Browns report: Penalties on receivers Corey Coleman and Terrelle Pryor prove...
CLEVELAND: The opportunity to even their record was there for the taking for the Browns Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium. Instead, two key penalties contributed to a 25-20 loss to the...
View ArticleBrowns legend Jim Brown immortalized with bronze statue outside FirstEnergy...
In a Browns season filled with uncertainty, one thing is certain — fans still love Jim Brown and cling to the greatness he brought to the field.All it took was a glimpse of the 80-year-old former...
View ArticleNo winner Sunday in Garrettsville’s Queen of Hearts drawing; next week’s...
GARRETTSVILLE: The parking lot at SkyLane Bowling in Garrettsville pulsed with noise as country singer Chris Higbee performed on a tractor-trailer stage in front of a cheering crowd overflowing into...
View ArticlePolice investigating stabbing of man at his Akron home
Beacon Journal staff reportAkron police are investigating the stabbing of a 57-year-old man who was taken by his brother to Cleveland Clinic Akron General about 10:30 p.m. Saturday with a wound to his...
View ArticleAkron police arrest Coventry Township man accused of assaulting another man...
Akron police arrested a Coventry Township man accused of assaulting another man with a drinking glass at a bar Saturday morning.Aaron E. Rowland, 49, has been charged with felonious assault.Police say...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Browns quarterback Josh McCown is toughness personified
CLEVELAND: Snap after snap, throw after throw, Josh McCown kept getting up. No matter how deep the Baltimore Ravens’ front seven tried burying him into the turf Sunday, McCown found a shovel and dug...
View ArticleRavens 25, Browns 20: Quarterback Josh McCown fights through painful shoulder...
CLEVELAND: Murphy’s Law is killing the Browns.Not only did they blow a 20-point lead Sunday en route to a 25-20 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the home opener at FirstEnergy Stadium, but their...
View ArticlePolice capture suspect sought in New York-area bombings, officials...
NEW YORK: An Afghan immigrant wanted in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police that...
View ArticlePortage County man, 26, charged with raping 4-year-old girl
A 26-year-old Randolph Township man has been charged with raping a 4-year-old girl over the weekend.Coleman P. Peace is charged with rape of a child under age 10, a felony punishable by up to life in...
View ArticleWho’s Running? Caitlyn Bromley still haunted by hit-and-run incident during...
As Caitlyn Bromley hugged the concrete curb, her first thought came slowly, methodically: “Did that just happen? This isn’t a movie. You were just hit by a car. You. Just. Got. Hit. By. A. Car.”Her...
View ArticlePolymer conference begins this week at Akron Hilton
The Akron Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers and its thermoplastic elastomer, or TPE, special interest group, hosts a conference starting Tuesday on thermoplastic elastomers at the Akron...
View ArticleLosses to the Indians’ starting rotation cause reshuffle
CLEVELAND: The losses of Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar from the Indians’ starting rotation have effectively elevated every healthy starting pitcher not named Corey Kluber up a rung or two. The...
View ArticleMan convicted of ordering hit carried out at wrong house
CHARDON, OHIO: A man has been convicted of aggravated murder and other charges in a 2006 contract killing in which a hired killer went to the wrong Ohio home and killed someone with the same name as...
View ArticleNew group of Kmart stores to close
Various media sources including WOIO (Channel 19) reported Monday that a new batch of Kmart stores will be closing across the U.S. just months after more than 60 struggling stores were shuttered. Sears...
View ArticleAuthorities seek Akron man who allegedly broke into man’s home and pistol...
Authorities are offering a reward for information leading to the capture of fugitive Davon Irvine, who is believed to be hiding in Akron.The U.S. Marshals Service and Akron Police Department are...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Trying to smile as summer slips away
I predict the following items will provide you with at least three smiles and one titter. Don’t count on guffaws, because those require a lot more work, and I’m very tired.POLITICAL LESSONPay-to-play...
View ArticleBrowns preparing rookie Cody Kessler to start at QB against Dolphins, add...
BEREA: Browns rookie quarterback Cody Kessler is in line to leap from No. 3 to No. 26 in a span of just three weeks.Kessler began this season as the third quarterback on the depth chart. But after...
View ArticleAuthorities identify Akron man killed in police-involved shooting
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the Akron man killed in a police-involved shooting on Sunday as Philip B. Hasan, 61.Akron Police reported an officer fired at Hasan, of the 1000...
View ArticleVandals soak firefighting gear with suspected urine, damage Macedonia substation
Police are investigating after vandals coated firefighting gear in what’s thought to be urine and left taunting messages at the former Northfield Center/Sagamore Hills Fire District substation over the...
View ArticleMan fatally shot by Akron police after pulling rifle from van had short...
The Kenmore man who was fatally shot by a police officer on Sunday afternoon had a short criminal history, Akron police reported.Earlier reports indicated the man had no criminal history at all. New...
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