Food notes: Fruit pastries at Bath Township synagogue; chocolate at Temo’s in...
One of my fondest memories of a trip to Italy in the fall of 2014 does not, shockingly, include Italian food or wine.Rather, it involves eating hamantaschen, triangular-shaped pastry with a fruit...
View ArticlePolice to owner of lost bag of meth: ‘Come on in and let us make your day’
More than a thousand Facebook users shared a post from Macedonia police Tuesday to get the word out to the owner of some lost property: a bag of crystal meth.“To the person or person(s) who left all...
View ArticleTwo car accidents in Akron on Tuesday. One leaves about 4,000 residents...
AKRON: Two women were injured in separate car crashes Tuesday afternoon. About 3,900 homes and businesses lost power Tuesday after a single-car crash at Eastwood and Chinook avenues at 4 p.m. A...
View ArticleFour Oriana House residents have drug-related seizures
AKRON: Four Oriana House patients were transported Tuesday to hospitals by emergency personnel according to a report from Beacon Journal news partner newsnet5.com.The patients were having seizures at...
View ArticleReds 6, Indians 5: Reds star Joey Votto opens exhibition season with two hits
GOODYEAR, Ariz.: Joey Votto had two hits and reached base three times as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Indians 6-5 Tuesday in the spring training opener for both teams.Scott Schebler homered in his...
View ArticleKyrie Irving denies he wants out of Cleveland; LeBron denies the Cavs are...
CLEVELAND: They blew a nine-point lead in six minutes along with most of their lead in the standings, then were blown out on the road against a sub-.500 team. They lost three of four about the time...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron men’s basketball: Zips clinch conference title, No. 1 MAC...
The University of Akron men’s basketball team unleashed a 3-point barrage on Ohio Tuesday night at Rhodes Arena, but unlike Saturday’s game when Bowling Green wilted under the pressure, the Bobcats...
View ArticleFledgling HealthSpan plans own demise as 82-year-old Medical Mutual of Ohio...
HealthSpan, the Ohio insurer that replaced Northeast Ohio’s segment of Kaiser Permanente, is too financially sick to save.The 3-year-old health insurer has decided to pull its own plug.On Tuesday,...
View ArticleOhio Republicans give Donald Trump a cold welcome
Don Bennington isn’t your typical Democrat.Sure, the Akronite has voted liberal his whole life. But the retiree is proud of his concealed carry permit and doesn’t trust Hillary Clinton’s tough stance...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Local heroes receive nods from Red Cross
It is with great honor that I bring you the 10 local heroes who will be honored by the American Red Cross of Summit, Portage and Medina Counties for their bravery and heroism during its annual Acts of...
View ArticleKevin Dasen sentenced to 70 years in prison for raping teen relative over...
The 19-year-old woman called the relative who sexually assaulted her for six years “a sick person.”“Kevin Dasen took away my childhood, and for that he is wrong,” the woman said during Dasen’s...
View ArticleAkron woman killed in head-on crash on state Route 18 in Copley Township
An Akron woman was killed in a two-car crash Wednesday afternoon on state Route 18, east of Medina Line Road in Copley Township, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported.Laura D. Byrd, 54, was a...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron to repay students $4.1 million in facilities fees
The University of Akron will repay $4.1 million in fees to students after the state determined that the school improperly raised its facilities fee last year.The school announced the refund in a news...
View ArticleAkron is a no-show on list of Best Places to Live
Sorry, Akron, you just don’t rate.U.S. News & World Report released its inaugural list Wednesday of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States, and Akron is nowhere to be found.We know what...
View Article‘The Bachelor’s’ Caila Quinn talks about Ben, possible ‘Bachelorette’
Former Hudson resident Caila Quinn has been thinking a lot about relationships lately. And millions of TV viewers want to know what she’s thinking.She was a contender on The Bachelor until recently,...
View ArticlePro Bowl center Alex Mack opts out of contract, but agent says return to...
If the Browns want to retain three-time Pro Bowl center Alex Mack, the new regime must reach into its deep pockets and offer him a substantial raise.Mack voided the final three years of his contract...
View ArticleTristan Thompson is familiar and comfortable with new role coming off the...
CLEVELAND: Tristan Thompson started and ended his night in new roles Monday. He came off the bench for the first time in more than a month, then became the offensive hero with a go-ahead basket in the...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 11 years in prison for role in Highland Square home...
An 18-year-old Akron man was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for his part in the home-invasion robbery and assault of a woman in her Highland Square apartment last summer.Summit County Common...
View ArticleCoventry Township trustee counters sheriff’s deputy’s testimony about arrest
An extreme, unwarranted attack by a sheriff’s deputy or a tussle with an uncooperative subject — these were the two very different accounts given by Coventry Township Trustee Richard Kutuchief and a...
View ArticleHigh-pressure hot water line ruptures at UA, sends steam hundreds of feet...
The University of Akron held regularly scheduled classes Thursday night despite a broken steam line that cut heat to about 40 buildings on campus.Students and faculty were advised to dress in warmer...
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