Crash backs up traffic from Akron to Brimfield on I-76
An accident on Interstate 76 westbound near the central interchange in Akron caused big delays for some motorists Tuesday morning.Traffic was backed up on I-76 from the interchange to Brimfield...
View ArticleActress Monica Potter’s transformation of Cleveland home to be documented in...
Starting tonight, HGTV will share actress Monica Potter’s renovation of her childhood home in Cleveland. The new series, Welcome Back Potter, premieres with back-to-back episodes at 11 and 11:30 p.m....
View ArticleStudents show cooperation, tolerance in nasty political times
It took more planning than usual for Trina Poole to prepare for classes Monday.By 7:30 a.m., her first class of students at Stow-Munroe Falls High School sorted themselves into their desks, young women...
View ArticleTrump says ‘shackles taken off’ of him, attacks Ryan in tweet
WASHINGTON: The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):10:30 a.m.Donald Trump is saying “the shackles have been taken off me” as the Republican nominee embarks on the final four weeks of...
View ArticleNonpartisan groups offer online guides for voters
The first day of early voting has arrived.Absentee ballots, if requested, should be arriving in mailboxes soon. With them comes the great responsibility of sifting through dozens of candidates for...
View ArticleSummit County jurors find Efrem Johnson guilty of rape, other charges in case...
Efrem Johnson wasn’t happy Tuesday when a Summit County jury returned guilty verdicts against him for a rape 16 years ago.“Don’t I get to say nothing?” he asked after Summit County Common Pleas Judge...
View ArticleDrug addiction educators to Kimpton Middle School students: ‘This is your...
MUNROE FALLS: Speakers showed the prevalence of drug abuse on Tuesday afternoon when they asked hundreds of Kimpton Middle School students to stand during a presentation on drug and alcohol...
View ArticleOrrville man who had federal judge removed from counterfeit case sentenced to...
An Orrville man who had a federal judge removed from his counterfeit case was sentenced Tuesday to 35 months in prison.The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year granted Eric Ramey’s request to...
View ArticleIrving Olson, 102, founder of electronics chain, Akron arts supporter...
Though Irving J. Olson and his late wife, Ruth, moved away from Akron 18 years ago, their hearts never left their hometown. Mr. Olson passed away on Oct. 1 in his sleep at his home in Oro Valley, Ariz....
View ArticleLocal Republicans reluctant to follow Kasich's lead in disavowing Trump
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerIn these final four weeks of the 2016 election, Ohio Republicans will be calculating the distance they can put between themselves and Donald Trump. On...
View ArticleUA’s interim president Matthew Wilson is very visible on and off campus
A little creativity and back to basics — that’s the strategy the University of Akron’s interim President Matthew Wilson is using to help restore confidence in the administration.“It’s all about the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 11
FOOTBALL(Top eight schools from each region will qualify for the playoffs)DIVISION IRegion 1: 1. Canton McKinley (6-1) 21.2857, 2. Jackson (6-1) 18.7929, 3. Lakewood St. Edward (5-1) 18.1667, 4. Stow...
View ArticleOhio State football: Development of defensive line a key to Buckeyes’ early...
Columbus: With only three starters back on defense, the Ohio State football team was afraid it was going to have to play a game of, “What’s my line?” this season.Worse yet for the Buckeyes, only...
View ArticleIndians’ Josh Tomlin living a dream, embodying ‘gritty’ team style
boston: Not too many people get to live out their lifelong dream. It’s a treasure when it does happen. And it’s why Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin is treasuring every moment this October.Tomlin, as of a...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Papa Joe’s celebrates 30 years in valley and an 84-year legacy;...
When his family sold Lil Joe’s, Jeff Bruno thought it was the end of the family restaurant business that dated back to 1932.Thirty years later, the family is celebrating the anniversary of Papa Joe’s...
View ArticleMother, grandmother didn’t intend for 16-year-old to use heroin that killed...
The grandmother and mother of 16-year-old Andrew Frye never intended for him to take the heroin that killed him, the women’s attorneys said Wednesday.Brenda Frye gave the drugs to her daughter,...
View ArticleAkron man, 51, accused of shooting wife, 58, in head
A 51-year-old Akron man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he non-fatally shot his wife in the head with a handgun.Phillip E. Battle, of Johnland Avenue in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood, is...
View ArticleNever easy in Norton
The new agreement on sewers recently reached between Barberton and Norton — a welcome advance in regional cooperation — has run into a costly and potentially fatal obstacle. Resistance, in the form of...
View ArticleEarly voting begins as registered Republicans pull record number of ballots
Clint Fuhrman doesn’t spend much time at his apartment in Highland Square.The 32-year-old Akronite, who travels a lot for work, helped stage a music festival in Kentucky last week. He’ll fly out to...
View ArticleFirstEnergy electricity proposal rejected by state regulators; approved plan...
State regulators on Wednesday rejected a proposal by Akron-based FirstEnergy and instead approved an alternative plan that would give the company less money to add improvements to the power grid.The...
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