Trump’s transition team loses key figure as it struggles to find footing
WASHINGTON: The shoot-from-the-hip style that helped Donald Trump win the presidency is now playing out in his transition to governing.An insular group of loyalists and family members are at the helm,...
View ArticleYoung voters look to put the rancorous election behind them
Elaina “Ellie” Enselein grieved over the results of the presidential election.The 21-year-old Kent State student joined a few dozen classmates at the iconic campus rock — a focal point for peaceful...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron says he lost all respect for Knicks president Phil...
INDEPENDENCE: LeBron James fired back at New York Knicks President Phil Jackson on Tuesday, saying he lost all respect for the coaching legend after Jackson referred to James and his friends as a...
View ArticleHigh school football playoff schedule
FOOTBALLPlayoff ScheduleRegional FinalsDivision I(Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday)Region 14 Cle. St. Ignatius (11-1) vs. 2 Lakewood St. Edward (9-2) at Bedford Bearcat StadiumRegion 21 Powell Olentangy...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Newfound aggression of Cavaliers’ Kevin Love no laughing matter
CLEVELAND: On Thursday, President Barack Obama playfully tugged Kevin Love’s chain.In his speech honoring the NBA champion Cavaliers during their visit to the White House, Obama mentioned the three big...
View ArticleCavaliers 121, Raptors 117: Cavs find success in Frye-land in win over Raptors
CLEVELAND: Channing Frye referred to the 3-point arc this week as Frye-land, that place opposing centers don’t like to visit. He took the Raptors to Frye-land again Tuesday in time for the Cavs to...
View ArticleHundreds join late-night Akron march to protest Trump presidency
“Disappointed” doesn’t begin to explain how Brandice Schnabel feels about President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory last week. “I’m heartbroken,” she said. “Just really scared.”Schnabel, of...
View Article84-year-old woman killed in Cuyahoga Falls crash
CUYAHOGA FALLS: An 84-year-old city woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Munroe Falls Avenue near Winter Parkway at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.Mary Killian of Curtis Avenue was pronounced dead at the...
View ArticlePizza delivery driver threatened with rape, murder during delivery in Akron
A pizza delivery driver was threatened with rape and murder when she delivered food to a Sherman Street home, according to police reports.The 22-year-old woman said a man answered the door about 10...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to death in shooting of Kent State student
RAVENNA: An Akron man convicted in the shooting death of a Kent State University student has been sentenced to death.Portage County Common Pleas Judge Laurie Pittman imposed the death penalty on...
View ArticleInfant mortality creeps up in Ohio in 2015 despite efforts in Akron, around...
The number of infant deaths in Ohio increased slightly last year — to 1,005 from 955 in 2014 — despite efforts in Akron and across the state to curb infant mortality.Premature births, sleep-related...
View Article#GrabMyCookie: Akron woman protests Trump by supporting Planned Parenthood...
Many don’t recognize the oval sugar cookies with pink swaths of icing.Then they see the other cellophane-wrapped treats — easily identifiable women’s breasts and men’s genitalia.“Something clicks and...
View ArticleHigh school football playoff schedule
FOOTBALLPlayoff ScheduleRegional FinalsDivision I(Games at 7:30 p.m. Friday)Region 14 Cle. St. Ignatius (11-1) vs. 2 Lakewood St. Edward (9-2) at Bedford Bearcat StadiumRegion 21 Powell Olentangy...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Terrelle Pryor finally feels healthy, ready to fly against...
BEREA: Wide receiver Terrelle Pryor was destined to play for the Browns because he never fell in love with the Pittsburgh Steelers, not even as a kid growing up in their backyard.Many of Pryor’s...
View ArticleTrump pushes back against reports of transition turmoil
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump and his top aides pushed back aggressively Wednesday at accounts of a rocky transition, with Trump attacking the New York Times and his staff making efforts to...
View ArticleKent State men tip off basketball season with wall of diversity to show unity...
In the nearly 40 years that Cathi and Rob Eberly of Aurora have sat courtside at Kent State men’s basketball games, they’ve seen their fair share of wins and losses, sportsmanship and arguments and...
View ArticleAkron man will spend one year in Summit County Jail for shooting death;...
Though David Hillis will spend the next year behind bars, this penalty isn’t nearly enough for the family of Marcus Glover, the man Hillis shot and killed.Delonda Glover, Marcus’ aunt, shouted at...
View ArticleThings to Do, Nov. 17: Jonatha Brooke in Kent; classical in Cleveland,...
Folk-rock singer at Kent StageRemember the Goodyear ads from the late ’90s that urged you to “go where you want to go” with “serious freedom?” That voice belonged to folk-rock singer/songwriter Jonatha...
View ArticleBrowns players Andrew Hawkins, Josh McCown encouraged after meetings on...
BEREA: When Andrew Hawkins stood by a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and Josh McCown sat across from politicians he’s accustomed to seeing on CNN, the...
View ArticleUA men’s soccer: Zips rebound from disastrous October, host Villanova in...
When Victor Souto was dismissed from the University of Akron men’s soccer team on Sept. 30, coach Jared Embick had little hint of the rough month in store.Embick knew it would take time to adjust to...
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