Akron lands minor-league baseball’s Eastern League All-Star Game a year...
Next year is this year. Sound familiar?The good times keep on rolling for Northeast Ohio sports fans with the top prospects in the Eastern League coming to Akron next week.But landing the Eastern...
View ArticleUA Board of Trustees severs ties with executive responsible for increasing...
The University of Akron is parting ways with the executive charged with increasing enrollment and overseeing its failed rebranding effort.The University of Akron Board of Trustees opted Wednesday to...
View ArticleMarco Rubio joins list of Republicans skipping GOP convention
WASHINGTON: On second thought, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will not be attending the GOP convention this month.Rubio had been planning to attend the confab in Cleveland but now joins a long list of...
View ArticleGood Park Junior Golf Tournament: Green’s Jordan Conjerti, Maxwell Moldovan...
A blazing start was the key for one, an almost equally hot finish boosted the other. But two Green High School golfers wound up in the same enviable position Wednesday at J.E. Good Park Golf...
View ArticlePolice see spike in trespassers at abandoned Geauga Lake amusement park
AURORA, OHIO: Police are warning would-be trespassers not to set foot in an abandoned Northeast Ohio amusement park after a spike in arrests at the site this year.Bainbridge Township Sgt. Frank Chickos...
View ArticleJury findings leave Western Reserve, Summa partnership in limbo
Both sides are claiming victory in the ugly legal battle between Summa Health and Western Reserve Hospital Partners. A Summit County jury last week awarded Summa $906,464 in compensatory damages for...
View ArticleAkron drug overdoses spike to 17 in single day; “We’re sure it’s probably...
On the average day this year, Akron paramedics have responded to two or fewer drug overdose calls.On Tuesday, there were 10.Those 10 calls involved a total of 17 people who overdosed. One of them died:...
View ArticleChicago Bulls again call Dwyane Wade, and this time he listens, leaves Miami...
MIAMI: Dwyane Wade never really planned for this to happen. He wore shirts that called Miami “My City” and referred to AmericanAirlines Arena as “My House.” He knew where the three boys that he’s...
View ArticleRash of drug overdoses continue in Akron; 3 deaths among 20 reported...
Akron police are continuing to investigate a rash of drug overdoses.Calls to police and paramedics began to come in at 1 p.m. Tuesday and as of 8 p.m. Wednesday, 20 overdoses had been reported. Three...
View ArticleOfficials ponder what to do with water blamed in amoeba death of Ohio teenager
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Officials in a North Carolina county are trying to decide what to do with water from the U.S. National Whitewater Center blamed in the death of an Ohio teenager.The Charlotte Observer...
View ArticleBlack officer from Northeast Ohio says Louisiana shooting made her want to quit
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OHIO: A black female police officer in suburban Cleveland said in a video posted on Facebook she was so upset after watching the fatal police shooting of a black man in Louisiana...
View ArticleFBI seeks help from public to identify woman found shot in national park
The FBI has taken over the investigation into the identity of a woman found shot multiple times along a Cuyahoga Valley National Park trail on Sunday morning.Cleveland FBI spokeswoman Special Agent...
View ArticlePut Rich Cordray on the short list
Rich Cordray for vice president? Where did that idea get its start? Prentiss Cox, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota, championed Cordray as a running mate for Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleWine Spectator honors four restaurants in Akron area
Raise a glass.Wine Spectator magazine has released its annual Restaurant Awards recognizing outstanding wine programs, and four of the top places in the world are in the Akron area.There are three...
View ArticleState Department reopens Clinton emails probe
WASHINGTON: The State Department is reopening an internal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information by Hillary Clinton and top aides, officials told the Associated Press on...
View ArticleTodd Rickel, another Scarborough-backed executive, parts way with University...
Another top executive recommended to be hired by former University of Akron President Scott Scarborough has been terminated.On Thursday, the vice provost and dean of the College of Applied Science and...
View ArticleAkron Art Museum unveils new garden and event space
Downtown Akron’s outdoor gathering space is about to expand.Work is being completed on the Akron Art Museum’s new Bud & Susie Rogers Garden, a one-acre park in the shadow of the museum’s...
View ArticleCavaliers work sign-and-trade with Bucks, receive $4.8 million trade...
The Cavaliers pulled a little salary cap magic Thursday and preserved a valuable trade exception in the process.The team sent Matthew Dellavedova to the Milwaukee Bucks in a sign-and-trade that created...
View ArticleNewborns infected by bacteria at Aultman NICU in Canton
Some of the sickest and most fragile infants at Canton’s Aultman Hospital were recently infected by a common bacteria that can be deadly.It’s unclear when the bacteria — Serratia marcescens — was first...
View ArticleLocal reactions vary to police-involved shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana
An African-American woman from Akron admits to being fearful of being pulled over by police.A white man from Wadsworth says when police tell someone to put their hands up, that person should...
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