Browns preparing rookie Cody Kessler to start at QB against Dolphins, add...
BEREA: Browns rookie quarterback Cody Kessler is in line to leap from No. 3 to No. 26 in a span of just three weeks.Kessler began this season as the third quarterback on the depth chart. But after...
View ArticleVandals soak firefighting gear with suspected urine, damage Macedonia substation
Police are investigating after vandals coated firefighting gear in what’s thought to be urine and left taunting messages at the former Northfield Center/Sagamore Hills Fire District substation over the...
View ArticleMan fatally shot by Akron police after pulling rifle from van had short...
The Kenmore man who was fatally shot by a police officer on Sunday afternoon had a short criminal history, Akron police reported.Earlier reports indicated the man had no criminal history at all. New...
View ArticleOHSAA announces penalties against Hoban football team, coach Tim Tyrrell
The Ohio High School Athletic Association will announce on Tuesday its plan to sanction Archbishop Hoban High School and Knights football coach Tim Tyrrell.The penalties include a postseason coaching...
View ArticleLeadership applicants sought to tackle early childhood education issues in Akron
Applications are being accepted for a new leadership initiative to tackle the community challenge of early childhood education.The Civics Solutions Lab, a pilot effort with seed funding from the John...
View ArticleNew option in school building plan would give Akron six high schools
The Akron Board of Education is on the clock, again, to secure state money to build the city’s final high school.“Since our last joint school board/City Council meeting in June, we have $4 million less...
View ArticleWords can hurt — UA students building wall of offensive terms to knock down...
Diversity week at the University of Akron kicked off Monday with the university’s Steel Drum Band on stage in the Student Union.The week will feature 26 programs and events on campus focused on a...
View ArticleWho’s Running? Helen McWilliams racing for a Guinness record dressed as a...
Helen McWilliams will be the first to tell you her shtick is “silly,” and yet dressing up as a chef and swinging a heavy stockpot on a 26.2-mile run hits so many sweet spots for this fun-loving...
View ArticleAuthorities identify Akron man killed in police-involved shooting
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the Akron man killed in a police-involved shooting on Sunday as Philip B. Hasan, 61.Akron police reported an officer fired at Hasan, of the 1000...
View ArticleBrowns cut defensive end John Hughes, linebacker Scooby Wright and sign...
The Browns announced four roster moves Tuesday, but only one of them qualified as a surprise.In an unexpected move, the franchise terminated the contract of veteran defensive lineman John Hughes, a...
View ArticleSumma wants 5 more acres of Barberton park; neighbors speak out at Tuscora...
BARBERTON: Summa Health officials want to raze the aging parking deck at their Barberton hospital, a decaying albatross that has cost them $1 million in the past four years to maintain.But to make up...
View ArticleObituary: The Rev. Dennis K. Butts Sr. of the House of the Lord
The Rev. Dennis K. Butts Sr. will be remembered as “The People’s Pastor.”“He had a tremendous heart for people, and we may never truly know how many people he touched and impacted. His ministry focused...
View ArticleAkron man indicted on charges of raping 85-year-old woman
A Summit County grand jury indicted a 65-year-old Akron man Tuesday on charges of raping an 85-year-old acquaintance.William M. Clark has been charged with two counts of rape, a first-degree felony....
View ArticleAkron police seek man suspected in 2015 gas station shootout that resulted in...
Akron police are seeking the public’s help in locating a Delia Avenue man who’s wanted in connection with the killing of a man in a 2015 late-night gas station shootout and the dumping of his body...
View ArticleFormer House Speaker John Boehner joins Washington law and lobbying firm
CINCINNATI: Former House Speaker John Boehner has a new job, joining a prominent law and lobbying firm.Washington-based Squire Patton Boggs said Tuesday the former Republican congressman will be a...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Sept. 20
FOOTBALLComputer ratingsDIVISION I(Top eight in each region qualify for playoffs)Region 1: Stow (4-0) 9.625, 2. Jackson (4-0) 9.275, 3. Canton McKinley (3-1) 8.7, 4. Lakewood St. Edward (3-1) 8.6, 5....
View ArticleAkron Marathon: Who’s Racing? A photo launched Amy Zarembka’s journey
Wherever Amy Zarembka goes, she carries a photo from five years ago in her planner.It’s a picture of her and her daughter, Madelynn, at Hocking Hills State Park where they vacationed with her husband,...
View ArticleEarly ballots: Clinton sees strength in N.C. but lags in Iowa; record number...
WASHINGTON: Seven weeks before Election Day, the earliest numbers from advance voting for president show initial strength for Hillary Clinton in swing state North Carolina, good news for Donald Trump...
View ArticlePartisan election officials clash over providing more parking for voters
Summit County election officials took the partisan fight over early voting to the parking lot Tuesday.Republican officials challenged a proposal made by Democratic chair Bill Rich at the agency’s...
View ArticleDon King lets slip racial slur at Donald Trump event in Cleveland
WASHINGTON: Boxing promoter Don King has let slip a racial slur as he makes the case for black voters to support Donald Trump. King was talking about what it’s like to be black in America as he...
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