Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue making all right moves, and non-moves, during his...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: The roots of his 11-year playing career are starting to emerge in Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue. He refuses to stand much during games because his knees hurt and, more importantly, guys...
View ArticleBrowns expected to cut Johnny Manziel next month after exec Sashi Brown...
New head of football operations Sashi Brown signaled the end of Johnny Manziel’s tenure with the Browns by issuing a scathing statement Tuesday afternoon in reaction to the latest off-field incident...
View ArticleFood Notes: Pierogi Lady cooking in Cuyahoga Falls; Chowder House updates...
Autumn Johnston, the Pierogi Lady, has opened a second location, at 1023 Munroe Falls Ave. in Cuyahoga Falls, the former Falls Country Deli.Johnston, who also owns a spot in the Hartville Marketplace...
View ArticleUA Faculty Senate to take no-confidence vote in Scarborough administration...
The University of Akron Faculty Senate will take a no-confidence vote in the administration of University of Akron President Scott Scarborough on Thursday.The move is to express the group’s...
View ArticleBrowns add two coaches to defensive staff
The Browns have added Johnny Holland and Eric Sanders to their defensive coaching staff, a source familiar with the situation confirmed Tuesday for the Beacon Journal.Holland will serve as an inside...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 2
BASKETBAllBOYSScoreboardTuesday’s ResultsAlliance 80, Salem 65 Avon 64, Lakewood 51Bay Village Bay 70, Rocky River 58Buchtel 80, Firestone 74 Buckeye 62, Oberlin Firelands 57 Burton Berkshire 41,...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic Akron General hospital CEOs say their collaboration is a...
Dr. Toby Cosgrove and Dr. Thomas “Tim” Stover Tuesday faced the Akron Press Club side-by-side, physical representations of the new blue and green signs that hang on the hospitals they represent —...
View ArticleJohnny Manziel: The downward spiral of his Browns career
Editor’s note: The following are key dates in Johnny Manziel’s career with Browns.2014May 8: The Browns trade up four spots in the first round to select Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy-winning...
View ArticlePat Catan’s acquired by craft chain giant Michaels
Strongsville-based Lamrite West Inc., the parent company of the Pat Catan’s Arts and Craft Stores, has been purchased by Irving, Texas, competitor Michaels for $150 million, the Dallas Morning News...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Johnny Manziel’s deep-rooted issues could bring much sadder...
By all indications, the Browns will release Johnny Manziel on March 9.I pray he’s alive on March 9.Last weekend’s incident that prompted the Fort Worth Police Department to use a helicopter to search...
View Article3 men charged with selling drugs after overdoses at Rootstown High School
Three men have been arrested by the Portage County Drug Task Force for drug sales at Rootstown High School, Beacon Journal news partner newsnet5.com reported.On Monday, the task force arrested Tarren...
View ArticleOhio executions disproportionately African-American, especially if the victim...
A Cleveland man hopes to see Ohio’s death penalty abolished so that no one else experiences what he went through.Kwame Ajamu was sentenced to death and later exonerated.“I spent three years, seven...
View ArticleSuspected heroin dealer arrested on sexual battery charges when he shows up...
Police have a suspected heroin dealer under guard at Akron General Medical Center after he went there for treatment for a bullet wound.The man, JuJuan Weem of Akron, was wanted on charges of gross...
View Article126-year record-high temperature broken Wednesday
The Akron-Canton Regional Airport weather station reported a temperature of 59 degrees before noon Wednesday, breaking the record of 57 degrees for Feb. 3, set in 1890.With sunshine predicted for the...
View ArticleAkron’s Ido Bar & Grill, miles from Mardi Gras mecca, serves up some Fat...
Akron restaurant owners Steve and Marcy Baker visited New Orleans for the first time in 2004, and like many of us, were captivated by the food. Unlike many of us, they have a stage upon which to share...
View ArticleRecords: Ohio attorney general in close contact with anti-abortion group
COLUMBUS: Ohio’s top law enforcer is in close contact with the anti-abortion group Ohio Right to Life, whose president sent a text message complimenting the press coverage after investigative findings...
View ArticleUpdate: Woman in vandalized home says teen smashed her window, told her he...
The father of a teenager accused of trying to eat glass from a window he smashed while allegedly using LSD says the police are “dead wrong” about what happened that night.The man, who declined to...
View ArticleSurviving victim in triple-murder incident fights release of personal...
She was stabbed, shot in the face and left for dead.Now Ronda Blankenship feels she is being victimized again, this time by the judicial system.Blankenship, the star witness in the 2013 incident that...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Spring of 2014 provides encouragement as Ohio State coach...
COLUMBUS: Sixteen Ohio State starters are gone, including nine juniors.The mass exodus to the NFL prompted OSU coach Urban Meyer to predict that the March 11 pro day will be the biggest in the history...
View ArticleNo stores to close; business as usual after Michaels buys Pat Catan’s,...
Michaels has no plans to rename or close Pat Catan’s stores after purchasing the rival craft store chain based in Northeast Ohio, company officials said.“The Pat Catan’s stores …will continue to...
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