Body found in Summit Lake, investigators working to identify man
A man’s decomposing body was pulled from Summit Lake on Monday afternoon.The body was discovered shortly before 3 p.m., police reported. The Akron Fire Department’s dive team was called to the scene to...
View ArticleUA basketball: Zips hope to use victory over Ohio State in NIT to soften NCAA...
It might not look like it on the surface, but the University of Akron men’s basketball team has a golden opportunity.When the Zips (26-8) tip off at 7 p.m. Tuesday, they will be facing the Ohio State...
View ArticleUA’s NCAA Tournament slight surprises even Ohio State coach Thad Matta
COLUMBUS: Thad Matta’s first job as a college basketball assistant came 21 seasons ago at Miami University.He spent two of the next three years at the Mid-American Conference school, so the Ohio State...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Center Timofey Mozgov struggling to follow up breakout...
SALT LAKE CITY: Timofey Mozgov concedes now that last season with the Cavaliers was the best stretch of basketball in his career. He has followed it up this season with one of his worst.Mozgov remains...
View ArticleJazz 94, Cavs 85: Cavs come up short in final game of road trip
SALT LAKE CITY: In a scene that has become all too common this season, the Cavaliers struggled to put away a team missing its biggest star.LeBron James had 23 points and 12 rebounds, but the Cavs...
View ArticlePolice investigating drive-by shooting that wounded man at backyard barbecue...
Akron police are investigating a drive-by shooting in early Tuesday in which one man was shot, newsnet5.com reported.. The shooting occurred about 1:15 a.m. at a backyard barbecue on Wildwood Avenue...
View ArticleBob Dyer: 1967 Akron Playmate ailing in California
The next best thing to marrying a Playmate? Having your brother marry a Playmate.Just ask Akron resident Randy Lipscomb, long known to WNIR (100.1-FM) listeners as “Handy Randy.”In high school during...
View ArticleHudson’s Caila Quinn is not the next Bachelorette after all
Hudson’s native daughter Caila Quinn will not be the next ABC’s Bachelorette after all. Speculation was high that Quinn, the daughter of Step2 CEO Chris Quinn who has been seen with camera crews in...
View Article27 Knight Arts Challenge winners to share $1 million for Akron projects
Akron artists have dug deep and come up with innovative ideas that use the city as their canvas for its first Knight Arts Challenge, from which 27 winning projects have emerged.The winners, who will be...
View ArticleStark State College says it needs $9 million to open Akron campus
Stark State College President Para Jones says the school needs a minimum of $9 million to open a new campus in Akron.The Jackson Township-based school already has set aside $5 million from reserve...
View ArticleYour guide to voting in today’s primary
Today’s election is a big one. Ohioans will decide local tax and other issues as they nominate Republicans and Democrats running this fall for president, state and federal Senate and House seats,...
View ArticleAkron-area votes in Presidential Primary Election Day — updating all day
12:20 p.m. update• One of the poll workers didn’t show up this morning to work at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Massillon.Voters, however, were able to vote with paper ballots until supplies and...
View ArticleHuge turnout for Bernie Sanders in Akron
Nearly 2,000 people, mostly white millennials, turned out for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders during his stop at the Akron Civic Theatre on Monday, with chants of “Ber-nie,...
View ArticleKasich gives Ohioans humble message of moderation on election eve
The hangar doors opened. The crowd rose to its feet.Patriotic trumpets playing on the sound system faded and the AC/DC pounded. The big blue tour bus’s air brakes echoed inside the air hangar and Ohio...
View ArticleIndians make first round of roster cuts; Mike Clevinger, Zach Walters included
The Indians made their first round of cuts from major-league camp on Monday, optioning or assigning seven players to minor-league camp. Pitchers Mike Clevinger, Ryan Merritt and Shawn Morimando and...
View ArticleFood Notes: Food truck season starts soon; blackberry wine arrives at Acme;...
Like many of us, I haven’t worn a coat for a couple of days, and my mind is all about warm-weather activities like food trucks!That was even before I got word that Food Truck Fridays would return in...
View ArticleElection results throughout the region
• Summit County Board of Elections • Medina County Board of Elections • Portage County Board of Elections • Stark County Board of Elections • Wayne County Board of Elections • Ohio Secretary of State
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Zips fail in their statement game against Buckeyes ... or did...
COLUMBUS: On Sunday’s NCAA Selection Show, the University of Akron Zips didn’t even make the list of teams on the bubble.Ohio State coach Thad Matta joined those mystified why UA’s 34 RPI wasn’t good...
View ArticleCavaliers continue to fire away on 3-pointers despite long-range struggles
SALT LAKE CITY: Kyrie Irving put up 23 shots in Monday’s loss to the Utah Jazz, but apparently that wasn’t enough. Irving returned to the court after the game was over for a shooting session that...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron men’s basketball: Ohio State sinks Zips 72-63 in overtime...
COLUMBUS: The University of Akron men’s basketball team has little to be ashamed of in its 72-63 season-ending overtime loss to Ohio State at Value City Arena on Tuesday night in the opening round of...
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