15-year-old girl said to be abducted by her father, who is a registered sex offender, Monday in Brunswick.The girl, Robin C. Roberts, was last seen...
View ArticleEllet High School to be closed on Tuesday as fire cleanup continues
Akron’s Ellet High School will be closed again Tuesday, as crews continue to clean up from a weekend fire that damaged the southeast portion of the building that houses the school’s construction...
View ArticleNo winner Sunday in Queen of Hearts $1.8 million drawing
Beacon Journal staff reportSkyLane Bowling is still looking for a winner for its Queen of Hearts drawing.There was no winner in Sunday’s $1.8 million drawing, which attracted an estimated 10,000 to...
View ArticleAkron wants city retirees to pay toward health care and end the benefit...
Akron wants city retirees to start paying toward their supplemental health insurance and would like to eliminate the perk altogether for new workers.Mayor Dan Horrigan introduced a series of proposed...
View ArticleKent State is only NE Ohio public school to make U.S. News top-tier ranking;...
Kent State University touted Tuesday that it is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report.The...
View ArticleSummit County certifies list of delinquent sewer accounts
More than 4,400 Summit County sewer customers failed to pay all or some of their bills over the last year — an amount that totals $2.1 million.County Council this week certified the annual delinquent...
View Article1 in 7 Ohio registered voters won’t receive an invitation to vote absentee
In an online ad, a smiling Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted holds up a letter with his name in large print and the promise, “Your absentee ballot request form is in the mail.”But for 1 in 7...
View ArticleTroopers continue to investigate crash that claimed lives of man, 6-year-old boy
Authorities are continuing to investigate a fatal crash involving a military vehicle over the weekend on state Route 14 in Ravenna Township.Trooper Lydia Jordan, with the Ravenna post of the Ohio State...
View ArticleLicense suspensions no longer required for some drug charges; Akron judge...
CLEVELAND: A new state law has given judges in Ohio discretion over whether to suspend the driver’s license of someone convicted of a drug offense that doesn’t involve impaired driving.The law, which...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Battered Mt. Zion trying to rally
The Rev. Robert Golson says he’s going to be a healer.Good thing. The wounds at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Akron were nearly fatal.A long-running dispute over the church’s veteran pastor, the Rev....
View ArticleUpdate: School will resume Wednesday at Akron’s Ellet High School
Akron’s Ellet High School will reopen Wednesday, after being closed for two days following a weekend fire.Work crews constructed containment walls Tuesday morning around the area damaged by fire....
View ArticleDonald Trump to unveil new child care affordability policies
DES MOINES, IOWA: Donald Trump is rolling out proposals Tuesday to make child care more affordable for working families, including a plan to guarantee new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Annunciation Greek Festival offers more lamb, other goodies;...
The folks organizing the popular Annunciation Greek Festival are reaching out to lamb lovers as well as those wanting meatless goodies.The three-day fest — featuring oodles of made-from-scratch, savory...
View ArticleAbducted girl, 15, found safe following police chase
A 15-year-old Brunswick girl has been found safe after an Amber Alert was issued following her alleged abduction by her father on Monday. A Northfield police officer noticed a truck matching one owned...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Hue Jackson calls center Cam Erving’s trouble with shotgun...
Center Cameron Erving’s snapping issues could cost him his starting job with the Browns if they persist. When Erving fired a shotgun snap over the head of quarterback Robert Griffin III and the ball...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Uncertainty swirls around Zips running back for...
The University of Akron’s running back situation grew cloudy after the first play of the first drive of the second half in a 54-10 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday.That’s when starting running back Warren...
View ArticleCoroner: Heart found next to Ohio gas station likely human
NORWALK, OHIO: A coroner says a heart found in a plastic bag on the ground next to an Ohio gas station appears to be human.Huron County Coroner Jeff Harwood said Tuesday pathologists in Toledo are...
View ArticleAkron police chief ‘ticked’ after three officers charged with drunken driving
Akron Police Chief James Nice wants to know what’s causing so many of his off-duty officers to break the law.“It’s been rough. It’s very embarrassing,” he said. “We hope to discuss what’s going on, how...
View ArticleJailed Ohio kidnapping suspect points police to third body
MANSFIELD, OHIO: Authorities say a kidnapping suspect confessed to a murder and directed Ohio investigators to a third body after two were found at a different property along with a surviving woman who...
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