Interbelt adds security in wake of shootings; Cocktails holds vigil for victims
Two Akron LGBT bars joined to show support for victims of the Orlando shootings by holding a candlelight vigil shortly after sunset Monday. Anthony Stanton, entertainment director of Cocktails 2.0 in...
View ArticleClinton calls for assault weapons ban during campaign stop in Cleveland
CLEVELAND: Seven-year-old Sophia Hardy wanted to go to Cleveland on Monday to see presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — and to rewrite history.“I want her to sign my...
View ArticleNBA Finals/Cavaliers 112, Warriors 97: LeBron James, Kyrie Irving score 41...
OAKLAND, CALIF.: LeBron James laughed at Klay Thompson’s comments this week about the NBA being a man’s league. Instead, he thought of a punishment far worse than anything he could say.He brought the...
View ArticleSummit County Executive Russ Pry battling cancer
Summit County Executive Russ Pry has been diagnosed with colon cancer, his office announced Monday.Pry is scheduled to undergo laparoscopic surgery Tuesday at Cleveland Clinic Akron General to remove...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Cavaliers survive the wrath of Draymond’s den, stave off...
OAKLAND, Calif.: The Warriors’ emotional leader wasn’t allowed to set foot in Oracle Arena until after the game, but the Cavaliers still faced what could have been an overwhelming task Monday night...
View ArticlePolice shoot dog while responding to scene of fatal shooting in Ohio
DAYTON, OHIO: Police say a man died in a shooting in Southwest Ohio and a dog was killed by responding officers when it tried to attack a police dog.Officers responded to the scene Monday night in...
View ArticleCar windows shattered in Akron by BB gun wielding vandal
Akron police are investigating a series of vandalism incidents Monday night that left more than a dozen windows shot out of vehicles throughout the city’s northwest neighborhoods.The reports began...
View ArticleBernie Sanders doesn’t endorse Hillary Clinton, vows to fight
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is declining to offer his endorsement of Hillary Clinton, telling reporters he will simply “fight as hard as we can” to transform the...
View ArticleGeorgia man arrested selling fake NBA Finals tickets in Cleveland
ATLANTA: Police say a Georgia man fouled out after he sold $2,100 worth of fake tickets to Game 4 of the NBA Finals and was arrested outside Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena.According to the Atlanta...
View ArticleAkron’s D’Agnese’s eatery lets pooches lap it up on the patio, with...
Be careful where you step — on certain days, anyway — at this restaurant. I was visiting D’Agnese’s Italian restaurant in West Akron last week and my foot landed in a patron’s dessert, but Cooper...
View ArticleFood Notes: New Burntwood Tavern and First Watch locations; German and...
Another local — more or less — restaurant group plans to open in the retail and shopping mecca west of Akron.The latest regional restaurant group to set its sights on the Montrose area is Burntwood...
View ArticleAkron seeks federal approval to make changes to court-approved sewer cleanup...
The city of Akron is seeking approval from U.S. District Judge John Adams to make two changes in the court-approved plan to curtail the city’s overflowing sewers.The proposed changes have the support...
View ArticleLottery open for National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM High School
It’s lottery time at the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) High School in Akron.Beginning today, students entering 10th and 11th grades this fall...
View ArticleStow city and court officials accept donation of artwork for municipal court
STOW: So here’s how a courthouse fills its lobby with stunning art without spending taxpayer money:Two Stow judges agree they love the work of a Munroe Falls photographer.Bailiff calls Macedonia...
View ArticleNew Ohio law bans minor drug charges for 911 callers, drug users in overdose...
Starting in mid-September, 911 callers in Ohio who report a friend or family member is overdosing on drugs will be immune to criminal prosecution — and so will the person who’s overdosing. The bill,...
View ArticleMasculine men, women might be more likely to abuse prescription drugs, UA...
Young men and women who exhibit stereotypical masculine traits might be more at risk of abusing prescription drugs, according to a University of Akron study.The research may be the first to examine how...
View ArticleThings to Do, June 15: ‘Phantom’ arrives in Cleveland; Andrew Dice Clay at...
‘Phantom’ returns to ClevelandThe ingenue. The mask. The chandelier. The Music of the Night. The longest-running show in Broadway history, The Phantom of the Opera, returns to Cleveland at 8 p.m., with...
View ArticleBody of missing Ohio 16-year-old swimmer found, identified
CONNEAUT, OHIO: Officials have identified the body of a teen boy pulled from the water near a northeast Ohio beach.Authorities say 16-year-old Jakub Hess had been missing since Sunday. His body was...
View ArticleTallmadge constructing a mixed-use development to create city’s first downtown
TALLMADGE: After nearly four years of planning, Tallmadge has begun developing its very first downtown area.Welty Co., along with Testa Companies, has started work on the first phase of a $45 million...
View ArticleMan dies in Coventry highway crash; 3 others injured
One man was killed and three people were injured, two critically, early Wednesday in a one-car accident on Interstate 77 in Coventry Township, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and the...
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