Ohio State notebook: Coach Urban Meyer disagreed with receiver Torrance...
COLUMBUS: Torrance Gibson, a four-star recruit once considered Ohio State’s quarterback of the future, was suspended from the university for the fall semester Monday for an unspecified violation of the...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Right-hander Danny Salazar placed on paternity list;...
CLEVELAND: The Indians on Monday placed starting pitcher Danny Salazar on Major League Baseball’s paternity list and recalled relief pitcher Shawn Armstrong from Triple-A Columbus. Salazar is able to...
View ArticleRelease of Paul Kruger shocks Browns players; coach Hue Jackson says, ‘There...
BEREA: Browns players were shocked to learn outside linebacker Paul Kruger became the most recent victim of the organization’s aggressive youth movement.“It was a shock, but this business, it never...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Coach Hue Jackson declares Patrick Murray kicker for regular...
BEREA: Patrick Murray bounced back from a serious knee injury and outdueled incumbent Travis Coons this summer on his way to winning the Browns’ kicking job.Murray was the last kicker standing Monday...
View ArticleBrowns punt three-time Pro Bowl selection Andy Lee in trade with Panthers
BEREA: The Browns punted a three-time Pro Bowl selection Monday.The Browns traded punter Andy Lee and a seventh-round draft pick in 2017 to the Carolina Panthers for punter Kasey Redfern and a...
View ArticleAkron teen wakes to find man standing over friend
An Akron teenager woke up early Friday to find a man standing over her friend, according to Beacon Journal partner newsnet5.com. The man “didn’t take anything and he plays with kids in the...
View ArticleAkron police seek help in identifying suspect in robbery
The Akron Police Department is asking the public for in identifying the suspect in the robbery of the Carnegie Pantry. A suspect entered the business at 959 Carnegie Ave., where he pointed a handgun...
View ArticleFriends believe man’s PTSD a factor in fatal shooting of Twinsburg woman...
Friends believe a North Ridgeville man’s post-traumatic stress disorder played a role in a fatal shooting left that a woman dead Saturday in Solon, Cleveland.com is reporting.Matthew Desha, 29, of...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Sugar & Slice to serve pizza and doughnuts near UA; Nervous Dog...
You’ll soon be able to get a sugar fix and a pizza slice near the University of Akron.Sugar & Slice is the name of the pizza and doughnut shop that hopes to open late next month at the corner of...
View ArticleWill the governor lead in holding charter school sponsors accountable?
A week has passed since Republican lawmakers delayed implementation of much-needed rules for evaluating sponsors of charter schools. They did so through the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review. The...
View ArticlePresident Obama commutes life sentence of second Akron cocaine trafficker...
For the second time this month, President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the life sentence of a major cocaine trafficker who operated out of Akron in the 1990s.James Dillehay was sentenced to life in...
View ArticleAkron Civic Theatre to undergo another renovation
The giant chandelier in the grand lobby of the Akron Civic Theatre is due for a polish.The downtown theater plans to use a $530,000 grant from the state and is seeking another $50,000 through the...
View ArticleOhio State tells alumni clubs to fall in line
COLUMBUS: Ohio State University is requiring its roughly 150 alumni clubs and societies to keep mum when it comes to disparaging comments about the school, or risk losing money and other perks it...
View ArticleAttorney for Barberton triple slaying survivor argues privacy rights for...
Though Eric Hendon was already convicted for a triple murder in Barberton, the issue of how the surviving victim was treated during his trial is still being debated in court.Elizabeth Well, the...
View ArticleInvestigators determining whether rash of overdoses in Akron and West...
Police in Akron and Huntington, W.Va., are cooperating to determine whether rashes of drug overdoses in both cities are connected.The police departments began working together after an Akron man, Bruce...
View ArticleAkron Honey Co. ‘Hustles’ onto TV Wednesday
The second installment of Cleveland Hustles ventures into Akron.The CNBC series, whose executive producers include LeBron James, has focused mainly on Cleveland businesses wooing investors and hoping...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Aug. 30
FOOTBALLScheduleWeek 2Thursday’s GamesAurora (0-1) at Euclid (1-0)Massillon (0-1)at GlenOak (1-0)———Friday’s GamesBeachwood (0-1)at Chippewa (1-0)Beaver Local (1-0)at West Branch (0-1)Brunswick (1-0)...
View ArticleIndians, A’s working on trade to bring Coco Crisp to Cleveland, per report
CLEVELAND: The Indians and Oakland Athletics are progressing on a trade that would bring outfielder Coco Crisp back to Cleveland, according to a report by Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors. The report...
View ArticlePrices for some tickets to Thursday’s Browns game are cheaper than most...
Psst.Need a ticket to the big game? It’s gonna cost you.Tickets are $7 to watch St. Vincent-St. Mary’s cross-county rival game against Walsh Jesuit on Friday night.Price too steep? You can always save...
View ArticleBrowns wide receiver Josh Gordon remembers what he’s meant to do, silences...
BEREA: Josh Gordon’s 43-yard touchdown catch in Friday’s preseason game sent the Browns wide receiver on a trip down memory lane.“It definitely did send a spark to me and help me remember some things,”...
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