Authorities: School shooter killed father before rampage
TOWNVILLE, S.C.: A teenager killed his father at their home Wednesday before going to a nearby elementary school and opening fire with a handgun, wounding two students and a teacher, authorities...
View ArticleToo close for comfort? State senator says Stark State’s Akron campus could...
An Ohio Controlling Board member is worried that a proposed Akron campus for Stark State College could poach students from the University of Akron.The board deferred voting on the project this week...
View ArticleBig(ger) Mac: Akron’s Ronald McDonald House tripling in size; more than 8,511...
The first day Bill Considine walked into Akron Children’s Hospital as CEO in 1979, he saw parents sleeping in the lobby to be close to their sick children.Six years later, with a push from Considine...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: Woodridge rolls into midway point of football season at...
Undefeated Woodridge will venture to Lodi on Friday as one of the hottest football teams in the area.The 5-0 Bulldogs will meet the 0-5 Cloverleaf Colts as the 2016 regular season surpasses the midway...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Rookie QB Cody Kessler feels love from hometown, teammates...
BEREA: Rookie quarterback Cody Kessler relishes a chance to make his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif., proud in his second consecutive start for the Browns.On Wednesday, coach Hue Jackson ruled out...
View ArticleCavaliers look to limit minutes of Big Three during regular season
INDEPENDENCE: At various turns last season, LeBron James said he wanted to play in all 82 games and that he’d like to make a run at 70 victories at some point in his career. It’s still early but, for...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Heroics of waiver wire finds a flashback to Browns’ more...
BEREA: Reporters badgered former Browns coach Butch Davis weekly about cornerback Leigh Bodden before the team’s 2007 interception leader finally saw game action in 2003.During coach Bill Belichick’s...
View ArticleTigers 6, Indians 3 (5 innings): Miguel Cabrera, Tigers dump Indians in...
DETROIT: The Indians were snake-bitten by Miguel Cabrera yet again and fell to the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Wednesday night in a rain-shortened game that lasted only five innings. The Indians and Tigers...
View ArticlePuppet designer crafts Audrey II monstrosities for Weathervane’s ‘Little Shop...
When Ralph Cooley was a little boy, his mother couldn’t match his socks because he was too busy turning them into puppets.Now, the actor and designer, a volunteer at Weathervane Playhouse since 1970,...
View ArticlePeople report being chased by clowns in 2 Ohio cities
GREENVILLE, OHIO: Police say they’ve received reports of individuals dressed as clowns chasing people in two western Ohio communities.That means that in recent weeks, people in at least seven states...
View ArticleMan tells Facebook he is going to jail during Cuyahoga Falls standoff with...
An Akron man who barricaded himself inside a home in Cuyahoga Falls took to social media during a standoff with police Wednesday to let the world know he thought he was going to jail.Beacon Journal...
View ArticleFCC delays vote on much-disputed rules on cable boxes
NEW YORK: Federal regulators delayed a decision Thursday on requiring cable and satellite TV companies to make free apps to eliminate the need for cable boxes.Federal Communications Commission Chairman...
View ArticleUA’s EXL Center will continue
The resignations of two key players at the University of Akron’s Experiential Learning Center for Entrepreneurship and Civic Engagement Center, will not stop the center from continuing its mission, say...
View ArticleMan accused of abducting, raping 9-year-old Massillon girl was convicted of...
Social media tips, phone calls and emails helped officials track down and arrest a man suspected of posing as a police officer earlier this week so he could sexually assault a 9-year-old Massillon...
View ArticleOhio man charged with killing adult daughter has $4.5M bond
ROCKY RIVER: A man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his adult daughter at their suburban Cleveland home had his bond increased Thursday to $4.5 million by a judge after a prosecutor said...
View ArticleTrump goes after Clinton — Bill Clinton — in rancorous race
BEDFORD, N.H.: Donald Trump abruptly resurrected Bill Clinton’s impeachment on Thursday, adding the former president’s infidelities to the already-rancorous 2016 campaign. Trump warned voters in...
View ArticleSocial media “killer clown” threat circulates at Firestone High School in...
Panic on social media over the threat of a clown terrorizing Firestone High School resulted in a short police investigation on Thursday.Facebook users posted that the clown — which Akron police Lt....
View ArticleBob Dyer: ‘Nate the Great’ celebrated at Summit Lake
Sitting in chairs on the gym floor where Akron’s best basketball player learned the game, they came to honor the memory of Akron’s second-best basketball player — and one of its all-time nicest...
View ArticleOhio State football: Multi-skilled Curtis Samuel a glitch Buckeyes opponents...
Columbus: The glitch is back and the Ohio State football team is rolling because of it.Curtis Samuel, whose high school coaches called him “faster than a glitch in a video game,” has taken over the...
View ArticleJosh Gordon’s career with Browns likely done after he steps away from...
BEREA: Josh Gordon isn’t expected to play for the Browns ever again after the latest disappointing detour in his career.The ultra-talented but troubled wide receiver announced Thursday he’s stepping...
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