Barberton will celebrate Founder’s Day by saluting some of its famous natives...
BARBERTON: The news was enough to make a former professional baseball player cry. Enough to cause a couple of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to pencil a trip to Barberton into their busy schedules....
View ArticleDomo arigato Ms. Robota? UA and feds hope more local girls pursue science,...
“It looks like urine!” one girl exclaimed.“Oooh, the water is turning color!” another girl gushed.“This is so cool!” Nya Booker, 13, declared, watching a nail quickly dissolve to rust during a tabletop...
View ArticleFormer UA football player shoots ex-teammate after mistaking him for burglar
Update: Scott Boyett, a University of Akron student who police say shot a school football player Saturday, fell off the UA football team roster after Spring 2015 because of a medical condition school...
View ArticleHeat 122, Cavaliers 101: Faster, fresher Heat blast sluggish Cavs
MIAMI: Ninety minutes before tipoff Saturday night, Tyronn Lue announced he was starting Timofey Mozgov at center against the Miami Heat’s small ball lineup. By the time the official lineup sheets were...
View ArticleBoys basketball / New Concord John Glenn 76, St. Vincent-St. Mary 72: Muskies...
COLUMBUS: St. Vincent-St. Mary concluded its 2015-2016 boys basketball season just a few points shy of winning the Division II state championship Saturday in Columbus.After a slow start and a feisty...
View ArticleOhio EPA aware of iron and manganese problems in Barberton’s backup water supply
A Summit County landfill for construction debris is polluting Barberton’s drinking-water wells.The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has been aware of the problem with iron and manganese in...
View ArticleHudson police find two bodies in Ravenna Road house; murder-suicide is suspected
HUDSON: Police were investigating a possible murder-suicide after they found a man and woman dead in a Ravenna Road home, a city spokeswoman said in a news release.A preliminary investigation suggests...
View ArticleMissing kayaker found dead in West Branch State Park on Sunday
The body of a kayaker who had been missing since Saturday evening was recovered about noon Sunday.Two men in their 20s were kayaking at West Branch State Park in Ravenna on Saturday evening when their...
View ArticleLocal history: What’s a Melo-Pean? It’s Akron’s unusual gift to music
For such a harmonious device, the name is a little off-key. No matter how many times you say it — Melo-Pean … Melo-Pean … Melo-Pean — it just sounds funny.So what in the world is a Melo-Pean? A musical...
View ArticleCommunity members in Coventry raising money for mammoth flag installation
On any given weeknight at the start of the school year, the overhead lights at Coventry Memorial Stadium beam down on the boys or girls soccer team as players weave their way across the field, intent...
View ArticleBarberton relying on water treatment to keep algal toxins in Barberton...
In 2014, nearly 500,000 Ohioans in Toledo and the surrounding area were told not to drink their tap water for three days, after a toxin from an algae bloom in Lake Erie was detected.Now the Lake Erie...
View ArticleCavaliers still seeking improvements in several key areas, especially on defense
MIAMI: For all the problems facing the Cavaliers — and depending on the day they can seem numerous or few — the most glaring issues seem to be on defense. And they’re running out of time to fix it....
View ArticleFuneral set for boy who died after police say legs scalded
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio: Funerals services have been set for a 4-year-old Ohio boy who was found dead a day after authorities say his stepmother put his legs in scalding water as a punishment.Services for...
View ArticleMan robbed, assaulted outside fast-food restaurant in Akron
Akron authorities are looking for a man who assaulted another man with a knife during a robbery in a parking lot of a fast-food restaurant Sunday night.The University of Akron issued an alert to...
View ArticleTimkenSteel employee, who was also a police officer and firefighter/EMT,...
A TimkenSteel employee was found dead Sunday afternoon at the Faircrest Steel Plant.According to Beacon Journal news partner NewsNet5, Kenny Ray Jr., a TimkenSteel fire technician, was found...
View ArticleRobert Griffin III impresses Browns coach Hue Jackson during free-agent visit
Free-agent quarterback Robert Griffin III left Browns headquarters Saturday without a contract, but he also left a good impression on coach Hue Jackson.Jackson confirmed Griffin’s previously reported...
View ArticleSpecial meaning for this year’s chamber Burg award honoree Tony Alexander
An honor that retired FirstEnergy Executive Chairman, President and CEO Tony Alexander will receive Wednesday will have extra special meaning for him.That’s because the award is given in honor of and...
View ArticleFundraiser established for sons of Hudson couple found dead in suspected...
An online fundraiser has collected thousands in just a day for the three sons of a Hudson couple who died in a suspected murder-suicide Saturday.As of just before noon Monday, donors had provided...
View ArticleRevere athletic officials’ swift action may have spared track athlete’s life
The swift action of athletic officials at Revere High School may have spared the life of a 17-year-old track athlete.The teenage boy, a junior, collapsed in the football stadium behind Revere High,...
View ArticleOSHA investigating nitrogen overflow as possible cause of TimkenSteel...
Authorities are investigating after a Canton workplace incident left a 32-year-old worker at a TimkenSteel plant dead Sunday of suspected suffocation.Kenny Ray Jr. was found dead in a control room at...
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