Hotel guest killed, two others injured in Hawthorne Suites fire in Montrose
COPLEY TWP.: One hotel guest was killed and two others were injured when a fire broke out early Saturday at the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham on “Restaurant Hill” in the Montrose area.The guests injured...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The Goddard you see isn’t the one you don’t
Here’s how long Dick Goddard has been doing the weather.When I was in sixth grade, he came to my school and gave a presentation.Seriously. Sixth grade. Russell Elementary School in Russell Township,...
View ArticlePentagon: U.S. airstrike targets Taliban leader Mullah Mansour
WASHINGTON: The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed.Pentagon press secretary...
View ArticleSmoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic end for EgyptAir plane
CAIRO: Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before...
View ArticleMost Ohio House candidates did not respond
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerThe Beacon Journal sent the following letter to the chairs of the two main state political parties, 32 Ohio candidates for the U.S. House and all known to...
View ArticleThings to Do, May 22: Vintage base ball at Stan Hywet; Food Truck Festival in...
See old-fashioned ‘base ball’ at Stan HywetStan Hywet Hall and Gardens will host a game of vintage “base ball” with the Akron Black Stockings at 1 p.m. Sunday. Players will use old-fashioned equipment,...
View ArticleTrack and field: Woodridge boys, girls win Division II district team titles...
BEDFORD: The Woodridge track and field teams loaded the bus Saturday and left Bearcat Stadium with two Division II district team championship trophies.Junior Jacob Mally led Woodridge to the top of the...
View ArticleBob Dyer: LeBron’s kindergarten teacher nailed it
Ernie Sigler smiled when he read my recent column about one of LeBron James’ elementary school principals.When LeBron and his buddies kept playing a pickup basketball game long after the bell rang to...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Former coach David Blatt says Cavs are team to beat
TORONTO: Former coach David Blatt holds no ill will toward the Cavaliers and told ESPN on Saturday they’re the team to beat.“I think they’re playing great,” Blatt told ESPN. “I think that the players...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Struggles of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love in Cavaliers’ Game 3...
TORONTO: LeBron James’ first incarnation in Cleveland was marked by a constant search for a Robin to his Batman.During James’ seven seasons with the Cavaliers from 2003-10, general managers Jim Paxson...
View ArticleRaptors 99, Cavaliers 84: Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love struggle and Cavs’ playoff...
TORONTO: Kyrie Irving walked off the court and crouched down like a catcher along the baseline early in the fourth quarter Friday. Tired and battered, it was one of the few times on this night Irving...
View ArticleAkron K-9 Challenge: Knowing when to bite and when to let go
Lylou the 75-pound German shepherd flew threw the rain, teeth bared, jaws stretched wide, the moment Tallmadge police officer Nate Ickes shoved Cuyahoga Falls Police Capt. Perry Tabak during the Akron...
View ArticleIndians mailbag: Juan Uribe, Lonnie Chisenhall, Tyler Naquin and trade assets
The Indians enter the weekend playing well and within shouting distance of the Chicago White Sox and first place in the American League Central. A good showing in Chicago this week could also mean a...
View ArticleUniversity of Cincinnati president opens up about mental illness struggles
CINCINNATI: The University of Cincinnati’s president has opened up about his past struggles with depression and suicide to address what he says is a stigma about mental illness.The Cincinnati Enquirer...
View ArticleWhy coal faces hard times, and Hillary Clinton deserves better
Come November, chances are West Virginia will side with Donald Trump. So will Kentucky. Will it matter then that Hillary Clinton encountered bumpy political terrain for telling a CNN Town Hall in...
View ArticleEx-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza collapses on stage, dies
LOS ANGELES: Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a family...
View ArticleLocal history: Photos tell grim tale of 1956 train wreck in Atwater
The letter-size envelope was scuffed and torn. Ronald Tonkovich, 75, opened it and pulled out 15 black-and-white photographs taken by his brother 60 years ago.Each 3½-by-5-inch print revealed a scene...
View ArticleMitzvah Day spreads good will and good deeds throughout Akron area
In Norton, Laurel Gress of Beth El Congregation picked up trash in a park.In Akron, Cheryl Kline of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church sewed dresses for children in a Third World country.In Bath Township,...
View ArticleLittle known and oft-ignored third party, independent candidates to rule this...
With dirt under his fingernails and a faded Harley-Davidson tattoo on his upper left arm, Scott Rupert is the anti-politician in every possible way.The truck-driving singer in a Christian band hauls...
View ArticleAkron’s rock stacker has his own reasons for creative hobby
It’s not a Zen or ch’i thing, Ed Cote insisted.Not art. Not therapy. Not even especially a skill, he will tell you.He said this as he hoisted a 40-pound rock, tipped it lengthwise, and nestled a pointy...
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