Cuyahoga Falls police arrest 3 on drug charges, seek 3 other suspects
Three individuals were arrested on drug charges on Tuesday by Cuyahoga Falls police and the U.S. Marshals and three others are being sought.Arrested were Joseph Madigan, 24, of Silver Lake, two counts...
View ArticleMan, 27, dead after crash in Wayne County
BAUGHMAN TWP.: A 27-year-old North Lawrence man died Wednesday morning in a single-car crash in Wayne County.Nicholas B. Pivato was pronounced dead on scene.The Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway...
View ArticleDriving slow on a fast track: Beacon Journal reporter gets lapped at indoor...
Watching the sport of track racing, it generally boils down to driving fast and turning left.But anyone who has ever been behind the wheel of a rapidly moving motorized vehicle careening around a track...
View ArticleSummit County estimates 38,000 to 40,000 residents still uninsured
Summit County leaders estimate that 38,000 to 40,000 county residents remain without health insurance.With a Jan. 31 deadline looming to enroll through the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance...
View ArticleAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank donates roughly 40,000 pounds of water to...
Thousands of bottles and gallon jugs of water left Akron on a semitrailer on Wednesday, bound for Flint, Mich., where the drinking water is contaminated with too much lead. Workers from the...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 5 years in prison for felonious assault for failing to...
Jeffrey Boatright cried Wednesday morning after being sentenced to five years in prison for felonious assault for failing to tell a sexual partner he had HIV.Behind him, his mother sobbed.Boatright,...
View ArticleKent State president makes it clear: Professor being investigated by FBI for...
Kent State University President Beverly Warren is distancing the college from a professor who’s being investigated by the FBI for possible ties to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. In an email to...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Black-friendly travel guide thankfully obsolete
Despite the onslaught of GPS devices and apps, the time-honored AAA TripTik has managed to avoid the Grim Reaper.Believe it or not, the auto club distributed 1.5 million preprinted TripTiks in 2014.If...
View ArticleDefensive coordinator Ray Horton returns to Browns; Kirby Wilson, Pep...
Defensive coordinator Ray Horton has left the Tennessee Titans and returned to the Browns.New Browns coach Hue Jackson hired Horton on Wednesday to command the defense after interviewing him a day...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: J.R. Smith appreciates coach’s support after another...
BROOKLYN, N.Y.: Cavaliers coach David Blatt spoke to guard J.R. Smith about his tendency of losing control of his emotions, which led to a flagrant-2 foul against Harrison Barnes in Monday’s blowout...
View ArticleCavaliers 91, Nets 78: LeBron James, Kevin Love bounce back from ugly loss
BROOKLYN, N.Y.: From the Cavaliers’ train wreck emerged a locomotive.Not in the sense that the Cavs ran over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night at the Barclays Center, even though it felt that...
View ArticleThe blizzard of 1978 -- Ohio residents will never forget big storm of 30...
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JAN. 21, 2008 'The original forecast sounded harmless enough: ''Rain tonight, possibly mixed with snow at times. Windy and cold Thursday with snow flurries.'' People who went to...
View ArticleDec. 9, 1989: A protest pays off; Buchtel to get light
(Originally published Dec. 9, 1989)Buchtel High School students, who marched on City Hall to demand action after a classmate was struck by a car and killed Nov. 30, will have a new traffic signal in...
View ArticleKent State professor in FBI investigation says questionable content on his...
The outspoken Kent State University professor under FBI investigation for alleged ties to the Islamic State said on Thursday that his social media profiles have been “misrepresented.”Asked at an...
View ArticleHop into Akron Tasting Room for band, beer, conversation
Anybody can go to a reasonably popular place on a Thursday to Saturday night when it’s packed with drunken people and it’s hard to get a bartender to make eye contact with you. You can even pay too...
View ArticleMan buns: Love them or loathe them, the trend’s going strong
When Justin Bieber was photographed wearing a man bun to a fundraising gala a couple of weeks ago, the Twittersphere lit up.Some Bieber watchers welcomed the new ’do. Some scorned it. Cinnabon saw it...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Cavaliers’ bad hires give LeBron James unfair reputation of...
INDEPENDENCE: LeBron James may not be easy to coach, but he’s not a coach killer. Saturday night against the Chicago Bulls at Quicken Loans Arena, James will play for the fourth man to direct the...
View ArticleSurviving victim hands over laptop to court in Eric Hendon’s triple-murder case
The surviving victim in Eric Hendon’s triple-murder case surrendered her laptop to a Summit County judge during a hearing Friday, but the fight over how much personal information the victim must...
View ArticleSummit County council member Frank Comunale is changing jobs
The Summit County Council will soon be without one familiar face.Councilman Frank Comunale, who has been on the county council for almost a decade, is giving up his seat to work with the county on a...
View ArticleStow girl gains confidence, enjoys wind in her face during first derby race...
TALLMADGE: Sophia Dameron, 8, of Stow, liked the wind blowing in her face as she raced a Soap Box Derby car for the first time Saturday.It was not a big wind because Sophia and about 40 other racers...
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