Marine surprises his sister at Barberton school after six years apart
In the six years Brandon Griffith was away in California serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, his youngest sister, Alea, kept him in her thoughts at home in Barberton.This Veterans Day, he was on her mind...
View ArticleBrowns coach Hue Jackson says owners support him in midst of season he ‘never...
Coach Hue Jackson still feels the love from Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam despite the nightmare he’s living.“I never could have dreamt this ever,” Jackson said Friday during a conference call.With...
View ArticleHigh school football / Hudson 14, Aurora 7: Explorers top Greenmen in...
MACEDONIA: Every week of the playoffs presents a new challenge for a football team.The competition generally gets tougher, the crowds get larger and the weather gets colder. Friday night at Nordonia...
View ArticleCavaliers 105, Wizards 94: Cavs’ fourth-quarter woes disappear in victory...
WASHINGTON: There isn’t much to nitpick on a team that entered the night tied for the best mark in the Eastern Conference, but one of coach Tyronn Lue’s legitimate concerns has been the Cavaliers’...
View ArticleHigh school football / St. Edward 41, Stow 35: Eagles hold on to edge...
TWINSBURG: An optimist would say Stow played well enough on Friday to beat most teams.A realist would say Lakewood St. Edward is better than most.For the second year in a row, St. Edward ended Stow’s...
View ArticleHigh school football/Lake County Perry 42, Woodridge 41 (OT): Bulldogs come...
CHESTERLAND TWP: In a do-or-die move, No. 1 Perry (Lake County) made a 2-point conversion in overtime to beat No. 4 Woodridge 42-41 in a Division IV regional semifinal at West Geauga High School on...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Nov. 11
FOOTBALLPlayoff ScoreboardRegional SemifinalsFriday’s ResultsDIVISION IRegion 1Cleveland St. Ignatius 31, Solon 17Lakewood St. Edward 41, Stow 35Region 2Powell Olentangy Liberty 45, Medina 27Lorain 30,...
View ArticleHigh school football notebook: Saturday playoff games for East, Hoban, St....
Six high school football teams in the Akron Beacon Journal coverage area will play regional semifinal playoff games at 7 p.m. Saturday.Two of the games feature schools from Akron, with East traveling...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Why I took my talents from South Beach to Cleveland
I tried not to stare at the man who was walking into Summit Mall as I was walking out. More specifically, it was the shirt he was wearing that caught my eye. Cast-free but still recovering from a...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: The highs and lows of life in the country
Who could use a story with a happy ending? I know I could.The World Series. The Browns. The election.Since Tuesday, Facebook has become a cesspool of vitriol and I am shocked and saddened by the...
View ArticleAuthorities: Two notorious street gang members arrested in Medina
MEDINA: U.S. authorities say they have arrested two members of the notorious MS13 street gang who are accused of executing a man in Virginia last month.The U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive...
View ArticleIdentities released in suspected murder-suicide in Akron
AKRON: The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday identified the couple found dead a day earlier in Firestone Park as Miles Simmons, 22, and Drew Foster, 21.Both died of gunshot wounds....
View ArticleTrump may revisit Trump Country during a victory tour
NEW YORK: Donald Trump may take a victory tour to states that elected him president, an aide said Saturday, as boisterous protests unfolded outside the tower where he holed up with members of his...
View ArticleTrump paints parts of Summit County, Ohio red
BARBERTON: Brown leaves blew into piles as Terry Shaw took a stroll downtown on a slow business day.Lately, most days are slow, said the 63-year-old owner of a one-man delivery company.Shaw, a...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleHigh school football/Archbishop Hoban 21, St. Vincent-St. Mary 7: Knights top...
Beating your archrival is often a daunting task. Doing it twice in the same high school football season? Even tougher.Archbishop Hoban accomplished just that Saturday night. But more than bragging...
View ArticleWith Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue experimenting with lineups, Tristan Thompson...
WASHINGTON: As Tyronn Lue continues to experiment with his lineups and reserves packages, one of his recent trends has been using Tristan Thompson less and less in fourth quarters.Thompson has played...
View ArticleHigh school football / New Philadelphia 27, East 20: Quakers end Dragons’...
CANAL FULTON: The 2016 East football team met the end of the road Saturday on a crisp evening at Northwest High School.East and New Philadelphia battled back and forth in a Division III regional...
View ArticleGirls soccer/Walsh Jesuit 2, Springboro 0: Warriors win Division I state...
Columbus: The Walsh Jesuit girls soccer team picked up one for the thumb.Both of them.In beating Springboro 2-0 at MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday in the Division I state final, the Warriors won a title for...
View ArticleMegyn Kelly: Trump tried to influence coverage with gifts
LOS ANGELES: Megyn Kelly says Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully to give her gifts, including a free stay at one of his hotels, as part of what she called his pattern of trying to influence news...
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