Summit County gets $465,000 to continue sobriety checkpoint efforts
Summit County will continue to see sobriety checkpoints next year as the result of $465,000 in federal funding from the Ohio Department of Public Transit.The Summit County Sheriff’s Office announced...
View ArticleBaby born with DNA from 3 people
NEW YORK: Scientists say the first baby has been born from a controversial new technique that combines DNA from three people — the mother, the father and an egg donor.The goal was to prevent the child...
View ArticleFresh off of Hillary’s debate performance Bill stumps for her in Cleveland...
CLEVELAND: “Who won Monday night’s presidential debate?” former President Bill Clinton asked those gathered in Cleveland on Tuesday.Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, by a knockout, her husband...
View ArticleAs Clinton cheers, Donald Trump digs in after debate
RALEIGH, N.C.: A defensive Donald Trump gave Hillary Clinton plenty of fresh material for the next phase of her presidential campaign on Tuesday, choosing to publicly reopen and relitigate some of her...
View ArticleAct now to keep stink bugs out
Remember those stink bugs that drove you crazy last winter?Now’s the time to act if you don’t want a repeat appearance.Fall is when brown marmorated stink bugs make their way into buildings in search...
View ArticleThings to Do, Sept. 27: Peppa Pig, author talk and a couple of concerts
Kids will squeal with delightPeppa Pig Live! stage show will be at the State Theater in Playhouse at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Peppa Pig’s Big Splash is a live show featuring Peppa, George, Mummy Pig and Daddy...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Sept. 27
WASHINGTON Must-do funding bill stalls A must-do bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend and to fund the fight against the Zika virus is stalled in the Senate, held up by...
View ArticleEx-ally says Gov. Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlock
NEWARK, N.J.: Gov. Chris Christie was told about the epic 2013 traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge while it was underway, seemed happy about it and joked sarcastically that there was nothing...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Sept. 27
Peru Accused witch burned alive A woman accused of being a witch was burned alive on a bonfire in an indigenous community in a remote part of the country’s Amazon rainforest, authorities said Tuesday....
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: With retirement of three NBA stars, LeBron James says his...
INDEPENDENCE: The NBA lost three future hall of famers in one summer when Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett joined Kobe Bryant in retirement. To LeBron James, that means he’s next. “It feels like our era is...
View ArticleCoach Tyronn Lue made sure Cavaliers got their money’s worth in NBA Finals
INDEPENDENCE: After the Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, coach Tyronn Lue took up a collection. His team had just staved off elimination once and Lue believed...
View ArticleDiffering reports on open enrollment cause conflict for Coventry official
Coventry Local Schools Superintendent Rusty Chaboudy is conflicted about what to do with the district’s 755 open enrollment students.“We’ve got the state auditor telling us to dismantle open enrollment...
View ArticleMan tells Akron police he was robbed of $5,000 when he met man supposedly...
An Akron man who went to buy a motorcycle he found on Craigslist reported to Akron police that he was robbed of $5,000 Monday morning by four men who held him at gunpoint.The 22-year-old man said one...
View ArticleAkron Dish: La Loma in Akron grows from taco truck to buzz-generating...
This onetime Akron taco trailer has grown into a restaurant with food that has cooked up national attention.Earlier this month, Taqueria La Loma, on Akron’s east side at 459 Darrow Road, made “The Most...
View ArticleSummit County addresses human trafficking in new juvenile court program that...
Where would the teenage girl be safe?That was the question Summit County Juvenile Court Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio and the girl’s mother were attempting to answer.The girl had run away again from her...
View ArticleBlack man shot dead in California just after police arrived
EL CAJON, Calif.: Police in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon shot and killed a black man a minute after arriving near a strip mall to investigate a report of a mentally unstable person walking in and...
View ArticleGreen may get a new lakeside eatery; owners of Sandy Beach Marina want to...
A new lakefront restaurant/bar could open next to Sandy Beach Marina off South Main Street in Green as soon as this spring.Jim Genovese and his wife, Zana, own the longtime Portage Lakes area marina at...
View ArticleSuspect in custody after Massillon girl, 9, is abducted and sexually...
A man suspected of posing as a police officer so he could sexually assault a 9-year-old Massillon girl has been arrested by Fairfield County authorities, Beacon Journal news partner NewsNet5.com...
View ArticleDowntown tire factory-turned-apartment building to welcome visitors Saturday
One of Akron’s newest urban living options opens its doors to visitors Saturday.Cascade Lofts, an apartment building and gathering space in what was once a tire factory, will hold an open house from 5...
View ArticleFormer Kent State University President Brage Golding dead at 96
Former Kent State University President Brage Golding has died.Golding, 96, served as president of the university from 1977 to 1982. He died Aug. 24 at his home in California.“On behalf of the Kent...
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