University of Akron soccer: No disrespect this year as Zips earn coveted No....
In recent years, University of Akron men’s soccer players and coaches left the NCAA Tournament watch party with chips on their shoulders.Only in 2009, when the Zips went undefeated in the regular...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron men’s basketball: Zips hammer outmatched Terriers 100-30
The University of Akron men’s basketball team disposed of the Hiram Terriers with all due haste.For all practical purposes, the Zips had the game won by the 12-minute mark of the first half en route to...
View Article$30,000 reward offered after dad gunned down in front of kids
COLUMBUS: An Ohio nonprofit group that helps fight against crime is tripling its reward offering for information leading to the arrest of a man who shot a father as he was leaving a Columbus restaurant...
View ArticleDoylestown woman describes her experience in the Paris attacks
Friday the 13th looked like a peaceful night to Samantha Kunkel, a Doylestown resident now living in Paris. She joked that evening that because of the date, “something weird is going to happen, the...
View ArticleCoach David Blatt says not everyone knew timeout plan in Cavaliers' overtime...
INDEPENDENCE: Coach David Blatt addressed the timeout imbroglio from Saturday night with the entire team, but said not everyone on the Cavaliers bench knew he didn’t want to call a timeout during the...
View ArticleBrowns coach Mike Pettine isn’t quite ready to name Johnny Manziel starting...
BEREA: Browns coach Mike Pettine gushed over Johnny Manziel’s performance in a 30-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers but stopped short of naming him the starting quarterback for the final six games of...
View ArticleMan shot, killed inside Akron strip club
A 32-year-old man was shot and killed inside a strip club early Tuesday on East Archwood Avenue in Akron, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner and the Akron Police Department.Police said...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls softball coach investigated for alleged inappropriate...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that board member Kellie Patterson notified police of the alleged incident on Nov. 7.Legal counsel for Cuyahoga Falls City Schools is investigating...
View ArticleSettlement forgives loans for more than 7,000 Ohioans
COLUMBUS: Thousands of Ohioans are having their student loans forgiven.State Attorney General Mike DeWine and nearly 40 other attorney generals announced on Monday that nearly $11 million in student...
View ArticleStreet reopens where plane crash hit apartment building
The portion of Mogadore Road where last week’s plane crash demolished an apartment building complex has reopened.The area in the 3000 block of Mogadore Road near Skelton Road was inaccessible after the...
View ArticleWoodridge schools lift lockdown after nearby shooting
A lockdown has been lifted and dismissal will resume as regularly scheduled at Woodridge high and middle school after police have told school officials that someone was shot at a nearby intersection in...
View ArticleLuigi’s restaurant to change hours Jan. 1
For decades, Luigi’s, the iconic Akron pizza and spaghetti joint, has had late, late-night hours, staying open until the wee hours of the morning on Fridays and Saturdays.Beginning Jan. 1, Luigi’s...
View ArticleOhio’s Utica Shale development grows by $5.7 billion or 20.4 percent since...
Ohio’s Utica Shale has seen an additional $5.7 billion in investment or a 20.4 percent increase since last spring, a Columbus law firm says in a new report.The shale industry has invested $33.7 billion...
View ArticleNeighbors help police nab suspect in robbery of 81-year-old woman
Akron police said neighbors helped put a man behind bars who is accused of Tuesday’s assault and robbery of an 81-year-old woman in the 1600 block of Highview Avenue.The victim reported she was...
View Article‘Spotlight’ movie renews scrutiny of sex abuse scandal in Catholic church
As the movie Spotlight generates early Oscar buzz, two local Roman Catholic bishops are trying to get ahead of the potential chatter it could renew about the church’s response to the sex abuse...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Secondary coach cites lack of consistency in practices as...
BEREA: Browns cornerback Justin Gilbert has played just 31 defensive snaps this season, eight Oct. 4 against the San Diego Chargers and 23 Nov. 5 against the Cincinnati Bengals, and he was a healthy...
View ArticleCavaliers’ problems at the line contributing to recent losses
While LeBron James continues to rip his teammates for their lack of effort and coach David Blatt says they need to get tougher, one of the more perplexing problems facing the Cavaliers in the early...
View ArticleMichael Beaven: Undefeated Stow among nine Akron area football teams in Week...
Stow is the final undefeated high school football team in the Akron area, and is one of nine area teams that will suit up on Friday or Saturday. Just three wins separate those nine teams from a state...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron men’s basketball: Zips upset Arkansas 88-80 at NIT Season...
The University of Akron men’s basketball team endured an early test Wednesday in Fayetteville, Ark., taking on the Arkansas Razorbacks in the NIT Season Tip-Off.The Zips took an eight-point halftime...
View ArticleFormer restaurant manager, who used a hidden camera to record female...
A former pizzeria manager was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for his guilty pleas to two felony sex charges involving a minor and seven misdemeanor charges of voyeurism.Paul M. Strebler,...
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