Ohio State football: Development of defensive line a key to Buckeyes’ early...
Columbus: With only three starters back on defense, the Ohio State football team was afraid it was going to have to play a game of, “What’s my line?” this season.Worse yet for the Buckeyes, only...
View ArticleIndians’ Josh Tomlin living a dream, embodying ‘gritty’ team style
boston: Not too many people get to live out their lifelong dream. It’s a treasure when it does happen. And it’s why Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin is treasuring every moment this October.Tomlin, as of a...
View ArticleMedina County man receives 15 military medals, including Bronze Star and...
CLEVELAND: A Medina County man received 15 military medals, including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, during a special ceremony Tuesday at the Gray’s Armory Museum.U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio,...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Papa Joe’s celebrates 30 years in valley and an 84-year legacy;...
When his family sold Lil Joe’s, Jeff Bruno thought it was the end of the family restaurant business that dated back to 1932.Thirty years later, the family is celebrating the anniversary of Papa Joe’s...
View ArticleMother, grandmother didn’t intend for 16-year-old to use heroin that killed...
The grandmother and mother of 16-year-old Andrew Frye never intended for him to take the heroin that killed him, the women’s attorneys said Wednesday.Brenda Frye gave the drugs to her daughter,...
View ArticleAkron man, 51, accused of shooting wife, 58, in head
A 51-year-old Akron man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he non-fatally shot his wife in the head with a handgun.Phillip E. Battle, of Johnland Avenue in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood, is...
View ArticleNever easy in Norton
The new agreement on sewers recently reached between Barberton and Norton — a welcome advance in regional cooperation — has run into a costly and potentially fatal obstacle. Resistance, in the form of...
View ArticleEarly voting begins as registered Republicans pull record number of ballots
Clint Fuhrman doesn’t spend much time at his apartment in Highland Square.The 32-year-old Akronite, who travels a lot for work, helped stage a music festival in Kentucky last week. He’ll fly out to...
View ArticleFirstEnergy electricity proposal rejected by state regulators; approved plan...
State regulators on Wednesday rejected a proposal by Akron-based FirstEnergy and instead approved an alternative plan that would give the company less money to add improvements to the power grid.The...
View ArticleAmazon launches for-pay streaming music service
NEW YORK: Amazon is launching a paid streaming music service, the latest entry in an increasingly crowded field.Amazon Music Unlimited is being positioned to compete against existing services such as...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Hospital to centralize outpatient services with expansion...
Akron Children’s Hospital plans to relocate all outpatient services to one place with an expansion that will double the size of one of the hospital’s buildings.The expansion to the seven-story...
View ArticleSummit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s campaign apologizes for email
Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s campaign apologized Wednesday for an “honest mistake” that led to an election email being sent to some county employees’ work accounts.The email had the subject...
View ArticleAkron adds lounge chairs, cafe seating and sidewalk games downtown
To kill a little time while visiting downtown Akron, friends Amber Lamp and Cullen McEaneney hopped into one of the new hanging chaise lounge chairs set up Wednesday along South Main Street.They were...
View ArticleFormer Cavaliers guard Mo Williams has knee surgery, seems to take dig at team
INDEPENDENCE: The relationship between Mo Williams and the Cavaliers took another curious turn Wednesday when Williams posted a picture to his Instagram account of himself in a hospital bed. Williams...
View ArticleIndians-Blue Jays ALCS a reunion of Cleveland front office executives
CLEVELAND: The American League Championship Series between the Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays will be a series among friends, even if some will be on the opposite side when Game 1 begins Friday at...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Don’t be so sad!
Feeling sad today? No wonder. You’re living in or near the 16th saddest city in America.At least that’s what it says on something called the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which “captures how...
View ArticleLeBron James Family Foundation to set up a home base at UA for I Promise...
The LeBron James Family Foundation is getting a permanent spot on the University of Akron campus to help ensure success for recipients of its tuition guarantees.The foundation is launching the I...
View ArticleODOT unveils new $40 million project to reconfigure central interchange in Akron
The Ohio Department of Transportation unveiled a new highway project Thursday that involves reconfiguring the central interchange in Akron.The $40 million project isn’t expected to start until 2021,...
View ArticleSummit County will make local political history when choosing county executive
Summit County voters will make local political history when they choose their next county executive.If Democrat Ilene Shapiro wins next month, she would be the first elected female county executive.If...
View ArticleKSU president talks about the Kent State Promise
KENT: Kent State University President Beverly Warren said the university has a responsibility to help every new student earn a college degree.Warren shared her vision for academic excellence,...
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