Browns training camp snapshot (Day 9): Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden...
Monday’s developments• The Browns activated two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden from the physically unable to perform list, and he practiced for the first time since training camp started. He...
View ArticleKnocked down last year, Browns QB Robert Griffin III is starter again: ‘Those...
BEREA: Robert Griffin III saw his football career flash before his eyes, but he never surrendered.His perseverance prevailed Monday when Browns coach Hue Jackson formally named him the franchise’s 25th...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Coach Terry Bowden, Zips look to build on last...
Terry Bowden finds himself in an unfamiliar situation as he enters his fifth year as University of Akron football coach.After four sub-.500 seasons with the Zips, Bowden is coming off a winning season...
View ArticleAkron Dish: What’s new at Hamburger Festival; Crave expands to Falls; where...
A beef patty stuffed with shrimp, the Akron Burger that celebrates the area’s tastes, and a Korean BBQ hamburger.Sure, you’ll be able to get a traditional burger at this weekend’s National Hamburger...
View ArticleCedar Point looks to make waves in 2017, water park expansion expected
Cedar Point is still keeping its exact plans for 2017 under wraps, but it offered a clue on Tuesday when a giant flip-flop was mailed to the media.The flip-flop simply says “Something’s afoot” and...
View ArticleIlene Shapiro likely a shoo-in for Democratic appointment as Summit County...
Ilene Shapiro likely will face no opposition Thursday when the Summit County Democratic Party gathers to appoint a new county executive.Shapiro, the president of County Council, has been serving as...
View ArticleMan, 34, charged with robbing Lo-Boy Gas in Barberton, Jubilee Donuts in Norton
Police arrested a Barberton man on charges that he robbed stores in two Summit County cities within an hour Tuesday morning.Ozzie M. Wright, also known as Ozzie Mann Jr., was charged with two counts of...
View ArticleFriend recalls torment wife’s injury from rock caused Randy Budd
HARRISBURG, PA.: The husband of a woman who suffered brain damage when teenagers dropped a rock from an interstate overpass onto their car often cried at night, asking why he was spared from harm but...
View ArticleHistoric Green schoolhouse gutted in arson as vandals strike park sites
Arson gutted the historic one-room Lichtenwalter Schoolhouse at Boettler Park in Green early Tuesday morning, authorities said.The Green Fire Department was called to the restored school at 4:51 a.m....
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Austin Pasztor hoping experience helps him halt revolving...
BEREA: The Browns didn’t surprise offensive lineman Austin Pasztor when they pushed him into the thick of their royal rumble at right tackle.Pasztor has spent the past two practices of training camp...
View ArticleTrump ignites new firestorm: Gun backers might stop Clinton
WILMINGTON, N.C.: Donald Trump ignited a fresh political firestorm Tuesday by declaring gun rights supporters might still find a way to stop Hillary Clinton, even if she should defeat him and then name...
View ArticleThings to Do: Groban, McLachlan at Blossom; Inside|Out party in Valley;...
No josh: Groban joins McLachlan How about this double bill of gorgeous voices: Josh Groban and Sarah McLachlan play at Blossom at 7:30 p.m. Groban is touring behind his album Stages and performs a song...
View ArticleStruggle against heroin epidemic draws friends, families of addicts to huge...
While a woman told how her daughter died of a heroin overdose, a grieving mother in a crowd of a thousand listeners held a sign depicting her own smiling son.As the speaker said her daughter’s addict...
View ArticleRush-hour detours start at Akron’s central interchange
Car-maggedon has arrived in Akron.Maybe that should be No-maggedon, based on rush hour Tuesday morning even as traffic volumes built up.Starting early Tuesday morning, several ramps and lanes were...
View ArticleBrowns rookie receiver Rashard ‘Hollywood’ Higgins driven by fifth-round...
BEREA: Browns rookie wide receiver Rashard Higgins is out for revenge.The first clue is on his Twitter profile. It reads: “Should’ve never doubted 18-172.”Eighteen receivers were drafted in April...
View ArticleSource: Boy was decapitated on waterslide at Kansas park
KANSAS CITY, Kan.: A 10-year-old boy was decapitated as he rode a 168-foot tall waterslide at a water park in Kansas, a person familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.The person, who is not...
View ArticleJaJuan Weems, Akron man, 23, gunned down Tuesday after he survived two...
A 23-year-old man died Tuesday in Akron after being shot for the third time in the past five years, police and the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office reported.JaJuan Weems was shot by an unknown...
View ArticleNew closures greet drivers on second day of Akron central interchange highway...
The start of Day 2 of Car-maggedon in Akron was largely Calm-aggedon.But by afternoon rush hour, the massive road construction project put the brakes on the ride home for thousands of area drivers.A...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Rubber era deserves recognition
The wheels are turning inside the heads of my readers.Rubber CityBob: I just want to put an idea out there.There is nothing I can think of that is a tangible image of Akron’s rubber heritage.Harvey’s...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 11): Rookie tight end Seth DeValve returns...
Wednesday’s developments• Browns rookie tight end Seth DeValve was activated from the physically unable to perform list and practiced for the first time since training camp started July 29. He was...
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