Indians 4, Blue Jays 2: Trevor Bauer bleeds, bullpen stitches together...
TORONTO: The Indians are one win away from the World Series, and the list of things they have overcome continues to grow longer and stranger. Trevor Bauer’s lacerated pinkie forced his exit from the...
View ArticleOhio approves Stark State College’s Akron campus, groundbreaking scheduled...
Construction on Stark State College’s Akron campus is expected to begin by the end of the month following the Ohio Controlling Board’s approval of the project on Monday.The board approved the project...
View ArticleCause of fatal Akron jet crash to be revealed in live-streamed meeting...
Less than a year after a small charter jet slammed into an apartment building in Akron, killing all on board, the National Transportation Safety Board is poised to say what it thinks caused the crash.A...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron looks to hire Matthew Wilson as permanent president
The University of Akron may take the interim tag off President Matthew Wilson’s title.The board of trustees will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to consider hiring Wilson as the school’s...
View ArticleFugitive task force looking for Akron man who escaped from corrections center
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information leading to the capture of a man who escaped last month from a community-based corrections center in Akron.Channing...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Piada expands; Southern food at Venice Cafe; Kingfish opens in...
Today, we’re all over the culinary and geographic map.Italian street food is coming to Cuyahoga Falls and West Akron, and Southern flavors — hot chicken and shrimp and grits — have arrived at Kent’s...
View ArticleFamily and friends mourn death of lovable 9-year-old Carmella Karpovitch
Carmella Patience Karpovitch liked anything with glitter.She was a huge Star Wars and Harry Potter fan.And she loved to read, play Minecraft and tinker with things — especially computers. But perhaps...
View ArticleWest Akron woman describes holding burglar at gunpoint until police arrive,...
An Akron couple who held a burglar at gunpoint Sunday morning until police arrived credits the Second Amendment for keeping them safe.Police reported the couple, a 61-year-old man and a 43-year-old...
View ArticleStreetsboro-based Step2 acquired; larger company will remain in Streetsboro...
Streetsboro-based toy company Step2 has been sold, but it is growing and staying put, its leader said Tuesday afternoon.The toy and home and garden products company has been acquired by New York-based...
View ArticleSummit County schedules public ceremony to say goodbye to former Edwin Shaw...
Summit County is giving people one last chance to say goodbye to the former Edwin Shaw medical campus before the remaining buildings are torn down.The county and village of Lakemore will host a special...
View ArticleAkron leadership group seeking money for new downtown public art project
After successfully raising nearly $15,000 to paint a mural on the South Broadway retaining walls near the Metro Transit Center last year, the Downtown Akron Partnership’s Emerging Leaders are at it...
View ArticleIndians to put World Series tickets on sale Wednesday
The Indians will put a limited number of World Series tickets on sale exclusively to registered users at Indians.com beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, the team announced.If the Indians advance to the...
View ArticleMalcolm X Abram handicaps the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2017
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced its Class of 2017 nominees Tuesday. Let the grumbling begin!As always, the first question is: Who are the shoo-ins? The obvious answer is grunge...
View ArticleOhio gives Clinton the lead, but it’s close
By Laura A. BischoffDayton Daily NewsThe presidential race in Ohio remains a volatile contest that could break either way depending on how undecided voters and those supporting third-party candidates...
View ArticleFlight crew’s many mistakes largely caused fatal Akron crash, federal board says
Federal investigators determined numerous mistakes by the two-person flight crew primarily caused the Nov. 10 small jet crash that killed them and their seven passengers as they attempted to land at...
View ArticleNBA notebook: Giannis Antetokounmpo wins NBA’s top international player
Giannis Antetokounmpo, beginning his fourth season with the Milwaukee Bucks, was named the NBA’s top international player in the annual preseason survey of league general managers.Antetokounmpo beat...
View ArticleBrowns injury updates: Doctors don’t believe Robert Griffin III needs...
With the Browns dealing with a staggering amount of injuries, there were medical updates galore about the team Tuesday.Doctors don’t believe quarterback Robert Griffin III needs surgery on the...
View ArticleWizards 96, Cavaliers 91: Cavs finish preseason with loss but in good health
COLUMBUS: Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue didn’t enter the preseason with too many goals in mind. In fact, the biggest priority was simply escaping healthy. They did, for the most part. Now they can get on...
View ArticleA. Schulman CEO’s severance more than $3.4 million
The recently released top executive of Fairlawn polymer company A. Schulman Inc. is getting a sizeable going-away package.Bernard Rzepka, who stepped down as president and chief executive officer in...
View ArticleKent City Schools employee charged with impaired driving
A Kent City Schools employee is accused of crashing her car and leaving the scene while driving impaired during her lunch hour last month.Courtney Baliman, 40, of Stow, faces charges of hit skip and...
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