Cedar Point looks to make waves in 2017, water park expansion expected
Cedar Point is still keeping its exact plans for 2017 under wraps, but it offered a clue on Tuesday when a giant flip-flop was mailed to the media.The flip-flop simply says “Something’s afoot” and...
View ArticleBrowns rookie receiver Rashard ‘Hollywood’ Higgins driven by fifth-round...
BEREA: Browns rookie wide receiver Rashard Higgins is out for revenge.The first clue is on his Twitter profile. It reads: “Should’ve never doubted 18-172.”Eighteen receivers were drafted in April...
View ArticleSpeeders want $3 million back from Ohio village’s traffic cameras
NEW MIAMI, OHIO: Drivers cited because of speed cameras want a Southwest Ohio village to pay back more than $3 million in collected fines after a judge found the cameras unconstitutional.New Miami...
View ArticleChest pain prevents Terry Francona from managing Indians on Tuesday night
WASHINGTON: Terry Francona did not manage the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals after complaining of chest pain while speaking to reporters before the game.The Indians...
View ArticleSource: Boy was decapitated on waterslide at Kansas park
KANSAS CITY, Kan.: A 10-year-old boy was decapitated as he rode a 168-foot tall waterslide at a water park in Kansas, a person familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.The person, who is not...
View ArticleAkron Dish: What’s new at Hamburger Festival; Crave expands to Falls; where...
A beef patty stuffed with shrimp, the Akron Burger that celebrates the area’s tastes, and a Korean BBQ hamburger. Sure, you’ll be able to get a traditional burger at this weekend’s National Hamburger...
View ArticleSlain Ohio college student was suffocated, bound by rope
ARCHBOLD, OHIO: An Ohio college student who disappeared while riding her bicycle and was later found slain in a cornfield had been suffocated.The Blade newspaper in Toledo reports an autopsy says...
View ArticleAkron wins $4.4 million grant to hire more firefighters
Akron has won a $4.4 million federal grant to hire anywhere from 25 to 35 more firefighters.The city was notified Wednesday that it will receive the money through the Federal Emergency Management...
View ArticleJaJuan Weems, Akron man, 23, gunned down Tuesday after he survived two...
A 23-year-old man died Tuesday in Akron after being shot for the third time in the past five years, police and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office reported.JaJuan Weems was shot by an unknown...
View ArticleAkron Fire Chief Edward Hiltbrand announces his retirement
Akron is looking for a new fire chief.Chief Edward Hiltbrand, who has served with the department for more than three decades and was appointed to the top job last year, announced his retirement...
View ArticleNew closures greet drivers on second day of Akron central interchange highway...
The start of Day 2 of Car-maggedon in Akron was largely Calm-aggedon.But by afternoon rush hour, the massive road construction project put the brakes on the ride home for thousands of area drivers.A...
View ArticleUA maintenance crews work on water pipe repairs in the middle of campus
A gaping hole in the ground in front of the University of Akron’s Bierce Library is an eyesore, but it could become a nightmare if it is still there when school starts at the end of August.The hole was...
View ArticleAs voters talk, the collapse of Donald Trump’s support becomes clearly audible
WASHINGTON: Many gauges measure the rapid drop in Donald Trump’s support this summer: Polls show the Republican nominee losing nationally and in most battleground states, prominent Republicans have...
View Article10 candidates file to run for U.S. president in Ohio
Ohioans this fall may get to pick from 10 candidates for president, including an Aurora man who’s admitted having no chance of winning in the past but will try again for a fourth time, a Northeast Ohio...
View ArticleFormer Indians hurler Dave Burba now sharing his knowledge as pitching coach...
For 15 major league seasons, Dave Burba worked on figuring a way to get the opposition out. Now, the former Indians pitcher is doing the same thing, but it’s for his own players.The pitching coach for...
View ArticleJourneyman Nick Hayden hopes to rock and roll with Browns as they search for...
BEREA: Nick Hayden pounced on the football in the end zone and celebrated his lone career touchdown by firing up an imaginary amplifier, playing air guitar, smashing the fictitious instrument and...
View ArticleHigh school football: Buchtel coach Ricky Powers optimistic about 2016 season...
Buchtel football coach Ricky Powers offered a new name for the Akron Public Schools athletic league Wednesday.“I call this the Big City Series like the Big Ten,” Powers said during the league’s annual...
View ArticleOnline petition with 5,700 signatures supports mandatory ‘recovery camps’ for...
Following a huge showing at a heroin awareness rally in Akron this week, an online petition gathered signatures from more than 5,700 people demanding Ohio be placed in a state of emergency to fight the...
View ArticleTrump, Clinton drive disgusted voters toward alternatives
The unpopular pair of presidential candidates is sending Ohioans in search of alternatives.And nothing will deter voters, not even the argument that a vote for a third-party candidate is a wasted...
View ArticleThursday morning accident backs up traffic on Route 8 bridge in Akron
Backed-up traffic in the southbound lane of state Route 8 is now moving steadily after first responders cleared the right hand lane of the Route 8 bridge near Perkins Street in Akron of a vehicle...
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