10 Things To Do In.... Tallmadge
TALLMADGE: You don’t even need to say the word “circle.” Just say Tallmadge, and most locals will immediately conjure an image of that regionally famous traffic wheel, its eight spokes spinning cars...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Up close and personal with The Olive Jar
In honor of the long-awaited firing of University of Akron President Scott Scarborough, your favorite columnist arranged for an exclusive interview with the key figure in Scarborough’s demise.Yep. The...
View ArticleEmotions raw in Ohio hometown of man in Stanford assault case
OAKWOOD, Ohio: Sadness over a hometown boy’s fall. Anger at a perceived light sentence for a brutal crime. Disgust with an international spotlight.Emotions are running high in this wealthy suburban...
View ArticleChristina Grimmie of ‘Voice’ fame shot dead after concert
ORLANDO, Fla.: A gunman who shot and killed a singer who rose to fame after appearing on The Voice traveled to Orlando from another Florida city specifically to attack her and then fatally shot...
View ArticleDoctors prescribes man 145 opioid pills; nine days after surgery, he dies
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Four days after a routine tonsillectomy, 24-year-old Riley Martin called his doctor. He was in pain, he said, and had run out of medicine.Over the next five days, he visited or called...
View ArticleThings to Do, June 12: Food trucks, music in Falls; farm fest at Hale Farm;...
Learn about plants, animals at Hale FarmThe Sow and Grow Farm Festival at Hale Farm continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Learn about draft horses and oxen, wheel plowing a garden, beekeeping and chicken...
View ArticleIndians top prospects Bradley Zimmer, Clint Frazier going through different...
The Indians’ top two prospects in the system are both roaming the outfield for the Double-A RubberDucks, but that’s one of the only similarities in their respective seasons. Outfielders Bradley Zimmer...
View ArticleCicadas on the menu for Stow foodie
Stow: Cicadas. For Don Xu, they’re what’s for dinner. Xu, a self-described foodie, could hardly wait for the 17-year cicadas to emerge last month so he could fry some up and taste them. He cooked his...
View ArticleHigh school football: Barberton rising senior Kobie Booker commits to play at...
Barberton High School rising senior Kobie Booker has committed to play football at the University of Akron.Booker, 18, is 6-foot-1 and 257 pounds. He plays all the defensive line positions, linebacker...
View ArticleNBA Finals: Behind 3-1, history not on side of Cavs, especially against...
CLEVELAND: LeBron James is enough of a basketball historian to appreciate the monumental task facing the Cavaliers. No team has ever rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA Finals. Perhaps just as...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Cavs aren’t built to beat Warriors
CLEVELAND: The Cavaliers don’t have the right pieces to beat the Golden State Warriors.They can’t score enough points.They don’t have the depth.They don’t have the consistency.They don’t play good...
View ArticlePolice: About 20 dead after club shooting in Orlando; shooter is dead
ORLANDO, Fla.: The Latest on the shooting at an Orlando nightclub (all times local):7:25 a.m.Police say approximately 20 people have been killed inside a Florida nightclub, and at least 42 were...
View ArticleBarberton police charge businesses with underage sale of alcohol
BARBERTON: A Barberton Police Department undercover operation found four businesses violating the Ohio Revised Code by selling alcohol to an underage individual.Those charged with underage sale of...
View ArticleDonald Trump uses shooting to criticize Obama
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump isn’t pausing his political commentary for the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history unfolding in Florida.It was unclear whether the shooter who killed at least 50 people in an...
View ArticleMan found dead near intersection in Akron
AKRON: A man was found dead in the grass near the intersection of Crestview Avenue and Orrin Street around 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The Summit County Medical Examiner’s office said the death was from an...
View ArticleAkron suburban derby yields two more All-American qualifiers
Kids raced head to head Sunday in the Akron Suburban Soap Box Derby for a spot in the All-American Soap Box Derby on July 16.In the stock division, Mikey Conway of Louisville slid into a wall and lost...
View ArticleLocal history: Hydroplane racer Ron Musson was built for speed
Ron Musson lived for high-octane thrills at maximum velocity.The hydroplane racer skimmed gracefully over the water like a smooth pebble skipping over a millpond. Musson could pilot just about any...
View ArticleFamily shares discriminatory experiences in panel about racial harmony
When Hayden Gilbert tried to enjoy a night out at the bar with his friends in Akron a couple years ago, he wound up cornered in the bathroom by a white bouncer and his posse.Gilbert said the bouncer...
View ArticleStudents show support for victim at Stanford graduation
PALO ALTO, Calif.: Stanford University graduating students and women’s rights advocates used the school’s commencement ceremony to again express their anger over the six-month jail sentence given to a...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Coach Tyronn Lue fined $25,000 for criticizing officials...
OAKLAND, CALIF.: Tyronn Lue has always made it a point to say he won’t argue with referees, yet he still found a way to get fined $25,000 for making critical comments about the officiating following...
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