OHSAA announces penalties against Hoban football team, coach Tim Tyrrell
The Ohio High School Athletic Association will announce on Tuesday its plan to sanction Archbishop Hoban High School and Knights football coach Tim Tyrrell.The penalties include a postseason coaching...
View ArticleLeadership applicants sought to tackle early childhood education issues in Akron
Applications are being accepted for a new leadership initiative to tackle the community challenge of early childhood education.The Civics Solutions Lab, a pilot effort with seed funding from the John...
View ArticleNew option in school building plan would give Akron six high schools
The Akron Board of Education is on the clock, again, to secure state money to build the city’s final high school.“Since our last joint school board/City Council meeting in June, we have $4 million less...
View ArticleWords can hurt — UA students building wall of offensive terms to knock down...
Diversity week at the University of Akron kicked off Monday with the university’s Steel Drum Band on stage in the Student Union.The week will feature 26 programs and events on campus focused on a...
View ArticleWho’s Running? Helen McWilliams racing for a Guinness record dressed as a...
Helen McWilliams will be the first to tell you her shtick is “silly,” and yet dressing up as a chef and swinging a heavy stockpot on a 26.2-mile run hits so many sweet spots for this fun-loving...
View ArticleSumma wants 5 more acres of Barberton park; neighbors speak out at Tuscora...
BARBERTON: Summa Health officials want to raze the aging parking deck at their Barberton hospital, a decaying albatross that has cost them $1 million in the past four years to maintain.But to make up...
View ArticleObituary: The Rev. Dennis K. Butts Sr. of the House of the Lord
The Rev. Dennis K. Butts Sr. will be remembered as “The People’s Pastor.”“He had a tremendous heart for people, and we may never truly know how many people he touched and impacted. His ministry focused...
View ArticleAkron police seek man suspected in 2015 gas station shootout that resulted in...
Akron police are seeking the public’s help in locating a Delia Avenue man who’s wanted in connection with the killing of a man in a 2015 late-night gas station shootout and the dumping of his body...
View ArticleFormer House Speaker John Boehner joins Washington law and lobbying firm
CINCINNATI: Former House Speaker John Boehner has a new job, joining a prominent law and lobbying firm.Washington-based Squire Patton Boggs said Tuesday the former Republican congressman will be a...
View ArticleBrowns cut defensive end John Hughes, linebacker Scooby Wright and sign...
The Browns announced four roster moves Tuesday, but only one of them qualified as a surprise. In an unexpected move, the franchise terminated the contract of veteran defensive lineman John Hughes, a...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Sept. 20
FOOTBALLComputer ratingsDIVISION I(Top eight in each region qualify for playoffs)Region 1: Stow (4-0) 9.625, 2. Jackson (4-0) 9.275, 3. Canton McKinley (3-1) 8.7, 4. Lakewood St. Edward (3-1) 8.6, 5....
View ArticleIndians notebook: Danny Salazar throws from 60 feet; possible involvement in...
CLEVELAND: Indians starting pitcher Danny Salazar threw from 60 feet on Tuesday, the first time he’s thrown since being shut down with a strained forearm.Salazar is expected to be out until the first...
View ArticleAkron Marathon: Who’s Racing? A photo launched Amy Zarembka’s journey
Wherever Amy Zarembka goes, she carries a photo from five years ago in her planner.It’s a picture of her and her daughter, Madelynn, at Hocking Hills State Park where they vacationed with her husband,...
View ArticleEarly ballots: Clinton sees strength in N.C. but lags in Iowa; record number...
WASHINGTON: Seven weeks before Election Day, the earliest numbers from advance voting for president show initial strength for Hillary Clinton in swing state North Carolina, good news for Donald Trump...
View ArticlePartisan election officials clash over providing more parking for voters
Summit County election officials took the partisan fight over early voting to the parking lot Tuesday.Republican officials challenged a proposal made by Democratic chair Bill Rich at the agency’s...
View ArticleDon King lets slip racial slur at Donald Trump event in Cleveland
WASHINGTON: Boxing promoter Don King has let slip a racial slur as he makes the case for black voters to support Donald Trump. King was talking about what it’s like to be black in America as he...
View ArticleCoventry Twp. man, 67, arrested, charged with downloading child porn
A 67-year-old man was arrested Tuesday and charged with downloading child pornography from the internet.Craig J. Provence of Coventry Township was booked into the Summit County Jail on two charges of...
View ArticleStow police asking help to identify robbery suspect
Stow police are looking for a man who attempted to rob a Chase Bank on Monday.The man was white, had a thin build and was about 5’4”. He entered the Chase at 4499 Kent Road, approached a teller and...
View ArticleAllegiant Air departing Akron-Canton Airport for Cleveland Hopkins
Allegiant Air, which just arrived at the Akron-Canton Airport in the spring of 2015, is leaving for Cleveland.In an announcement Wednesday in Cleveland, Allegiant said it was doubling its presence in...
View ArticleAkron Dish: For the love of apples — Rittman Orchards opens Bent Ladder...
There are thousands of apple varieties, and luckily for us, Rittman Orchards & Farm Market in Doylestown grows roughly 80 of them.Some will be available for picking at the orchard’s amped-up Fall...
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