Summit County sheriff investigating several burglaries in Green, Coventry
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several residential burglaries that have occurred within the city of Green and Coventry Township. These burglaries occurred during daytime and early...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Enjoy Cavaliers’ title now because owner Dan Gilbert’s bill for...
There is something important to consider as the Cavaliers line up to accept their rings Tuesday night and fans cheer the championship banner raised to the rafters: Success in this league is fleeting...
View ArticleAlliance police looking for fugitive wanted on escape, drug charges
Alliance police are looking for a fugitive wanted on alleged escape and drug charges.The police said Celenia C. Robinson is wanted on numerous arrest warrants.Police said she is possibly hiding in...
View ArticleWomen, Trump fans, Protestants grow increasingly disgusted
Linda Wattley has one word to describe America’s most reviled pair of major-party presidential candidates. “Disgusting,” the Akron woman said. “They have revealed so much darkness in each other, and...
View ArticleMan in ski mask robs Akron cafe at gunpoint Monday morning
Police are seeking a man who robbed an East Market Street cafe at gunpoint early Monday morning.The man is described as white, standing at about 6 feet tall and weighing 200 to 220 pounds. He wore a...
View ArticleMan robbed of $400 at gunpoint on South Main Street
Police are seeking three men who robbed a pedestrian on South Main Street on Friday night.A 43-year-old man said three robbers approached him in the 400 block and held him at gunpoint. They demanded...
View ArticleJust what Fairlawn doesn’t need
Voters in Fairlawn face a full plate of complicated ballot issues, including two proposed ordinances and three proposed charter amendments. The ordinances would tighten further already updated...
View ArticleVolunteer “people watchers” needed to help in effort to revitalize downtown...
You can help efforts to revitalize public spaces in downtown Akron by hanging out in the city’s center and watching folks.Volunteers are needed Thursday and Saturday to observe and record how people...
View ArticleAkron-Canton Airport names Lisa Davala as new marketing director
The Akron-Canton Airport has named a new marketing director.Lisa Davala has been promoted from marketing coordinator to director of marketing. She will be responsible for leading all strategic brand,...
View ArticleResidents opposing leasing of Tuscora Park land to Summa
BARBERTON: Residents who live near Tuscora Park unhappily watched Barberton City Council vote 7-1 Monday to lease five acres of the east side park to Summa.The land will become a parking lot on the...
View ArticleAkron council approves three ordinances to cut retiree supplemental health...
Tensions heightened during public comments at an Akron City Council meeting Monday over a proposed housing complex on Vernon Odom Boulevard after the council approved cutting supplemental health care...
View ArticleHere are some real World Series bargains, Tribe fans. (Sorry, no, not game...
It’s nice to know that in a universe where standing-room-only tickets go for as much as $850 for the World Series opener at Progressive Field, there are real bargains to be found tied to the Fall...
View ArticleGot the right postage? Can’t read your ballot? Concerns about early voting...
Sophie Albrecht couldn’t wait until Election Day to vote.So, like 57,231 Summit County residents so far this general election, she requested an absentee ballot be mailed to her home in West Akron. But...
View ArticleTicket prices are going, going gone for this World Series
This World Series is shaping up to be a historic matchup, and this milestone has nothing to do with the players on the field.When the Indians and the Chicago Cubs take the field Tuesday night, some of...
View ArticleHigh school girls soccer/Cloverleaf 3, Revere 2: Colts stun Minutemen in...
BATH TWP.: Ninety feet separated Cloverleaf defender Brooke Wolfe from a game-winner with 10:40 to go in the second overtime on Monday in a Kent Division II district semifinal against Revere’s girls...
View ArticleAkron authorities investigating two house fires
AKRON: City firefighters are investigating the cause of two separate house fires that took place Monday night.There were no injuries in either incident.Firefighters responded at 6:18 p.m. to 692 Upson...
View ArticleIndians manager Terry Francona, Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith are unlikely...
CLEVELAND: They are slowly becoming Cleveland’s Odd Couple, the Indians’ 57-year-old manager and the Cavs’ 31-year-old shooting guard. On the surface, Terry Francona and J.R. Smith seem to have little...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Cavs rings or World Series debut?
I thought the vote would be much closer. But you guys clearly have an acute case of Indians Fever.According to my completely scientific poll of self-selected respondents (cough), fully 80 percent of...
View ArticleWorld Series notebook: Danny Salazar makes Indians’ roster; Jason Kipnis...
CLEVELAND: The Indians are still unsure as to how he might be used, but All-Star pitcher Danny Salazar is back. Salazar was informed on Monday that he was being added to the Indians’ World Series...
View ArticleAkron T-shirt companies offer Indians gear with flair
Does your Cleveland Indians garb need an update?Perhaps that T-shirt from the last time the team was in the World Series is showing the wear of nearly 20 years. Two local T-shirt companies have you...
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