Woman shot early Thursday at Akron apartment
A 19-year-old woman had non-life threatening injuries after accidentally being shot early Thursday morning at 1122 Ericcson Ave. in Akron.Akron police said the woman and three males were playing with a...
View ArticleCircle K store on Akron’s Kenmore Boulevard robbed
A robber got away with an undisclosed amount of money after holding up the Circle K convenience store Wednesday afternoon at 901 Kenmore Blvd., Akron, police said.The man, who the clerk was unable to...
View ArticleNate Ulrich: 8 reasons for optimism, concern about Browns to be tested in...
With the first 11 practices of Browns training camp in the books, plenty of theories have been developed about the team’s strengths and weaknesses.Those ideas, though, have yet to be tested in earnest....
View ArticleFive teens charged in arson of Green’s historic one-room schoolhouse
Five teens have been arrested in connection with the arson fire Tuesday that destroyed Green’s historic one-room Lichtenwalter Schoolhouse.The Summit County Sheriff’s office announced the arrests...
View ArticleWoman dies following home invasion early Thursday in Akron
A 55-year-old woman died following a home invasion and robbery early Thursday morning in a Brittain Road apartment, Akron police reported.It’s unclear whether Melody Tomey, 55, of Cuyahoga Falls, died...
View ArticleNext in the heroin crisis
With U.S. Sen. Rob Portman taking a leading role, Congress recently passed and President Obama signed into law a bill aimed at helping communities across the country take a comprehensive approach to...
View ArticleSummit County holding child-support-help event Friday
Summit County will hold a one-stop event Friday to help parents meet child support obligations, reinstate a suspended driver’s license and resolve arrest warrants. The event, Child Support Solutions...
View ArticleWright State to keep state money, despite dropping debate
DAYTON: Wright State University says it has no plans to repay the $220,000 in state money it received to upgrade security for the first presidential debate, which it pulled out of last month due to...
View ArticleStow pain clinic closing after court upholds sexual imposition conviction...
Summit Pain Specialists in Stow is permanently closing Monday after years of wrangling over a sex abuse scandal involving a doctor there. What prompted the clinic to close now is not entirely clear. No...
View ArticleFans file $5 million lawsuit over cancellation of Hall of Fame Game in Canton...
A group of fans is suing the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the cancellation of Sunday’s NFL Hall of Fame Game, the Canton Repository reported Thursday. The nationwide class-action lawsuit...
View ArticleCrowds line Kent streets to glimpse Budweiser Clydesdales on special delivery...
KENT: They’re big, they’re beautiful and they came back to Northeast Ohio equipped with beer. The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales paraded through downtown Kent Thursday night to deliver cases of...
View ArticleMemorial service for Russ Pry to feature speeches by colleagues and friends
A public memorial service for former Summit County Executive Russ Pry will feature colleagues and personal friends reminiscing about the longtime county leader.The service, which also will include an...
View ArticleOfficials declare diarrheal disease outbreak in central Ohio
COLUMBUS: Public health officials in central Ohio have declared a community outbreak of a diarrheal disease caused by a parasite.Columbus Public Health Spokesman Jose Rodriguez says at least 107 cases...
View ArticleAkron homeowner, company frustrated by missing sidewalk
Barbara Lee was dumbfounded.She stood on the grassy devil strip along North Forge Street in Akron staring down where there once was a sandstone sidewalk.Now, there’s just sand, dirt, weeds and some...
View ArticleYou-pick orchard coming to Akron’s West Hill
A few years from now, you could be picking your own apples and peaches in an urban orchard less than a mile from downtown.The West Akron Neighborhood Organization is developing the orchard near...
View ArticleYMCA to award memberships to drug addicts who are six months sober
The Akron Area YMCA will offer complimentary memberships to 20 drug addicts who maintain six months of sobriety through drug court programs at the city and county levels.“Y-STRONG,” as the program is...
View ArticleAkron police lieutenant fined, given suspended jail sentence for driving...
Akron’s 2015 Police Officer of the Year, who drove while intoxicated with a gun in the vehicle last month, was fined $400 and warned she will be jailed if she gets into any more trouble with the...
View ArticleOhio Shakespeare Festival expanding to year-round operation including...
Ohio Shakespeare Festival will become a company that operates year-round by Oct. 1, once it takes over the theater space at Greystone Hall that was previously the home of Actors’ Summit.The...
View ArticleStreetsboro high school marching band suspended indefinitely amid hazing...
STREETSBORO: Administrators in Streetsboro City Schools have indefinitely suspended the marching band program pending an investigation into allegations of hazing at band camp last weekend.High school...
View ArticleTwo companies move into downtown Akron’s AES Building
The AES Building at 388 S. Main St. in downtown Akron is getting two new tenants, including a company that is relocating its division headquarters and research and development operations from elsewhere...
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