Green time capsule provides history lesson
GREEN: “This is awesome!” and “very cool.”Those were the words of the two Green Local Schools students as they opened a time capsule that had been ensconced in a cornerstone of the 112-year-old...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Facing win-win scenario, Browns must pick quarterback at No. 2
INDIANAPOLIS: The Browns must select a quarterback at No. 2.After talking to league personnel at the NFL Scouting Combine, that’s the consensus of both offensive and defensive coaches. Whether they’ve...
View ArticleTwo killed in Copley Township crash
Police continue to investigate an automobile crash Saturday evening in Copley Township in which two people were killed.According to the Canton Post of the State Highway Patrol, a red 2006 Nissan 300Z...
View ArticleOhio pastor shot, killed on Sunday at his church
DAYTON: An Ohio pastor with deep roots in the Dayton community was shot and killed at his church, and police have taken his brother into custody for the slaying.Dayton police say 70-year-old William B....
View ArticleIndians make signing of free-agent third baseman Juan Uribe official
The Indians on Sunday announced that the signing of free-agent third baseman Juan Uribe to a one-year deal is now official. Uribe corrected his visa issues, made it to camp in Goodyear, Ariz., this...
View Article2016 NFL Scouting Combine: Kamalei Correa shows speed, Joey Bosa disappointed...
Kamalei Correa entered the NFL Scouting Combine hoping to convince the Browns and other teams he could make a successful transition from a defensive end at Boise State to a 3-4 outside linebacker.He...
View ArticleWizards 113, Cavaliers 99: Cavs lack energy, blasted while LeBron James sits
WASHINGTON: Part of coach Tyronn Lue’s message to his players before Sunday’s game was simple: Play hard and compete and the Cavs are incredibly difficult to beat.Unfortunately, without their best...
View ArticleThings to Do, Feb. 29: Neil Young film in theaters, specials hopping for Leap...
See Neil Young film in theatersFathom Events presents “An Evening With Neil Young” at 8 p.m. in theaters, with the post-apocalyptic musical comedy Human Highway and the concert film Rust Never Sleeps....
View ArticleIn an upset, ‘Spotlight’ wins best picture at Oscars
LOS ANGELES: In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama Spotlight took best picture at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday, where remarks on lack of diversity in...
View ArticleOhio Gov. John Kasich: Moderate — or not
As Republicans head into a two-week marathon of high-stakes primaries that likely will determine the party nominee, they have two John Kasichs on the ballot: The governor with a record of staunch...
View ArticleAkron sees downtown office vacancies rise
Office vacancy rates in downtown Akron have ballooned at the same time they are falling elsewhere in the country.The Akron rate hit 23.5 percent last year, up from 11.9 percent five years earlier.The...
View ArticleLocal history: Jumbo Mill fire of March 1886 was ‘most disastrous conflagration’
The glowing sky was bewildering. It was 2 a.m. Why was the sun shining?As Akron residents wiped the sleep from their eyes, it dawned on them that something was terribly wrong. Shouts of “Fire!”...
View ArticleWoman dies in fiery one-car crash on Merriman Road in Akron
A woman died in a fiery one-car crash after hitting a tree on Merriman Road in Akron on Monday evening.At about 4:45 p.m., the woman was southbound on Merriman Road between Mayfair Road and Sunnyside...
View ArticleSurviving victim can testify in Eric Hendon’s triple-murder case; Summit...
The surviving victim in a triple murder will have her day in court.Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Amy Corrigall Jones on Monday denied a request for sanctions against Summit County prosecutors...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Donte Whitner still believes Johnny Manziel can be starter...
CLEVELAND: The seriousness of Johnny Manziel’s problems have hit Browns strong safety Donte Whitner, yet the veteran still believes Manziel can be a starting quarterback in the NFL.Whitner saw a video...
View ArticleDonte Whitner says neither he nor fellow safety Tashaun Gipson are confident...
CLEVELAND: Browns strong safety Donte Whitner isn’t confident free safety Tashaun Gipson will be retained by the franchise.Furthermore, Whitner said Gipson isn’t confident he’ll be back, either.The two...
View ArticleCavaliers 100, Pacers 96: LeBron James scores 33 points, but Tristan...
CLEVELAND: Tristan Thompson lost his starting job and won a game all in one evening.Thompson’s basket gave the Cavaliers the lead in the final minute and then preserved it with a big block in the Cavs’...
View ArticleHudson’s Caila Quinn out of ‘The Bachelor’
Bachelor boots ex-Hudson resident Caila Quinn, the former Hudson resident who has been looking for love on The Bachelor, was eliminated from the competition on Monday night’s show. The daughter of...
View ArticleHundreds attend funeral of Canton firefighter who died on Route 8
The 12-year-old daughter of a woman who died while crossing state Route 8 last week told a crowd of hundreds on Monday that she would remember her mother as a kind, gentle woman.“My mother was...
View ArticleFour hurt in Ohio school shooting; 14-year-old suspect in custody
MADISON TOWNSHIP, OHIO: A 14-year-old boy pulled out a gun in a school cafeteria Monday and opened fire, hitting two students, and then ran from the school, threw the weapon down and was apprehended...
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