Pennsylvania bank expands into Ohio by buying 13 FirstMerit branches
A western Pennsylvania banking company seeking to expand in Ohio is buying 13 FirstMerit branches in Stark and Ashtabula counties.First Commonwealth Financial Corp., headquartered in Indiana, Pa., will...
View ArticleAkron receives $5 million federal grant to improve downtown
Akron has received a $5 million federal grant to rebuild South Main Street downtown.The city announced the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant Wednesday, saying it will...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Sign of slackers
Come on, Akron. Why is that sign still up?I’m talking about the brown-and-white one on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard that claims the next exit will take motorists to the National Inventors Hall of...
View ArticleGordon, a physically abused pit bull rescued from an Akron dogfighting ring,...
Gordon — a pit bull used as a bait dog in an Akron dogfighting ring — seemed to find a happy ending in January when he cuddled up with a Sandusky woman and her 1-year-old daughter who promised “Gordo”...
View ArticleFor would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley, freedom only days away
WASHINGTON: For the past decade, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan has quietly spent a growing number of his days living with his 90-year-old mother in a gated community in Williamsburg, Va. On...
View ArticleBrowns defensive end Armonty Bryant pleads guilty to attempted drug...
Browns defensive end Armonty Bryant pleaded guilty Wednesday to a reduced charge stemming from a traffic stop on Christmas morning, but he isn’t out of hot water with the NFL.Bryant pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Coach Terry Bowden exudes confidence despite...
As he prepares to face the Mid-American Conference media in his fifth MAC Media Day on Thursday in Detroit, University of Akron football coach Terry Bowden is dealing with, at least in his mind, less...
View ArticleAgencies struggle to combat wave of drug overdoses across Summit County; 851...
Authorities and interest groups are scrambling to combat the ongoing spike in drug overdoses that’s been plaguing Summit County for three weeks.As of July 26, authorities have logged 851 emergency room...
View ArticleParents of toddler who overdosed on pain pills twice in week arrested
MARION, OHIO: Police in Ohio say the parents of an 18-month-old girl who overdosed on a painkiller twice in one week have been arrested on charges of child endangering.Marion police Maj. Jay McDonald...
View ArticleOhio is rare: Young voters moved heavily Republican
With a plan to double the minimum wage, curb climate change and make college free for most American families, Democrats are speaking the language of the younger generation.However, they’re not getting...
View ArticleA new threat in fight against overdoses, elephant sedative suspected in...
COLUMBUS: A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country’s heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several...
View ArticleMedina tree-trimming company owner critically injured in 50-foot fall from tree
BATH TWP.: The owner of a Medina tree trimming company was in critical condition Thursday at Cleveland Clinic Akron General after falling about 50-feet the day before.Brian Lutheran, 36, was injured...
View ArticleAuthorities looking for man who ransacked Green bar
GREEN: The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in earlier this week at the Caston and Main Brew Yard, 5010 S. Main St.Authorities say a man armed with a handgun and tools entered...
View ArticleParole denied for ‘flying bank robber’ imprisoned for death of 2 in 1995
An 86-year-old man known in media reports as the “flying bank robber” was denied a chance at parole Tuesday, meaning he’ll continue a prison sentence that began two decades ago.Frank L. Sprenz was...
View ArticleRobber hits Akron loan store; takes money from customer
A gunman wearing a black doo-rag over his face and wearing white gloves robbed the LoanMax auto title lender office at 1340 E. Tallmadge Ave. and a customer there Wednesday afternoon, employees told...
View ArticleMinority-owned dance studio opens in downtown Akron
Some teens sneak out of their homes while growing up to get into trouble, but Onjela Simmons would sneak out to dance.“Some of my high school classmates would sneak out to go to the clubs, but I just...
View ArticleCelebration Church marks first year of its monthly Night of Hope for people...
When Pastor Zach Prosser moved to the Akron area with his wife two years ago, Celebration Church on Dan Street near the low-income Elizabeth Park Valley neighborhood was on its last limb.“The church...
View ArticleHigh school football: Suburban League looking for continued success following...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: In just one year as an expanded, revamped conference, the Suburban League has established a reputation to envy.That was a theme echoed repeatedly at the league’s second annual Football...
View ArticleReinstated Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon says he’s been selfish in past...
BEREA: Sitting out all of last season forced Josh Gordon to have an epiphany.The Browns’ recently reinstated wide receiver finally realized what the rest of the world knew. Letting his All-Pro talent...
View ArticleEight years after her second Olympics, Lauren Bay Regula caps inspirational...
When Lauren Bay Regula received an email invitation to pitch for the Canadian national team in this month’s WBSC Women’s World Softball Championship, the two-time Olympian quickly ticked off several...
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