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FOOTBALLState Semifinals ScoreboardSaturday’s ResultsDivision IIIArchbishop Hoban 23, Col. St. Francis DeSales 14Trotwood-Madison 36, Tol. Cent. Catholic 0———Division VCanton Central Catholic 24, Milan...
View ArticleBowling Green sheriff’s deputy dies in apparent accidental shooting
BOWLING GREEN: Authorities say an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in northwest Ohio has died after accidentally shooting himself.The Wood County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputy as 56-year-old Sgt....
View ArticleThe Latest: Air travel normal as holiday weekend winds down
NEW YORK: The Latest on Thanksgiving holiday travel across the country:4 p.m.The Transportation Security Administration says passengers have been moving “quite smoothly” through security checkpoints at...
View ArticleAkron and its IT future
Innovation and efficiency are top priorities for Dan Horrigan, and rightly so. As Akron faces the expense of a major sewer upgrade and the financial pressure of cutbacks in state funding for local...
View ArticleProsecutor’s desire to move police shooting trial is unusual
CINCINNATI: A prosecutor’s widely expected decision to retry a white former police officer on a murder charge in the traffic-stop shooting of a black man came with the surprise caveat that he wants to...
View ArticleLooking for elves, reindeer, Mrs. Claus or the Grinch? Try Peninsula...
PENINSULA: Tens of thousands of people find their way to Peninsula in the heart of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park when the weather is fair.But the tiny and quaint village has several reasons to...
View ArticleLocal history: ‘Miss Thanksgiving,’ a baby advertised for adoption in 1939,...
A smiling nurse brought a bundled baby to a new mother at Akron City Hospital on Thanksgiving Day 1939. “Here’s something to be mighty thankful for,” the nurse said cheerfully, presenting the 8-pound,...
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HOCKEYScoring SummaryDiPaolo Memorial Tournament KENT ROOSEVELT 4, MIAMI JR. 2Kent Roosevelt 1 2 1 — 4Miami Jr. 1 1 0 — 2Goals: Krestan (K), Harrod (K), Kaderle (K), Hillebrecht (K). Assists:...
View ArticleTerrelle Pryor provides Browns with bright spot in loss but receives nasty...
CLEVELAND: Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor used a kill-them-with-kindness approach after taking more barbs from New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins.Pryor caught six passes for a game-high...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Early start on Sunday forced Cavs to leave Ohio...
PHILADELPHIA: Despite sideline passes to one of the biggest college football games of the year, Cavaliers players watched the end of Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game like everyone else: on a...
View ArticleThings to Do, Nov. 28: Re-enactor plays Civil War officer; guitarist...
Learn about local Civil War heroHis name is on an Akron school, but do you know anything about Gen. Alvin Coe Voris? The Civil War brevet major was also an attorney, state legislator, judge,...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: As postgame confab runs late, Browns coach Hue Jackson had...
CLEVELAND: Going back to 1981, to my first season covering the Browns under Sam Rutigliano, a coach has never not been the first to address the media after a game.Even when Butch Davis had a panic...
View ArticleBrowns analysis: Nate Ulrich breaks down 27-13 loss to New York Giants
What went right: Inside linebacker Chris Kirksey was one of the few bright spots. He had 10 tackles, including one for loss. It was the fourth time this season he’s compiled double-digit tackles. Wide...
View ArticleGiants 27, Browns 13: Coach Hue Jackson says ‘0-12 is probably the hardest...
CLEVELAND: Browns coach Hue Jackson uttered the words “being 0-12 is probably the hardest thing ever.”Then he pursed his lips and tapped the side of the podium eight or nine times with his right hand...
View ArticleCavaliers 112, 76ers 108: Kyrie Irving’s big fourth quarter propels...
PHILADELPHIA: This time, Kyrie Irving arrived early and closed out the 76ers late. This time, there was no presidential motorcade, no traffic gridlock and no need for an Uber. This time, Irving shined...
View ArticleOhio auditor: Coventry would save $1 million by turning away hundreds of...
The financially distressed Coventry Local Schools could save $1 million if administrators turn away 666 students who go to school there but live outside the district.That’s the recommendation of a...
View ArticleMother of Cleveland man killed on I-90 says son was targeted
CLEVELAND: The mother of a 24-year-old Cleveland man who was fatally shot while driving along Interstate 90 last week believes her son may have been targeted in the attack.Michelle Norris, the mother...
View ArticleWrong-way driver killed in collision with other vehicles
COLUMBUS: Police say a woman has died after driving the wrong way on a central Ohio street and hitting another vehicle head-on.Columbus police say 60-year-old Bonita Allen, of Columbus, was killed...
View ArticleUA president names chief of staff
University of Akron President Matthew Wilson has named Barbara Weinzierl chief of staff for the office of the president.Weinzierl currently serves as assistant dean of admissions and strategic...
View ArticleFewer people visit N.C. furniture market since LGBT law enacted
HIGH POINT, N.C.: Fewer people are attending a world-renowned furniture market in North Carolina, where state law defines which bathrooms people can use and limits legal protections for lesbian, gay,...
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