Barberton man sentenced to six years in prison for sharing child pornography...
He went by the screen name “Sick Mind” and shared sexually explicit pictures and videos involving children — some of them graphic — in an online chat room.Curtis D. Burden’s internet activity was...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 6): Rookie Spencer Drango works at right...
Thursday’s developments• Rookie fifth-round draft pick Spencer Drango practiced at right tackle with the first-team offensive line for the first time since camp started. As a result, Alvin Bailey...
View ArticleBrowns quarterback Josh McCown on Cowboys’ interest in trading for him: ‘My...
BEREA: The phone of Browns quarterback Josh McCown has been blowing up because he hails from East Texas and his relatives want to know if the Dallas Cowboys will trade for him.If McCown were dealt, the...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls riverfront concerts are canceled; organizer blames poor...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The remainder of the 2016 Riverfront Concert Series has been canceled, and there are no plans for it to return in 2017.That could mean next year will be the first in 30 years that the...
View ArticleStow bridge replacement will cause Route 91 traffic changes starting Monday
Bridge demolition work in Stow is going to lead to traffic changes and detours on state Route 91 beginning Monday.Stow officials said starting Monday, traffic near Fishcreek Road is scheduled to shift...
View Article10 things to do in...Macedonia
MACEDONIA: They say location is everything, and Macedonia is 23 miles north of Akron, 23 miles south of Cleveland, and strategically positioned between interstates 271 and 480 and state routes 8 and...
View ArticleSearch for Ohio teen volunteer continues in Grand Teton
MOOSE, WYO.: A search for a 16-year-old girl from Ohio has entered a second day in Grand Teton National Park.Fauna Jackson is part of a youth conservation group called Groundwork USA. She’s been...
View ArticleDoylestown motorcyclist in serious condition after Friday morning accident in...
A Doylestown motorcyclist was seriously injured after his bike was involved in an accident with a car at about 10:30 a.m. Friday in Chippewa Township.According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol report,...
View ArticleWoman killed in London knife attack was from Akron; 1970 graduate of Kenmore...
When Karen Bird-Nowicki heard the name and saw a photograph on television, she knew the woman fatally stabbed in London this week was a friend from her high school days in Akron.“I was so shocked. It’s...
View ArticleBarberton man and woman arrested Friday after crystal meth and other drugs...
A Barberton man and woman were arrested Friday in connection with a drug bust at a home on Diamond Avenue in Barberton.About $950 in cash, 32 grams of crystal meth, numerous prescription pills and...
View ArticleGoodyear announces board member, Cuyahoga Falls native and former acting CIA...
Michael J. Morell, former deputy director of the CIA and a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. director since 2014, has been granted a temporary leave of absence from the Akron tire-maker to work for the...
View ArticleTime for back-to-school vaccines
As parents prepare to send their children back to school this fall, health and school officials are reminding them to add vaccines to their list of things to do. This year, a new state law requires all...
View ArticleThings to Do, Aug. 6: Twins Days; Geekfest, ‘Force Awakens,’ Blues & Brews in...
See double at Twins Days The Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg is this weekend. Billed as the “World’s Largest Annual Gathering of Twins,” it is open to all multiples — identical, fraternal, young and...
View ArticleI-77, I-76 traffic-disrupting road project will not begin this weekend.
A major highway construction project that will affect about 35,000 motorists using Akron’s central interchange will be on hold at least through this weekend, an Ohio Department of Transportation...
View ArticleKenmore Freeze closed; nostalgic reflections from ice cream stand fans
To call Kenmore Freeze an “ice cream stand” would be to overlook its true role in the community.For local baseball teams, it was where players went to celebrate their victories, and sweet balm after...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 7): Coach Hue Jackson not happy with...
Friday’s developments• Without hesitation, Browns coach Hue Jackson said he wasn’t happy with the way the running game performed during Friday night’s scrimmage. The team’s running backs had trouble...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Not only does Corey Coleman idolize Steve Smith, Andrew...
BEREA: Browns rookie wide receiver Corey Coleman aims to emulate Baltimore Ravens five-time Pro Bowler Steve Smith and Pittsburgh Steelers four-time Pro Bowler Antonio Brown.Well, Coleman already...
View ArticleBrowns’ offense sparked by Baylor buddies Robert Griffin III, Corey Coleman
BEREA: The Baylor boys stole the Browns’ show.Quarterback Robert Griffin III provided reasons to believe he may still have some Pro Bowl-caliber performances left over from his remarkable season four...
View ArticleYankees 13, Indians 7: Starlin Castro’s grand slam leads Yankees over Indians
NEW YORK: Starlin Castro hit a third-inning grand slam off Indians starter Josh Tomlin that gave the Yankees a six-run lead, Mark Teixeira got two hits after tearfully announcing this will be his final...
View ArticleCynthia George-John Zaffino-Jeff Zack Timeline
June 16, 2001 Jeff Zack, a 44-year-old Stow businessman and former paratrooper in the Israeli army, is shot execution-style at a gas pump in the parking lot of BJ's Wholesale Club on Home Avenue....
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