Akron voters approve gas aggregation, human resource department creation
Akron voters gave the city permission to create a gas aggregation plan and to form a human resources department, Canton voters were looking favorably on a parks levy, and an early tally showed a Hudson...
View ArticleOhio votes in near-record numbers to support traditional candidates
Ohio voters went to the polls in some of the highest numbers in 20 years as they weighed in on a primary election marred by recent violence, tough advertising and growing concern about candidate...
View ArticleTaxpayers decide 10 school issues
Voters in Summit, Stark, Wayne and Medina counties went to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to approve 10 school issues, including seven renewal levies and a bond issue to fund the construction...
View ArticleOhio officials hail Gov. John Kasich’s victory in primary as turning point in...
BEREA: Gov. John Kasich’s victory speech Tuesday at Baldwin Wallace University had all the trappings of a national convention.There were libations, a brass band, patriotic squares of translucent paper...
View ArticleSummit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee, facing corruption charges, loses in...
Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee’s days are numbered on the council — even if she’s cleared of federal corruption charges.David Hamilton won a three-way Democratic primary in the council’s...
View ArticleNorth Korea sentences Ohio man to 15 years in prison with hard labor
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: North Korea’s highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor for subversion on Wednesday, weeks after authorities presented him to media and...
View ArticleSpring breaker from Ohio dies in Panama City Beach hotel
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA.: Authorities say a 20-year-old spring breaker from Ohio is accused of tampering with evidence after his roommate died of an apparent drug overdose in a Panama City Beach hotel...
View ArticleDonald Trump not attending March 21 debate in Utah
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump says he will not participate in the next GOP presidential debate on Monday in Utah because “we’ve had enough debates.”The front runner for the Republican presidential...
View ArticleSuspicious activity in Copley involving a man approaching girl getting off...
A Copley Township police investigation into a suspicious man in a vehicle approaching a 6-year-old girl getting off a school bus on Tuesday afternoon was later termed what happened to be a...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Politics reach new heights in wackiness
As I was coming of voting age, back in the days of rotary phones, cassette tape players and three-channel TV, I used to joke around with my buddy Bob Sigworth, aka “Siggo,” about our frustration with...
View ArticleBeautician in the black community was one of the first women to own her own...
Johnie Barham Brown was a pioneer in the hairdressing industry. The owner of Johnie’s Beauty Palace on Copley Road, she opened up many doors for black beauticians, teaching them about hair trends and...
View ArticleAkron gets second chance to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!Sure the city of Akron’s celebratory parade was Saturday, but that just means we can celebrate St. Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints, twice!The holiday is celebrated on...
View ArticlePregnant Cuyahoga Falls woman seriously injured in Mogadore crash
MOGADORE: A pregnant Cuyahoga Falls woman was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when her car went left of center and struck a pickup truck head-on, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported.The woman,...
View ArticleFBI arrests 10 from Akron area in connection with Mexican drug-trafficking ring
Seven people were arrested Wednesday morning by FBI agents in the Akron-Canton-Massillon area on charges of involvement in a Mexican drug-trafficking ring.A total of eight were charged with intent to...
View ArticleThree of 10 local school issues rejected by primary voters
Two Summit County school district superintendents were dealing with frustration on Wednesday, after their levies and bond issues were rejected by voters in the primary election.“My disappointment is...
View ArticleStudent wristbands and bumper stickers are protest against UA president
A couple of students stood outside the University of Akron Student Union on Wednesday, handing out “Scarborough Must Go” wristbands and collecting signatures in protest of President Scott Scarborough...
View ArticleTeen dies after hoop crashes down as he dunked basketball
BUCYRUS, OHIO: A 16-year-old Ohio boy has died nearly three weeks after he was injured while trying to dunk a basketball during a pickup game.Noah Lear’s family says the boy succumbed to his injuries...
View ArticleHuntington proposes selling off some FirstMerit Canton-area branches to meet...
Huntington Bank is proposing to sell off some of FirstMerit’s Canton-area branches to meet regulatory approval of its proposed acquisition of FirstMerit Bank. Huntington says it would need to sell...
View ArticlePolice: Suspect egged ex-neighbor’s Ohio home more than 100 times for a year
EUCLID: Police say they have finally cracked the case of who egged a Cleveland-area home more than 100 times over a year.A former neighbor, 30-year-old Jason Kozan, has been charged with feloniously...
View ArticleDominion seeking increase from residential customers that could double costs...
Dominion East Ohio wants to more than double the cost it charges residential customers to replace aging pipelines in the next five years — and a consumer advocate agency is crying foul.Customers...
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