Donald Trump gets no endorsement from Ted Cruz; convention crowd boos Texas...
CLEVELAND: Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbornly withheld his endorsement from Donald Trump on Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, ignoring noisy...
View ArticleRNC: Ohio GOP and Gov. Kasich holding Trump hostage?
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerOhio Republicans are in hand-to-hand combat with the Donald Trump campaign and the rest of the GOP, a fight that has implications for both the state and...
View ArticleRNC delegates explore historic Mormon sites, Stan Hywet, other Akron-area...
Who knew Northeast Ohio was such a significant holy site for the Mormon religion?The Republican National Convention’s Utah delegation, that’s who.On Wednesday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Lt. Gov. Spencer...
View ArticleRNC Thursday: schedule and prime-time speakers
HERE Is WHO’LL TAKE BIG STAGE ON FINAL NIGHTThis is the final day of the Republican National Convention, and it finishes with the acceptance speech by candidate Donald Trump.The main program begins at...
View ArticleProtesters get rowdy in Cleveland; two officers suffer minor injuries;...
The scene in downtown Cleveland on Wednesday, the third day of the Republican National Convention, was peaceful in the morning but evolved into chaos by late afternoon.At least 10 people were arrested...
View ArticlePolice: 141 overdoses, 14 heroin deaths in Akron since July 5
The number of overdoses and deaths from heroin this month continues to rise in Akron. From midnight July 5 through Tuesday evening, there have been 141 heroin overdoses and 14 deaths from heroin in...
View ArticleNo one injured in fire that causes popular Kent wine bar to close indefinitely
KENT: Riverside Wine & Bar at 911 N. Mantua St., whose large deck on the Cuyahoga River draws crowds in the warmer weather, is closed following an electrical fire Thursday morning.Owners Robert and...
View ArticleRNC updates: Speeches touch on opportunity, beating the odds; officers...
This is the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.The Beacon Journal will again have reporters in and around Cleveland to provide the latest news.8:40 p.m.Speech excerptsThe RNC...
View ArticleAkron restarts commission focused on older adults after nearly a decade
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan has re-established the city’s Senior Citizens Commission, which has been inactive for nearly a decade. Nearly 13 percent of Akron’s population is age 65 or older, according to...
View ArticleExtreme heat and severe storms on way to Akron, National Weather Service warns
It will be heated and stormy in Northeast Ohio this weekend and it has nothing to do with the politics in Cleveland. The National Weather Service warns that some of the warmest temperatures of the...
View ArticleMichael Huguley sentenced to 15 years to life for stabbing death of the...
Ronald McCray faced the man convicted of stabbing his daughter Thursday and told him, “You’re a brutal murderer.”Michael Huguley lowered his head, not looking at McCray.“You don’t kill someone you...
View ArticleAkron artist leaves messages of love and peace in Cleveland for Republican...
Mac Love never noticed the woman watching him work under the Main Avenue Bridge in Cleveland.The Akron artist, a piece of Crayola chalk in hand, sketched the word “DREAM” about six-feet high on an...
View ArticleSuspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon meets with NFL Commissioner Roger...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell got to look Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon in the eye as they talked about whether the oft-suspended player is worthy of another chance. Goodell and Gordon met...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Has any Eastern Conference team done enough to stop...
For all the trades and free-agent signings that shook the NBA this month, one truth emerged quickly during my short stay in Las Vegas last week: Nothing has really changed.A number of executives...
View ArticleRNC and media: An early visit to the Q shows morning shows hard at work
Thursday morning in Quicken Loans Arena was so cold, CBS This Morning co-anchor Gayle King wrapped herself in a blanket between segments of the program. It was cold in part because the place was almost...
View ArticleRNC protesters carry on without violence under watchful eyes of police in...
A march in protest of Donald Trump’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate went without a hitch Thursday morning — despite the efforts of a religious group on the march route.Stand...
View ArticleDonald Trump officially accepts Republican presidential nomination; pledges...
CLEVELAND: Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re losing,...
View ArticleDonald Trump cancels campaign stop in Akron and struggles to find donors in Ohio
Donald J. Trump’s first action as the Republican nominee for president of the United States may be to find somewhere else to host supporters and party insiders. The Trump campaign tried to organize an...
View ArticleGov. John Kasich leads divided Ohio Republicans on final day of Cleveland...
Republican leaders continued to stress party unity and solidarity the final day of the Cleveland convention. But many in Ohio, including the governor, are still not in sync with the national party’s...
View ArticleUpdate: Details still scarce on Donald Trump’s planned visit to Akron Friday....
UPDATE: Trump has canceled this appearance. Read more about it here. Want to know more about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s visit to Akron Friday? So do we. The Beacon Journal has...
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