Food Notes: Winners in oatmeal cookie contest; bakery opening downtown; Ohio...
Shockingly, some people don’t like raisins in their oatmeal cookies, and an editor here at the Beacon Journal is one of them.When I announced that I was going to help judge an oatmeal cookie contest,...
View ArticleDoes It Work? — TouCan, Fizzics, Micro Magic, Rapid Ramen Cooker, Miracle Peeler
The Does It Work? testers are in the kitchen today. The two of us — consumer reporter Betty Lin-Fisher and home writer Mary Beth Breckenridge — tried out a few kitchen gadgets, along with some...
View ArticleVanDevere auto dealership wins Akron’s approval to expand parking
The VanDevere auto group is getting a bit more room to grow behind its West Market Street site in Akron.The Akron City Council on Monday approved the dealership’s expansion project, including selling...
View ArticleAkron toddler’s sleepy visit with snoozing mall Santa warms hearts
The picture is enough to make even the most hardened believe in the spirit of Santa.In a photo that has gone viral on the Internet, Akron toddler Ryland Wade is seen snoozing peacefully on Santa’s lap...
View ArticleKent State University president receives $75,000 bonus and 2 percent raise
Kent State University President Beverly Warren received a $75,000 bonus and 2 percent raise Tuesday as part of her annual performance review.The board of trustees, which held its meeting at Akron...
View ArticleHomicides on the rise in Akron: Death toll is 27 in 2015
With several weeks to go, 2015 already is one of the deadliest years in Akron’s recent history.A shooting death Friday night at a home at 601 Storer Ave. and another at New York Style Pizza shop at 380...
View ArticleRecords show doomed Akron jet consistently got routine maintenance and repairs
Federal investigators are continuing the long process of determining what caused a private business jet to crash into an Akron apartment last month, killing all nine people on board.The National...
View ArticleAkron police think North Hill pizza shop killer is woman; family offers...
A University of Akron student from Springfield Township was shot to death while working at a North Hill pizza shop.Police said Zakareia Husein, 21, was robbed Monday night at Premium New York Style...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Blazers coach Terry Stotts flew to Istanbul once to meet...
CLEVELAND: After he was fired as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks late in the 2006-07 season, Terry Stotts was unsure of his future. It was the second time he had been fired, and it wasn’t certain he’d get...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 8
BASKETBAllBOYSScoreboardTuesday’s ResultsBuchtel 66, Garfield 60Copley 59, Alliance 53Cornerstone Christian 62, Twinsburg 59Coventry 69, Field 52Ellet 57, Tallmadge 51Fairless 59, Kingsway Christian...
View ArticleBrowns coach Mike Pettine reinserts Johnny Manziel as starter, intends to let...
Browns coach Mike Pettine gave Johnny Manziel a belated birthday gift Tuesday by lifting his punishment and formally naming him the starting quarterback.A statement released by Pettine makes it clear...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron soccer: Adam Najem unfazed by MAC slight, focused on...
Adam Najem isn’t the type of person to be affected by the slight.The junior midfielder from Clifton, N.J., has been the Zips’ best player since he arrived in 2013. In his career, he’s scored 28 goals...
View ArticleCavaliers 105, Trail Blazers 100: LeBron scores 14 of his 33 points in fourth...
CLEVELAND: LeBron James scored 33 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 105-100 on Tuesday at Quicken Loans...
View ArticleOhio inspector says he won’t investigate state employee who broke the law
The Ohio inspector general says he will not investigate a former state education employee who manipulated charter-school data and whose wife is the governor’s presidential campaign manager because, the...
View ArticleHow do you prepare for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’? Buying a ticket could...
Close to 40 years after Star Wars changed the pop-culture landscape, fans are bracing for the newest installment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in theaters this week.The official opening is Friday but...
View ArticleBob Dyer: PARTA doesn’t believe in PARTA
Well, here’s a good one.A Stow man is suing the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority, claiming he was unfairly fired.The main reason he was fired, according to PARTA: He “lacked reliable...
View ArticleAkron and its homicides
With 27 homicides so far this year, Akron is on track to have one of its deadliest years in recent times. Since 2005, the city has averaged 24 homicides a year, although there have been wide...
View Article‘American Horror Show’ actress Rose Siggins dies at 43
DENVER: Rose Siggins, who played a legless character on American Horror Story: Freak Show, died Saturday in Denver, a representative said.Siggins, whose character on the show was named Legless Suzi,...
View ArticleSex education varies as faith-based groups enter schools
Heather Edwards has two rules when teaching fifth-graders about puberty.Don’t share the lesson with the fourth-graders. And try not to giggle.With illustrative diagrams of reproductive organs, the...
View ArticleAkron clergyman completes gun walk in Highland Square
Jaron Vogelsang was astounded on Saturday to see two men walking down West Market Street through Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood, with rifles strapped across their backs. “Who are these guys? Are...
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