Ohio Highway Patrol plans two checkpoints Friday in Summit County
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will conduct two OVI checkpoints Friday night in Summit County.“Based on provisional data, there were 297 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 297 people were killed last...
View ArticleAkron woman pleads guilty in shooting death of her boyfriend
An Akron woman cried Thursday afternoon as she pleaded guilty in the shooting death of her boyfriend.Under a plea agreement, Bernetta Vickers pleaded guilty to a lesser count of voluntary manslaughter...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Cavs’ awesome rings have Akron connection
Turns out Akron has another direct tie to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ incredible NBA Championship season.The massive rings given to the players at the home opener this week were provided by Kay Jewelers,...
View ArticleCharges considered against off-duty police officer who accidentally fired gun...
Hudson prosecutors will decide whether to press charges against an off-duty police officer who accidentally fired a gun into a Cuyahoga Falls day care on Monday.The officer, 33-year-old Ian McInnes,...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Hospital heads back to the future, unfurling its history on...
The new 30-foot wall display across from Rubber City Coffee at Akron Children’s Hospital beckons adults to come and play. Five side-by-side touch screens glow blue with history. Each is filled with...
View ArticleBrowns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor dreams about Jets’ Brandon Marshall...
BEREA: New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall was walking down the hallway last year at his team’s training facility in Florham Park, N.J., when he ran into Browns wide receiver Terrelle...
View ArticleDid burglars perform surgery in Bath medical office?
A Bath Township medical office has reported an odd crime just in time for Halloween.The Ghent Family Practice on Granger Road told police someone entered the back door with a key, disabled a security...
View ArticleDemolition of former Rolling Acres begins
Demolition of the former Rolling Acres Mall has begun. As an excavator and a Bobcat were slowly picking away at the stores between the former Sears and Dillards department stores in the southwest...
View ArticleMother of student at Akron's Robinson Elementary charged with assaulting...
The mother of a student at Akron’s Robinson Elementary School is facing charges of assault and criminal damaging after allegedly kicking the school’s secretary.Rochell Finney, 24, was arrested Thursday...
View ArticleMother calls police on the cop next door after Halloween tombstone decoration...
GREEN: A woman who found her family’s name inscribed on a tombstone in the neighbor’s front yard has asked the police to investigate what she considers more than a Halloween prank.Lisa O’Brien of Green...
View ArticleFriday night football scoreboard
Friday’s GamesCity SeriesEast 32, Garfield 14Ellet 57, North 0Federal LeagueLake 35, Green 34North Canton Hoover 31, Jackson 26Perry 30, GlenOak 24Greater Cleveland ConferenceBrunswick 31, Strongsville...
View ArticleSecond time pitching on short rest doesn’t faze Indians’ Corey Kluber
CHICAGO: As he pitches on three days of rest for the second time in the postseason, Indians right-hander Corey Kluber has learned to use any means possible to speed up his body’s recuperative...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 28
FOOTBALLScoreboardFriday’s ResultsAmherst Steele 37, Lakewood 14 Archbishop Hoban 28, Cle. Benedictine 0Ashland 24, Lexington 21Aurora 49, Tallmadge 0Barberton 39, Revere 14Black River 49, Wellington...
View ArticleHigh school football/Perry 30, GlenOak 24: Panthers rally from 24-3 deficit...
PLAIN TOWNSHIP: Improbable finishes.If that’s what you were looking for on the final Friday night of the regular season, all you needed to do was look to the Federal League.Improbable finishes in the...
View ArticleHigh school football / Woodridge 42, Springfield 7: Bulldogs roll over...
PENINSULA: Woodridge honored its graduating players Friday night as part of a senior night celebration, but the underclassmen — particularly sophomore Kyle Kelleher — put on the show in a 42-7 win over...
View ArticleHigh school football / East 32, Garfield 14: Dragons win regular-season...
The wait is over for the East football team.After so many years of frustration, the 2016 Dragons are City Series champions.Garfield was East’s foe Friday night at the University of Akron’s InfoCision...
View ArticleNew emails emerge in Clinton case
WASHINGTON: Just as Hillary Clinton appeared to be cruising to Election Day with the wind at her back, the FBI rattled the presidential race Friday by announcing it is again probing emails that might...
View ArticleCavaliers 94, Raptors 91: Kyrie Irving’s 3-pointer lifts Cavs to victory
TORONTO: Kyrie Irving is getting pretty good at these last-minute 3-pointers. His 3 from the top of the arc Friday lifted the Cavaliers to a 94-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Indians stay true to aggressive mantra in World Series;...
CHICAGO: Indians manager Terry Francona doesn’t like to look ahead. He doesn’t like to talk in hypotheticals. He wants to look at every situation as it comes, taking it one task at a time. It’s the...
View ArticleIndians fans gather at Progressive Field for Game 3 of World Series
Ask Indians fans what it’s like to see their home team play in the World Series, and they’ll likely sum it up with just one word: “amazing.” Even though the Indians played Game 3 against the Cubs at...
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