Yahoo says hackers stole information from over 1B accounts
NEW YORK: Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013.The Sunnyvale, California, company says it’s a different breach from the one it disclosed in...
View ArticleConservancy advocate Darwin Kelsey dies, leaves legacy of farm-to-market...
The founding director of Countryside Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering small-scale farming and farm-to-market foods in Northeast Ohio, has died from an illness as the agency continues to...
View ArticleSummit prosecutors: Love triangle led to fatal shooting in front of man’s...
Marlon Gibson stepped out of his Akron apartment to have a cigarette and was shot in the neck by Christopher Hunter.Gibson stumbled to the door of his apartment, but Hunter shot him again in the back....
View ArticleCredit cards taken while churchgoer gets Communion were used to buy...
Authorities are looking for a couple of thieves they say preyed on an elderly woman in church.The Summit County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday released video of a woman setting down her purse to receive...
View ArticleStow’s Meijer store won’t open for at least a couple of years
STOW: Local shoppers have been waiting a couple of years for a new Meijer store to break ground in Stow.City officials said no worries — it’s still going to happen.The sale of property in the former...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: St. V-M basketball set to host third annual LeBron...
The third annual LeBron James Classic is set for this weekend at St. Vincent-St. Mary.The Classic is slated to benefit the LeBron James Family Foundation, and is sponsored by the Akron Hilton,...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 14
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 ArticleBrowns notebook: Joe Thomas jokes about Marcell Dareus guaranteeing Bills...
BEREA: Browns left tackle Joe Thomas giggled and switched into professional wrestling mode when he heard about nose tackle Marcell Dareus guaranteeing the Buffalo Bills will triumph Sunday in Orchard...
View ArticleBrowns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor chastises anyone who assumes he argued...
BEREA: The fiery attitude Browns coach Hue Jackson wants Terrelle Pryor to better control on game days infiltrated the wide receiver’s interview with reporters Wednesday.Pryor accused beat writers of...
View ArticleHigh school girls basketball / Twinsburg 45, Wadsworth 40: Jasmine Bishop...
WADSWORTH: Twinsburg senior Jasmine Bishop played the role of starter and closer Wednesday night at Wadsworth.Bishop made her biggest contributions in the first quarter and the fourth quarter, guiding...
View ArticleGarfield mother, Summa doctor bring Christmas to class of Akron students with...
This Cinderella story has a Part Two.Back in October, Staci Smith gave her daughter and her daughter’s Garfield High School classmates — students with special needs — the homecoming night of their...
View ArticleMissing man last seen leaving Canton medical facility
Authorities in Stark County are searching for a 73-year-old man last seen leaving a medical facility wearing blue jeans and a maroon jacket with a “Vietnam Veteran” logo on the back.Canton Police have...
View ArticleGrizzlies 93, Cavaliers 85: Grizzlies hold on to top Cavs minus Big Three
MEMPHIS, Tenn.: Troy Daniels scored 20 points and Marc Gasol had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 93-85 victory Wednesday night over the short-handed Cavaliers, who left...
View ArticleObituary: Xavier Bennett, 5, faced cancer fight with ‘Superman’ strength and...
After a two-year battle with cancer, 5-year-old Xavier Bennett of Akron, affectionately known as “Superman” for his fighting spirit, died Monday.Xavier was born Jan. 2, 2011, to Raven Huron and Justen...
View ArticleOnline charter school loses state attendance audit appeal
COLUMBUS: A judge will allow Ohio’s education department to review attendance records that could force Ohio’s largest online charter to return millions of its funding.Franklin County Judge Jenifer...
View ArticleStill waiting for the UA trustees
The University of Akron trustees clearly liked the work of Ernst & Young. The management and accounting firm was brought to the campus earlier this year to assess the university’s finances. It...
View ArticleCourt upholds death sentence of Akron man who killed woman, boyfriend; left...
COLUMBUS: The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing the mother of his two children and her boyfriend.The court ruled 6-1 Thursday to reject arguments raised by...
View ArticleSnow expected Friday night before turning to warm rain Saturday afternoon
Location. Location. Location.Things were bright and sunny Thursday in Akron.But if you ventured a snowball’s throw away in Fairlawn, snow flurries and squalls greeted holiday shoppers at Summit...
View Article22 minutes from car crash to fatal shooting of Case law student by Hudson...
2:40 p.m. 911 callers report a car accident on the Ohio Turnpike westbound near the 185.7 mile marker. A caller describes watching a car crash into another car before flipping on its roof. Another...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Longtime cornerback Tramon Williams eyeing safety experiment...
BEREA: It’s not every Sunday night that a 10-year NFL veteran goes home after a game to watch film on a tablet and immediately review his performance from earlier in the afternoon.But Tramon Williams...
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