Tallmadge boy, 6, hit by car while riding bike in Akron in April dies from...
Authorities say a 6-year-old boy who was hit by a car while he was riding a bicycle in Akron in April has died.WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported Tuesday that the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office...
View ArticleResidents not happy about Barberton’s decision to remove downtown trees
BARBERTON: It’s rare for a suburb to have a traditional downtown, and city officials say they just wanted to show off the historic facades of their century-old business district.But social media...
View ArticleAfter historic performance by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in Game 5 win,...
OAKLAND, CALIF.: Now that the Cavaliers survived elimination once, now that they marched into Oracle Arena and did what few other teams have accomplished this season, now comes the hard part. Now they...
View ArticleCedar Point unveils online game for guests to play while waiting in line,...
Waiting in a long line for a popular ride can be a real bummer, so Cedar Point is looking to a virtual world to help its guests pass the time.The park is now offering an online game “The Battle for...
View ArticleChapel Hill Mall gets a new Sephora in J.C. Penney
Now that the J.C. Penney in Chapel Hill Mall has undergone a mini makeover, customers have a chance to go get a makeover themselves.Chapel Hill Mall has a new Sephora in J.C. Penney, selling a large...
View ArticleTwice-caught Akron fugitive, 80, is out of Ohio prison on parole
COLUMBUS: An 80-year-old fugitive from Akron who disappeared from an Ohio prison camp in 1959 while serving time for manslaughter and was captured last year in Florida walked away from an Ohio prison...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Overseas LeBron sightings abound
I wonder how much money you could have made had you bet that a kid born to a single, impoverished mother on Dec. 30, 1984, at Summa’s Akron City Hospital would wind up pictured on a four-story mural on...
View ArticleAttorney in fentanyl manslaughter case: Drugs, not drug dealer, to blame for...
A defense attorney on Wednesday compared a Barberton man’s charges of selling drugs that led to a woman’s overdose death with charging gun manufacturers when firearms are used to kill.“Smith &...
View ArticleUA modifies drug testing for student athletes
It’s four strikes and you’re out when it comes to all sports and testing positive for street drugs at the University of Akron.The board of trustees voted Wednesday to approve the modifications on the...
View ArticleBody of boy snatched by gator found in Disney lagoon
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.: The body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was snatched off a Walt Disney World beach by an alligator and dragged underwater was recovered Wednesday, ending a ghastly search at...
View ArticleFormer ABIA employee counter-sues struggling Akron organization, seeks to...
A former employee of the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has accused the non-profit of using him as a scapegoat to cover for its own failures that ultimately led to a $3 million lawsuit against...
View ArticleOrlando gunman raged against ‘filthy ways of the west’
ORLANDO, Fla.: Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the “filthy ways of the west” and blaming the U.S....
View ArticleUniversity of Akron approves an initial budget
The University of Akron will have to dip into its reserve funds to get through the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The University of Akron Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved the general fund...
View ArticleHistorical marker honoring Akron drag-racing legends is part of Father’s Day...
Each winter, gray-haired men from throughout Northeast Ohio with a mutual love of speed and the smell of exhaust fumes assemble to share a few beers and recount stories of their drag-racing days.The...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Cavaliers need to target Draymond Green, get in his head to...
CLEVELAND: Draymond Green’s slate has not been wiped clean. The volatile and versatile Warriors’ forward returns from his one-game suspension for Game 6 of the NBA Finals Thursday night at Quicken...
View ArticleLeBron James’ history suggests another big game with Cavaliers again facing...
CLEVELAND: The way LeBron James tells it, it’s so simple, so elementary. Yet the numbers he produces when his team is facing elimination are so robust. James has been calling the Cavaliers’ predicament...
View ArticleGrandmother uses perfume, swift kick to get rid of kidnapper in Ohio
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO: A 61-year-old Ohio grandmother says she used a bottle of perfume and a swift kick to get rid of a kidnapper.The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports a masked man approached Joyce...
View ArticleWoman dies in Stark County crash
A woman was killed on Wednesday in a two-car accident in Stark County’s Lawrence Township, according to the Canton Repository.The victim’s identity has not been released.The accident occurred about...
View Article3 arrested on heroin charges in Brunswick
The Medina County Drug Task Force has made three arrests on heroin charges in Brunswick.Arrested were Daniel Hoisington, 23, of Medina Township, on charges of possession of heroin and tampering with...
View ArticleOne dead, three injured in accident on Portage County road
RAVENNA: One motorist is dead and three others severely injured after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of state routes 5 and 59, just east of Ravenna city limits, at 9:45 a.m. Thursday.The...
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