Trump, Clinton supporters far apart on comfort with rhetoric
When asked how comfortable they were with the treatment of various groups during the campaign, differences were high between supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Here are some...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Terrelle Pryor says he’s told agents he wants to stay in...
BEREA: Impending free agent Terrelle Pryor struggles to harness his competitive fire at times, so finishing the 2016 season with a record of 1-15 can’t be easy for him to swallow.Yet Pryor believes the...
View ArticleMessage trumped rhetoric for Ohio voters, poll shows
Clarence Mingo is Franklin County auditor and a strong enough Republican to have been an alternate and delegate to the last two GOP conventions.He’s also black, a veteran and has a disability —...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Browns must stop vicious cycle of letting talent walk out the...
BEREA: The vicious cycle has got to stop.I’m not talking about the Browns’ parade of quarterbacks that now stands at 26 starters since 1999 without a franchise leader in sight. That will consume...
View ArticleCavaliers 90, Pelicans 82: Seldom-used James Jones, Kay Felder spark victory
CLEVELAND: His star point guard is still injured and his star power forward couldn’t make a shot. So Tyronn Lue did the only thing left: He turned to his last remaining healthy body and his undersized...
View ArticleOhio high school coach accused of cash register thefts
CINCINNATI: An assistant high school basketball coach from Cincinnati has been removed from his position after being charged with stealing cash registers from several local...
View ArticleBrowns coach Hue Jackson vows to deliver QB who’ll ‘play winning,...
BEREA: Coach Hue Jackson realizes he’ll never fulfill his promise to deliver a Super Bowl to the Browns unless he solves the franchise’s decades-old quarterback quandary.As Jackson, head of football...
View ArticleSpeaking more slowly, improving tuba playing, eating less chocolate among...
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan plans to work on slowing down his public speaking.University of Akron President Matthew Wilson wants to improve his tuba playing.And Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro hopes...
View ArticleLarge fight breaks out in stands following area high school basketball game
A large fight involving basketball fans erupted last Friday following a game between teams from Wooster and Lexington high schools in Lexington, according to the Mansfield News Journal. The brawl...
View ArticleEmergency in the ER? Come Jan. 1, it’s unclear which doctors will be staffing...
If you blow off a finger with a firecracker celebrating the new year, it’s unclear which doctors might help you in any of Summa Health System’s five emergency rooms.Summa this week said negotiations...
View ArticleSumma Health bringing in new doctor group to staff its ERs starting New...
Summa Health System announced Friday that it is replacing the physicians who staff its five emergency rooms Sunday. Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa’s president and CEO, said in a memo that Summa had a plan to...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Pufferbelly, Sweet Pea close; Chocolate Walk in Kent
Several local restaurants closed their doors as the year began.The Pufferbelly Ltd. Restaurant, located in Kent’s Industrial District, has been there since 1981.Its building at 152 Franklin Ave. is in...
View ArticleBeer notes: Wadsworth Brewing ready to open its doors; HiHO also opens Friday
“Our sense of humor, patience and marriage are a hell of a lot stronger than we thought,” Fryfogle-Joy said with a laugh last week. “We learned that.”The new Medina County brewery, located at 126 Main...
View ArticleSuddenly at Summa
Summa Health System insists the abrupt change in physicians staffing its five emergency rooms went seamlessly over the holiday weekend. James McIlvaine, the chairman of the Summa board of directors,...
View ArticleDemocratic Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill eyeing run for governor
COLUMBUS: The lone Democrat holding an Ohio statewide office said Tuesday he is considering stepping down from his post at year’s end to run for governor.In an Associated Press interview, Ohio Supreme...
View ArticleWas Hudson police officer justified in shooting, killing unarmed man? It...
It could take months before investigators complete their report on whether Hudson Police Officer Ryan Doran was justified when he shot and killed an unarmed man fleeing from a car crash last month.An...
View ArticleAuthorities offer $10,000 reward for information on murder suspect
Authorities have doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of an Akron man who is accused of killing a Ravenna Township man and his pregnant girlfriend.Information on David Calhoun Jr.,...
View ArticleSummit County saw at least 225 deaths by drug overdose in 2016, meaning more...
Summit County saw a record number of fatal overdoses in 2016, according to estimates by the Medical Examiner’s Office.Authorities won’t know exactly how many died of drug overdoses in 2016 until the...
View ArticleCavs backup point guard Kay Felder gaining confidence with two strong games
CLEVELAND: Tyronn Lue has spoken frequently this season about the difficulty of developing young players on a team contending for a championship. The opportunities and game minutes simply aren’t...
View ArticleBrowns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam write letter to ‘apologize for such a...
Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam apologized to fans Tuesday for putting them through the worst season in franchise history.In a letter sent to season-ticket holders and distributed to members of the...
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