Mark Mothersbaugh gets key to city, unlocks creative door for his hometown,...
Mark Mothersbaugh — after being presented the key to the city of Akron, his hometown — made a joke only Northeast Ohio fans could appreciate. “I feel like Mr. Jingeling,” he said Saturday, using both...
View ArticleEllet's Sarah Tucker excels amid personal loss
Sarah Tucker lost the biggest part of her support system during her senior year in high school – her mother.To honor her, Tucker, 18, continued to dedicate herself to hard work and academic excellence,...
View ArticleCavs reporter Jason Lloyd’s busy day
Covering the Cleveland Cavaliers may seem glamorous. It’s LeBron James.It’s the NBA.It’s travel.It’s fun.But the reality is that it takes a lot of hard work and long days.Think about 48,585 airline...
View ArticleWith healthy roster, Big Three clicking, LeBron hopes to lead Cavs to...
TORONTO: The last time the Cavaliers celebrated a trip to the NBA Finals, Kyrie Irving was in a knee brace and Kevin Love was in a sling. LeBron James was the only healthy member of the Big Three, but...
View ArticleIndians 11, Orioles 4: Indians rough up Ubaldo Jimenez, grab first place in...
CLEVELAND: Ubaldo Jimenez had plenty of highs and lows during his tenure with the Indians. On Saturday, facing the Indians at Progressive Field, he didn’t stay in the game long enough to have anything...
View ArticleChinese detergent maker sorry for harm done by racist ad
BEIJING: A Chinese laundry detergent maker apologized for the harm caused by the spread of an ad in which a black man “washed” by its product was transformed into a fair-skinned Asian man.Shanghai...
View Article10 Things to do in ... Copley Township
COPLEY TWP.: Of course you’ve been to Copley. It’s one of the three communities that make up Montrose, one of the region’s busiest shopping hubs.But have you explored Copley? There are, after all,...
View ArticleRyan Lewis: Indians players respond to proposed rule change raising lower...
Major League Baseball recently agreed to a rule change that would effectively raise the lower part of the strike zone. The rule change is pending approval by baseball’s playing rules committee and...
View ArticleMAC Baseball Tournament/Kent State avenges loss to Eastern Michigan, advances...
AVON: The Kent State baseball team advanced to the championship game of the Mid-American Conference Tournament with a 4-2 win over Eastern Michigan in a game that started late and ended early Sunday...
View ArticleShootings at Houston auto shop leave gunman, customer dead
HOUSTON: A man came into a Houston auto detail shop and began shooting, killing a man known to be a customer and putting a neighborhood on lockdown Sunday before being killed by a SWAT officer, police...
View ArticleGood News — May 30
More than 2,500 runners participated in the Girls on the Run Northeast Ohio 5K on May 22 in downtown Akron. “Without the assistance of the city, it would not have been possible for over 2,500 smiling...
View ArticleAkron to dedicate the Matthews Hotel Monument
Akron plans to pay tribute to the city’s African-American music history and honor one of the community’s nationally known artists and sculptors.City leaders will dedicate and light the Matthews Hotel...
View ArticleLocal history: Civil War veteran’s prayer comforted mourners
James M. Bradford wept when he recited the prayer.How many times had he delivered it? How many friends had he lost?Bradford, chaplain of the Buckley Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, composed the...
View ArticleVeterans hold ceremony in remembrance of soldiers for Memorial Day
For Jerry Steffek, the senior vice commander of the Summit County Veterans Services Commission, Memorial Day isn’t something to celebrate once a year.And although the VSC holds an annual Memorial Day...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco nearing return; second...
CLEVELAND: The Indians have spent most of the season waiting for two key pieces to return from the disabled list. It appears as though they’ll be getting at least one of them back soon. Indians...
View ArticleFamily of boy who was rescued thanks Cincinnati Zoo; Harambe the gorilla is...
CINCINNATI: Panicked zoo visitors watched helplessly and shouted, “Stay calm!” while one woman yelled, “Mommy loves you!” as a 400-pound-plus gorilla loomed over a 4-year-old boy who had fallen into a...
View ArticleWWII veteran breaks silence so the world never forgets
Bill Miller kept the war locked away for 65 years.Then, about a decade ago, he was asked to tell a group of students at Barberton High School about following Gen. George Patton over the Rhine into the...
View ArticleTwo men from Akron area trek to foot of Everest to bring attention to veteran...
At least eight. That’s how many Army veterans Steven Downey knows of who took their own lives.Downey and his friend Drew Oakes, both Army Iraq veterans who graduated together from Stow High School,...
View ArticleThings to Do, May 30: Lots of Memorial Day parades, ceremonies; School’s Out...
Attend Memorial Day events to honor the fallenMany communities are holding parades, wreath-layings and other events to mark Memorial Day and honor service members. Check out a full list at Ohio.com....
View ArticleDifferent roads have led old friends Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye to...
Channing Frye has waited 11 years for this moment. Richard Jefferson has waited 13 years to get back. Together, the close friends are perhaps two of the more unlikely teammates to be playing in the NBA...
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