Legendary TV weatherman Dick Goddard signs off after 55 years
While there could be late November snow in the WJW (Channel 8) weather forecast, Tuesday evening will be all about the end of a decades-long reign. Yes, Northeast Ohio native Dick Goddard, 85, is...
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2016 Akron Beacon Journal Football Player of the Year: Senior Jemarulin Suggs...
East senior Jemarulin Suggs strives to stay active and in shape. He admits he is “in grind mode” constantly when it comes to his studies and playing on the East football and basketball teams. Suggs’...
View ArticleGiant rats trained to help stop wildlife trafficking in Africa: a Q&A
The U.S. government is funding a project to train giant rodents to help fight illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the African giant pouched rat is being...
View Article42 emerging leaders chosen for 14th Torchbearers class
Torchbearers has selected 42 emerging leaders for its Class of 2017, the professional development organization announced this week.The independent affiliate of Leadership Akron said in a news release...
View ArticleCounty to buy mobile hospital in case of chemical, biological or other...
Local emergency teams may soon have a 20-bed hospital to deploy in the event of a terrorist attack, deadly pandemic, natural disaster or other catastrophe.Purchase of the hospital-on-wheels —...
View ArticleBackyard Thanksgiving football game in Medina raises nearly $250,000 for charity
MEDINA TOWNSHIP: In Medina County, what started as a family’s annual Thanksgiving morning backyard football game has morphed over the decades into a significant charity fundraiser, the Meadows Turkey...
View ArticleDeath toll in construction accident in China rises to 74
BEIJING: The death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China rose to 74, state media said Friday, in the country’s worst work-safety accident in more than two...
View ArticleMilitary parade for Donald Trump has come early
WASHINGTON: The military parade for Donald Trump has come early. Two months before Inauguration Day festivities, an extraordinary number of recently retired generals, including some who clashed with...
View ArticleAkron’s Stage Center supplies ballerinas’ needs on ‘Phantom’ tour
As the renowned The Phantom of the Opera continues along its U.S. tour, folks may not know that there’s an important piece of Akron on it: wardrobe supervisor Sally Howe.The Akron native, who got her...
View ArticleTyronn Lue wants to get Kevin Love going earlier in games
CLEVELAND: From the time Tyronn Lue took over as head coach, one of his top priorities was finding ways to make Kevin Love more comfortable in the Cavs’ system. To that end, Lue acknowledged after...
View ArticleWoodridge’s King Alfred Sanders guides West to 31-0 win in Thanks4Giving...
STOW: Coventry coach Ed Egan faced a decision Thursday in the seventh annual Thanks4Giving All-Star Football Game at Stow.His West All-Star Team had the ball on its own 33-yard line on a 4th down-and-2...
View ArticleTask force arrests one drunken driving during sobriety checkpoints in Barberton
BARBERTON: The Summit County OVI Task Force arrested one person for drunken driving Wednesday during two sobriety checkpoints set up in the city.The task force reported that 1,436 vehicles passed...
View ArticleGreen City Council salaries could rise 89 percent beginning in 2018
GREEN: City Council members whose terms begin in 2018 will ring in that New Year with substantial raises.By a 4-3 vote this week, the City Council approved boosting council members’ annual salaries...
View ArticleNew Akron Children’s Museum filled with smiles and laughter
Nine-year-old Alaina Abood is considering becoming a veterinarian when she grows up.She also loves pretending to be a doctor.So she was right at home Friday morning at the grand opening of the new...
View ArticleHigh school football Friday night scoreboard
State Semifinals(All games at 7:30 p.m.)Division ICle. St. Ignatius 24, Powell Olentangy Liberty 14Cin. St. Xavier 29, Pickerington Central 27———Division IIPerry 14, Hudson 3Cincinnati La Salle 35,...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Receiver Terrelle Pryor motivated by Giants cornerback...
BEREA: New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins conceded Browns standout Terrelle Pryor is “up there” with the top wide receivers he’s faced, but Jenkins also said the matchup won’t be a big...
View ArticleScarlet Letter Saturday arrives along with The Game to urge avoiding use of...
First, to all three or four Akron Beacon Journal readers who root for a certain college football team from a state up north: We definitely appreciate your loyalty to this newspaper, but you may want to...
View ArticleWith recounts looming, Trump adds new administration picks
MADISON, Wis.: President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern...
View ArticleMan who set himself on fire at Highland Square is an orphan, veteran, opera...
Margaret Ellen Bradford found herself at the Mustard Seed Cafe in Highland Square on Friday for a second time at the same table.A couple of weeks earlier, she gathered with friends to plan a half-mile...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Nov. 25
FOOTBALLState Semifinals ScoreboardFriday’s ResultsDivision ICle. St. Ignatius 24, Olentangy Liberty 14Cin. St. Xavier 29, Pickerington Central 27——Division IIPerry 14, Hudson 3Cincinnati La Salle 35,...
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