Cavs 120, Lakers 108: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant dazzle in Cavs’ win over...
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant said their hellos and goodbyes for the final time, and in between they matched each other shot for shot. It was Channing Frye no one saw coming.Frye scored a...
View ArticleJ.M. Smucker’s new CEO pursues challenge set forth for family’s fifth...
Orrville: When Mark Smucker was a kid growing up in Orrville, he was adamant he wouldn’t join the family jelly business.In fact, he left after high school and lived in Virginia, Alabama, Arizona and...
View ArticleNew downtown Akron hotel to finally make its debut; Courtyard by Marriott set...
The beds are made, the pool awaits, the kitchen is stocked.Akron’s first new downtown hotel in decades, the Northside Courtyard by Marriott, is set to open Thursday.The opening comes four months later...
View ArticleReport: 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick hesitant to take major pay cut to...
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick is willing to restructure his contract and take a pay cut to escape the San Francisco 49ers, but he’s not willing to take as drastic a pay cut as the Browns have proposed...
View ArticleGOP rivals Kasich, Rubio questioning whether they’d back Trump as nominee
VANDALIA, OHIO: Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich said Saturday that they were so disgusted by the chaos at Donald Trump’s rallies that they may not support the billionaire...
View ArticleGoodyear’s newest airship holds first flight
After months of blimp-free skies, there’s a new Goodyear airship flying over the Akron area. Goodyear’s second NT, or New Technology, airship – not yet named – took its first flight Saturday afternoon...
View ArticleHundreds turn out to see Bill Clinton stump for Hillary in Akron
Campaigning in Ohio for his wife, Bill Clinton addressed nearly 400 people Saturday at the United Steelworkers Local 2 building on Kelly Avenue in Akron. They waited in a line that wrapped around the...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Warriors’ Anderson Varejao still adjusting to being an ex-Cavalier
The gold on Anderson Varejao’s jersey is now a California yellow and the Cavaliers’ wine has been replaced with a midnight blue. As he surveys the practice facility adorned with retired Golden State...
View ArticleLeBron James obsessing about Cavaliers, not yet Warriors
LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant wants LeBron James to obsess about the Golden State Warriors. James would rather obsess about his own team’s problems. Stretched out comfortably on the practice floor at UCLA...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron men’s basketball: Buffalo upsets top-seeded Zips 64-61 in...
Cleveland: The way the University of Akron men’s basketball team played in the first half of the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship game Saturday night, no one could blame their fans for...
View ArticleGirls basketball / Wadsworth 60, Mason 51: Jodi Johnson scores 28 points to...
COLUMBUS: Wadsworth senior Jodi Johnson said Friday night that she and her Grizzlies teammates came to Columbus “on a business trip.”Saturday night, the girls dressed in white with red trim finished...
View ArticleTrump’s Cleveland rally attracts thousands
Hats came off before the I-X Center crowd sang The Star-Spangled Banner on Saturday at the Donald Trump rally in Cleveland.Any man who failed to do so was admonished from the stage to remove his “head...
View ArticleMan arrested at Trump rally in Dayton told police act was preplanned
CLEVELAND: A man arrested Saturday after he tried to get on the stage at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Ohio reportedly told police he planned to grab the microphone and yell that Trump is a racist...
View ArticleLocal history: Deaf woman’s 1824 disappearance in woods a great mystery in...
Where did she go? Would she ever be found?Anticipation and dread filled Wadsworth as more than 400 men assembled at the town center.“Fellow citizens, give me your attention for a moment while I give...
View ArticleBernie Sanders to hold rally Monday at Akron Civic Theatre
Sanders to Visit Akron Civic Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold a rally Monday at the Akron Civic Theatre. Doors open at 11:00 a.m. The event is free and open to the...
View Article‘Bachelor’ finale and ‘Bachelorette’ announcement Monday
Viewers around the country will be waiting Monday night to see who won Ben Higgins’ heart on The Bachelor.But in these parts, the real drama will be about the next star of The Bachelorette. Hudson’s...
View ArticleInternal conflict rips Akron church asunder
Tensions have been running so high at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Akron that Sunday services were canceled for fear violence might erupt.At 10:45 a.m., when the adult service would normally begin, not...
View ArticleUA basketball: Zips to play Ohio State in NIT on Tuesday
The University of Akron men’s basketball team won’t go dancing this week.The Zips did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament but their appearance in the National Invitation Tournament will...
View ArticleCavaliers 114, Clippers 90: LeBron says Cavs finding form after dominating...
LOS ANGELES: After enjoying four days at a posh Beverly Hills hotel and L.A. nightlife, an early start Sunday and the Daylight Savings Time change, it was fair to wonder what type of condition the...
View ArticleMothers of the Movement group stumps for Hillary Clinton in Akron
Two mothers turning their pain into a powerful movement to help get blacks to vote shared their personal stories that made national news about the police killings of their sons. They talked Sunday...
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