Diamondbacks 7, Indians 5: Shelby Miller has strong outing, makes big play in...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: Shelby Miller allowed three hits over 6⅔ innings and made a remarkable defensive play in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 7-5 victory over the Indians on Friday.Miller, the No. 2 pitcher in...
View ArticleTyler Naquin, Mike Napoli leading those playing well this spring for the Indians
Opening Day is less than two weeks away, and 30 clubs between Arizona and Florida are entering a crucial stretch this spring training.Decisions are looming. Tough conversations have already begun with...
View ArticleInconsistent Cavaliers struggling for answers as regular season winds down
NEW YORK: With 10 games left in the regular season, the Cavaliers have managed to coast to a division title, a 50-win season and the top record in the East (barely) without ever learning how to...
View ArticleRichfield woman found dead Friday had a gunshot wound to the head, but...
By Amanda GarrettBeacon Journal staff writerRICHFIELD: Officials have not yet released the name of a 43-year-old woman found dead in her Harold Drive home Friday afternoon with a gunshot wound to her...
View ArticleRomney endorsement swings away from Kasich to defeat Trump
Mitt Romney, a Republican who lost the 2012 presidential election after shifting his stance on abortion, taxes and Ronald Reagan, has flip-flopped again, this time telling voters not to support the...
View ArticleGreek church members rise early to carry on Easter bread tradition
Diamond Marcum felt the velvety bread dough and proclaimed: “Just like a baby’s butt!” And that’s what it’s supposed to feel like — springy and smooth.Marcum, 73, is the owner of Big Fat Greek &...
View ArticleStan Hywet reveals a personal side of the Seiberling family this season
This season, visitors will glimpse Stan Hywet’s first family in a light they probably haven’t encountered before.They’ll meet the adolescent who stole cigarettes from his dad’s desk, the doting...
View ArticleExtreme gun logic at the Statehouse
Support is surging for an online petition to allow the open carrying of firearms at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It mounts despite a ban on firearms at the GOP convention in Tampa...
View ArticleHeavy Russian airstrikes as Syrian army fights Islamic State in Palmyra
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian airstrikes have seized three neighborhoods inside Palmyra, a town with famed Roman-era ruins that fell to the Islamic State group last May,...
View ArticleThe Chapel Kenmore to hold first public Sunday service on Easter
Easter, a celebration of rebirth, also marks a beginning for The Chapel’s newest branch in Kenmore.Led by a millennial couple from the Akron neighborhood, The Chapel Kenmore is holding its first public...
View ArticleBrowns, Indians and Cavs: ‘Believeland’ chronicles the test of local sports...
Andy Billman and I were talking about his new documentary and, well, it was kind of like picking off a scab.Scabs and scars, in fact. Red Right 88. The Drive. The Fumble. The Shot. The Move. Game 7 in...
View ArticleIndians outfielder Michael Brantley to rest a week, Opening Day seems...
GOODYEAR, Ariz: Indians left fielder Michael Brantley has been ahead of schedule every step of the way in his rehab from offseason shoulder surgery, but it appears his goal of returning on Opening Day...
View ArticleCavaliers 107, Kicks 93: LeBron James’ triple-double helps Cavs return to...
NEW YORK: LeBron James began the day declaring the Cavaliers were ready to make a championship run. He ended it with his third triple-double of the season on a night the Cavs lived up to their position...
View ArticleLeBron says Cavaliers can win championship; Tyronn Lue continues to mold defense
NEW YORK: For all the problems the Cavaliers have created and tried solving over the second half of the season, here is where they stand with nine games left: They hold a two-game lead for first place...
View ArticleEight injured when bus overturns in Akron
Michael Green didn’t register that the bus he was riding in was tipping. All he knew was he had to react quickly if he wanted to avoid getting hurt.“I felt the bus bounce and I hooked the seat in front...
View ArticleLocal history: Advertising icons such as Colonel Sanders, Marlboro Man and...
If baby boomers have trouble distinguishing between reality and fantasy, blame Madison Avenue.Iconic advertising characters walked in and out of Greater Akron with great regularity during the 20th...
View ArticleGlobal Catholic TV network founder Mother Angelica dies
HANCEVILLE, Ala.: Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, has died. The Canton,...
View ArticleIs algebra an unnecessary stumbling block in U.S. schools?
NEW YORK: Who needs algebra? That question muttered by many a frustrated student over the years has become a vigorous debate among American educators, sparked by a provocative new book that argues...
View ArticlePedestrian struck, killed on Akron highway entrance ramp while moving deer he...
A New Franklin man was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday morning while pulling from the road a deer he had just hit.Randall Seaver, 58, was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident occurred at...
View ArticlePrison officials search for convicted killer missing from Ohio prison
NELSONVILLE, OHIO: Ohio prison officials say an inmate convicted of killing a woman in Cleveland has been reported missing from a Southeast Ohio prison.The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and...
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