Inmates rappelled from roof to escape California jail
LOS ANGELES: Three inmates escaped from a Southern California maximum-security jail by cutting through half-inch steel bars and rappelling from the roof by a makeshift rope, authorities said Saturday...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 23
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleCollege basketball roundup: No. 1 Oklahoma beats No. 13 Baylor; No. 11...
TOP 25: No. 1 Oklahoma 82, No. 13 Baylor 72Buddy Hield scored 14 of his 19 points after halftime, including consecutive 3-pointers that put Oklahoma ahead to stay in a win over host Baylor on...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: John Glenn showcases might with 54-51 victory over St....
Boys basketballJohn Glenn 54, St. Vincent-St. Mary 51No. 2 state-ranked John Glenn of Concord (13-1) defeated No. 1 St. Vincent-St. Mary (11-3) Saturday night in a clash-of-the-titans battle for...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Tyronn Lue thinks David Blatt should get to coach in...
CLEVELAND: Tyronn Lue believes David Blatt should get one more game as an NBA coach this season.Lue said Blatt should be allowed to coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars next month since he was in...
View ArticleLeBron James denies role in David Blatt’s firing, while Tyronn Lue wants to...
INDEPENDENCE: While Tyronn Lue met the media for the first time Saturday morning as coach of the Cavaliers, LeBron James stood in the middle of the Cleveland Clinic Courts sharing a brief chat with...
View ArticleBulls 96, Cavaliers 83: Offense falls flat in Cavs’ first game under Tyronn Lue
CLEVELAND: New Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue didn’t think his players were having much fun. This isn’t going to help. Center Pau Gasol had 23 points and 10 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls beat the...
View ArticleAll-Pro Joe Thomas says he wants to be part of turnaround with Browns,...
All-Pro left tackle Joe Thomas might have been fed up with the Browns a few weeks ago, but he insists he still bleeds orange and brown.When a dismal 3-13 season ended three weeks ago, Thomas wouldn’t...
View ArticleOhio heads into presidential primary with unresolved ballot problems
For nearly two years, election officials in Northeast Ohio have known that the state’s failure to keep pace with modernization at the U.S. Post Office could result in absentee ballots getting tossed,...
View ArticleStock market’s January sell-off drags down many local shares
No surprise, stock market woes have dragged down share prices everywhere, Friday’s upward bounce notwithstanding. Northeast Ohio’s publicly traded companies are no exception. For instance, since Jan....
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Tyronn Lue emerges from the shadows of champions to carve his...
CLEVELAND: Tyronn Lue didn’t go to Princeton. He hasn’t coached around the world. He doesn’t have any Olympic medals. But the newest Cavaliers coach has his own masters degree of sorts – he has learned...
View ArticleBody found in Rocky River Reservation in North Olmsted
A Cleveland Metroparks spokesman said Sunday that a body has been found at the Rocky River Reservation in North Olmsted, according to Beacon Journal news partner WEWS (Channel 5).Cleveland Metroparks...
View ArticleCanal Fulton police officer involved in single-vehicle crash
A Canal Fulton police officer dislocated his shoulder after he lost control of his police cruiser and struck a utility pole late Saturday, according to Canal Fulton Police Department.Officer Robert D....
View ArticleEnough with the dump on Fountain Street
East Akron residents are fortunate that the well-respected East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp. has proposed an innovative plan to redevelop the site of the former Mason Elementary School. To meet...
View ArticleResidential and commercial construction booming in Copley Township
COPLEY TWP.: Copley Township is experiencing a building boom. Last year, building permits were issued for residential and commercial projects totaling $25.4 million — a spike from $2.6 million in 2014....
View ArticleLocal history: Newspaper prank poked fun at University of Akron in January 1966
University of Akron students couldn’t believe their eyes when they picked up the Buchtelite in January 1966.The school newspaper was filled with wild stories about the overthrow of student government,...
View ArticleSebring schools superintendent: Classes canceled amid more water tests
SEBRING: A school district canceled its Monday classes as more tests were being done in a Northeast Ohio village where elevated levels of lead and copper were found in tap water.Sebring schools...
View ArticleCollaboration called win-win deal for UA, Neos Dance Theatre
Neos Dance Theatre and the University of Akron have joined in a collaboration that gives the nonprofit dance company a new headquarters in Akron, and will provide students with learning opportunities...
View ArticleAkron looks to increase its population
Jason Segedy has a lofty — some may say impossible — goal as Akron’s new planning director.He wants to reverse decades of population loss.Akron, like many other Midwest communities, has seen its...
View ArticleHigh school basketball/Dunk4Diabetes: Ellet’s valiant effort falls short in...
CANTON: Ellet basketball coach Mark Fisher says he appreciates a moral victory as much as the next guy.Just not when he felt his team had an upset in the palm of its hands and let it slip away.That’s...
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