Local candidates acknowledge drug problem
This election, it’s not just the economy and jobs candidates are campaigning on.“The opioid and heroin overdose epidemic flooding our communities has developed into a pressing impediment to job...
View ArticleThird man charged in robbery, shooting death last November in Green
A third man has been charged in a robbery last fall that left a Green man dead.Summit County prosecutors say Trent P. Turner was the one who pulled the trigger, killing Corey Seibel in what was...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Leaky pipe? Cry me a river
Rick Ripley has been doing a slow boil.He lives in North Hill. As he was driving to work one day, he noticed a stream of water leaking from the ground in the front yard of a house about a mile from...
View ArticlePETA asks Akron Zoo to stop using ‘touch tanks’
As the Akron Zoo makes plans to swap its 4-year-old Journey to the Reef exhibit with a new learning experience, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is encouraging officials not to...
View ArticleChampionship hasn’t changed Cavaliers’ versatile big man Channing Frye
INDEPENDENCE: Not much changed for Channing Frye following his first NBA championship.He returned to his life of relative anonymity in the Pacific Northwest, he enjoyed his same walks to Lewis &...
View ArticleBrowns not pleased with Antonio Andrews posting video on social media of...
BEREA: The Browns aren’t going to add Tennessee Titans running back Antonio Andrews to their Christmas card list anytime soon.Andrews’ decision to post a video on Instagram of his devastating hit that...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Team taking wait-and-see approach with Trevor Bauer’s...
TORONTO: Trevor Bauer’s first attempt to pitch with his lacerated pinkie finger didn’t go so well. The Indians are hoping he’ll have a second try, and that it’ll last a bit longer. Bauer was taken out...
View ArticleIndians championship shirts hit store shelves; Dick’s Sporting Goods extends...
Indians fans can take a collective sigh of relief and head out to buy some American League championship gear.With the final out recorded in Toronto, the championship merchandise can now be officially...
View ArticleIndians 3, Blue Jays 0: Indians advance to World Series for first time since...
Toronto: The Indians are headed to the World Series for the first time in 19 years.Rookie pitcher Ryan Merritt was practically conjured out of thin air to deliver one of the gutsiest starts in recent...
View ArticleReimagining Akron: Could 30 acres transform downtown into place where...
What if Akron flooded part of the downtown Innerbelt and created pop-up ice skating and cross-country ski lanes on cold winter days?Maybe it could re-use earth dredged during the massive sewer project...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron trustees approve Matthew Wilson as president, Rex Ramsier...
It’s no longer University of Akron interim president Matthew Wilson and interim provost Rex Ramsier.The interim titles were removed in a unanimous vote Wednesday by the UA board of trustees. Wilson’s...
View ArticlePresidential debate: Trump refuses to say he will accept election results
LAS VEGAS: Threatening to upend a basic pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused Wednesday night to say he would accept the results of the November election if he loses to Hillary Clinton....
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 ArticleSix sentenced, ordered to repay $17 million swindled from investors
Six area businesspeople were ordered on Thursday to repay a total of $17 million they swindled from investors, federal court records show.Kenneth Grant of Copley, Thomas Abdallah of Brunswick, Jeffrey...
View ArticlePolice officer found not guilty of theft from Best Buy
A Brimfield Township police officer was found not guilty last week of a charge that he stole a $15 watch band from a Cuyahoga Falls Best Buy in May.Officer Russ Diehl, 41, stood trial on Oct. 13 in...
View ArticleSyndicated columnist explains Trump’s political rise
To make sense of Donald Trump’s political rise and the unraveling of the Republican Party he now leads, progressive writer E.J. Dionne listens to conservatives who saw it all coming.In 2013, after...
View ArticleKenmore man sentenced for attacking humane officer
A Kenmore man who beat and stabbed a humane officer for parking on the street in front of his house was sentenced to six years in prison by a Summit County Common Pleas judge Thursday. McCullen Webb,...
View ArticleMetro Parks release one more batch of quails, cross fingers that they’ll...
Dan Toth assisted Summit County’s newest resident out of the back of the SUV, Marlo Perdicas presented her with a shiny blue bracelet, and then the two local ambassadors watched as she toddled off to...
View ArticleTrump, Clinton trade caustic barbs as roast turns bitter
NEW YORK: The annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala in New York that is often the last time the two presidential nominees share a stage before Election Day, is...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
FOOTBallScoreboardThursday’s ResultsCin. Riverview East vs. Day. Belmont, ccd.Garfield Hts. vs. Parma Normandy, ppd. to FridayGermantown Valley View 38, Brookville 20Hilliard Darby 35, Delaware Hayes...
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