Indians 7, Reds 2: Indians complete sweep behind Josh Tomlin’s two-way night,...
CINCINNATI: Indians starter Josh Tomlin pitched well Thursday night and still doesn’t have a loss this season. But for one night, he might have been even better with the bat. Tomlin threw 7⅔ strong...
View ArticleLocal doctor celebrates work in Akron and Kenya
Dr. Bonyo S. Bonyo feels like he has two homes. The first is Akron, where he lives with his wife, Sharon, and six children and runs his family medical practice on Vernon Odom Boulevard. The second is...
View ArticleAmazon might deliver fulfillment center in Twinsburg
An Amazon fulfillment center could be coming to Twinsburg.The Ohio Tax Credit Authority is scheduled to review a tax credit assistance application from Amazon.com.dedc LLC, on Monday for a Twinsburg...
View ArticleTeamsters’ troubled pension won’t submit new rescue plan
The trustees for the Teamsters’ severely underfunded Central States Pension Plan say they will not submit a new rescue plan to the federal government.The U.S. Department of the Treasury on May 6 denied...
View ArticleBrimfield police officer charged with stealing $15 watch band from Best Buy
A Brimfield Township police officer is awaiting trial on a misdemeanor charge that he stole a $15 watch band from a Best Buy this month.Officer Russ Diehl, 41, faces a charge of theft, a first-degree...
View ArticleAkron police officer gets probation in beating outside charity event
An Akron police officer was sentenced to anger management classes and a year of probation for assaulting a man in March 2015 after a police charity event in Cleveland.Adam Campbell was accused of...
View ArticleTwo Stark County houses on Ohio’s 2016 Most Endangered Historic Sites list
Two Stark County houses near a planned highway widening project are among Ohio’s Most Endangered Historic Sites, according to Preservation Ohio, a grass-roots group.The two Stark County properties are...
View ArticleMount Hope Cemetery to celebrate rebirth Sunday
The waist-high grass and weeds are gone.The dead trees have been removed.And the gravestones that had toppled over have been righted.Mount Hope Cemetery — a private, eight-acre burial ground in Akron...
View ArticleHuntington pledges more than $16 billion in low- to moderate-income loans,...
Huntington Bank on Friday pledged more than $16 billion in a five-year community development plan that it would implement after its proposed merger with Akron-based FirstMerit Corp.The money would be...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron concedes ‘polytechnic’ title too misunderstood to keep...
The idea of referring to the University of Akron as “Ohio’s Polytechnic University” just hasn’t clicked the way administrators had hoped.The rebranding campaign that unleashed waves of outrage from...
View ArticleBig bass from Kendall Lake in 24-hour BioBlitz spotlight in Cuyahoga Valley park
BOSTON TWP.: It was a big fish for Kendall Lake. The largemouth bass hauled from the 12-acre lake in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park measured 21¼ inches in length and weighed 5¼ pounds. The...
View ArticleSearchers find body parts, seats, luggage from Egyptian jet
CAIRO: Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black...
View ArticlePregnant women in U.S. with Zika spikes on new counting method
NEW YORK: The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with Zika virus is suddenly tripling, due to a change in how the government is reporting cases.Previously, officials had reported...
View ArticleCavs playoff games excite fans and jingle cash registers
With apologies to Victorian-era poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Cleveland Cavaliers, how do we love thee?Let us count the ways: To the depth, breadth and height of sales of burgers, fries, shakes,...
View ArticleDraft party tab drained Channing Frye’s bank account, but didn’t break bond...
INDEPENDENCE: It’s been 11 years, and Channing Frye still jokingly carries a grudge.He thinks back to the night that close friend and Cavaliers teammate Richard Jefferson and eight more buddies from...
View ArticleWoman struck, killed on state Route 8 near East Tallmadge Avenue; about 10...
A woman was struck and killed by a northbound vehicle during rush hour on state Route 8 Monday afternoon after getting out of her vehicle and running across traffic.About 10 cars were involved in...
View ArticleA first look at fall network TV: New, returning and canceled shows
The commercial broadcast networks have presented their plans for 2016-17, and here’s a rundown of new and returning series.You’ll find lots of fantasy, families with three kids, familiar faces,...
View ArticleVic Pallotta: Rethink a broken payday loan industry
In my role on the City Council in Cuyahoga Falls, I hear all the time from constituents who are struggling with personal financial issues. Too many of our friends and neighbors are financially...
View ArticleProsecutor: Fatal police shooting of Ohio man, 76, justified
TWINSBURG: Prosecutors in Ohio have cleared a police officer in the fatal shooting of a 76-year-old man who was holding a loaded a handgun and had just shot his son.The Summit County Prosecutors Office...
View ArticleBioBlitz completes count of plants, animals in Cuyahoga Valley
Scientists and volunteers on Saturday successfully completed their counting of plants and animals in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.The park’s first-ever BioBlitz, a 24-hour celebration of nature...
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