New training program to help women expand leadership skills
A new training program is being launched to help women expand their leadership skill set.The Women’s Network Community Leadership Institute is a partnership of the Women’s Network of Northeast Ohio and...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in car behind Akron house
Akron police are investigating the early morning shooting death of 29-year-old Devon M. Anderson of Caddo Avenue on Thursday. Anderson was discovered in a car with New Jersey plates behind a house in...
View ArticleNearly 900 absentee ballots in Summit County thrown out for lack of postmark;...
You filled out your absentee ballot and put it in the mail.You assumed it would be postmarked and arrive at the elections board in time to be counted.For nearly 900 voters in Summit County, that...
View ArticlePilot was warned of poor visibility before fatal Akron plane crash
Shortly before a corporate jet crashed Nov. 10 in Akron, killing all nine on board, one of its pilots was warned that visibility was low.The alert came from a flight instructor who had just landed at...
View ArticleArrest made in shooting death of 19-year-old whose body was found along road...
Beacon Journal staff reportAKRON: Detectives arrested Jovonte A. Veal, 21, of Copley Road in Akron, on murder charges in the recent shooting death of Jaleel Jovon Woods, 19, of Endicott Drive. At about...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron president faces tough questions before Akron Press Club
University of Akron President Scott Scarborough usually employs a lengthy slide presentation when making a big speech.But he left that behind Wednesday for his talk before the Akron Press...
View ArticleEx-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle gets more than 15 years in prison
INDIANAPOLIS: Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on Thursday for trading in child pornography and having sex with underage prostitutes, with the judge...
View ArticleIt’s show time: Magical Theatre reveals $1.8 million makeover in Barberton in...
BARBERTON: Gone are the battered theater seats. The dull and frayed velvet wall covering. The old circuit panel so questionable, employees would flip the breakers with a plastic tool rather than risk...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: More issues at work than football and winning as Browns...
BEREA: There are plenty of reasons Johnny Manziel will be the Browns’ starting quarterback for the rest of the season, and winning is far down the list.Consider the other concerns or questions that...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron soccer: Zips find more motivation for NCAA title run...
As morning training before an evening match ended at UC-Santa Barbara on Sept. 25, members of the University of Akron men’s soccer team gathered for a team huddle.But before they left, one of the...
View ArticleCavaliers 115, Bucks 100: Matthew Dellavedova sets a career high in assists,...
CLEVELAND: Little-used backup center Anderson Varejao provided a big boost off a wounded bench and the Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-100 Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Varejao scored...
View ArticleHeldenFiles: Tales of Michael Oatman, Tad Devine, Kenny Lofton and Walter Kirn
Oh, the places we go, the people we see …When Oatman met Coulter. You may have seen some of the debate surrounding director Michael Oatman’s casting a white actor as Martin Luther King Jr. in a...
View ArticleHigh school football: Hoban, St. V-M set to meet for first time in playoffs...
The football rivalry between Archbishop Hoban and St. Vincent-St. Mary has been exclusively contested in the regular season — until Friday.Hoban (11-1) and St. V-M (11-1) will meet in the playoffs for...
View ArticleNew Franklin man charged with murder after fight at Norton nightclub
A New Franklin man has been charged with felonious assault and murder after a fight Thursday night outside a Norton nightclub.Daniel Carraway, 63, of Norton was found by police lying unresponsive on...
View ArticleIs there middle ground at UA?
A civil war is building in Akron, and like most such conflicts, it promises wreckage that will be difficult to overcome. The source of the division is the presidency of Scott Scarborough at the...
View ArticleAkron’s Holy War 2.0 — teammates on the field now have split loyalties
The game at hand — the so-called Holy War 2.0 — brought them all together in a chilly parking lot outside InfoCision Stadium.Some wore green and gold — St. Vincent-St. Mary’s colors — while others wore...
View ArticleHigh school football playoffs: Friday night scoreboard
FRIDAYDivision IIRegion 3Hudson 31, Mayfield 6Region 4Perrysburg 50, Cleveland Glenville 19Region 5Perry 28, Worthington Kilbourne 7Region 6Cincinnati La Salle 42, Kings Mills Kings 7———Division...
View ArticleE. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle expands to Summit County location
An outbreak of E. coli linked to Chipotle that originated in the Pacific Northwest has spread and has now infected people in six states, including Ohio. One report hits close to home.New cases have...
View ArticleLocal Muslims respond to backlash after Paris attacks
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Every time Sarah Shendy sees an American flag, she pledges allegiance.She proudly wears an American flag pin next to the badge on her Copley police uniform and flies the American flag...
View ArticleAkron General breaks ground on new emergency department; shows off new logo
There’s no doubt who owns Akron General Health System.Akron General, now owned by the Cleveland Clinic, displayed its new logo during a groundbreaking Friday morning for a new, larger, $43 million...
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