Summit County gets tough on heroin deaths, charging drug suppliers with...
When Charles Marotto was recently sentenced to five years in prison for providing a fatal hit of heroin to a man he considered a friend, few people left the courtroom happy.Not Marotto. Not the...
View ArticleFrancisco Lindor’s bid for a strong sophomore season and the Indians hoping...
GOODYEAR, ARIZ.: Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor was so exceptional as a rookie in 2015, his expectations for 2016 amongst fans will be incredibly high, perhaps even impossibly high.All he has to do...
View ArticleTop secret: Who and how many RNC protesters seek permits for camps, rallies...
Presidential candidate and political satirist Vermin Supreme relishes those tense moments when free speech is tested. That's what he'll do when Cleveland hosts the Republican National Convention in...
View ArticleAkron police investigating two fatal Saturday crashes
The Akron Police Department is investigating two separate traffic fatalities that happened over the weekend.The victim of the first traffic fatality is from Kentucky. The accident occurred about...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Zach Walters, Giovanni Soto designated for assignment;...
CLEVELAND: The Indians made a couple of moves on Sunday, with another one tentatively scheduled ahead of Monday’s Opening Day game against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field.The Indians designated...
View ArticleProjected Opening Day lineups: Red Sox vs. Indians
Red Sox1. Mookie Betts RF2. Dustin Pedroia 2B3. Xander Bogaerts SS4. David Ortiz DH5. Hanley Ramirez 1B6. Travis Shaw 3B7. Brock Holt LF8. Blake Swihart C9. Jackie Bradley Jr. CFDavid Price P
View ArticleDonald Trump calls on John Kasich to quit race: ‘He’s taking my votes’
MILWAUKEE: Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio governor shouldn’t be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he...
View ArticleRyan Lewis: Indians clubhouse agrees that a hot dog is not a sandwich; a look...
It is time to solve one of the great debates. These kinds of dialogues can turn friend against friend, brother against brother. It divides houses. It is the political third rail among baseball food...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Shooting percentage, efficiency up, turnovers down for...
CLEVELAND: LeBron James said throughout last season he needed a year to adapt to his surroundings. His turnovers suffered and his efficiency bottomed out as he learned a new system and a new set of...
View ArticleLocal history: Are you a fascist? University of Akron professor developed...
It wouldn’t be an election year without major-party candidates being called fascists. Dire warnings about impending dictatorships are nearly as common today as campaign speeches.In the 1930s, the...
View ArticleMan found dead in Akron home Saturday
AKRON: Detectives are investigating the death of a 49-year-old man who was found inside his house in the 200 block of Uhler Avenue on Saturday morning.Police said the landlord reported the man’s death...
View ArticleAkron police expand unit investigating heroin deaths
Akron detectives investigated three times as many heroin deaths as homicides last year. The heroin death toll has gotten so high that the Police Department has a special unit whose only job is to look...
View ArticleCavaliers 112, Hornets 103: Cavs squander most of another big lead, but hang...
CLEVELAND: It felt like playing the third game in three nights to LeBron James, but the Cavaliers managed to pass the test despite nearly blowing another big lead.James scored 31 points and passed for...
View ArticleAkron’s BioInnovation Institute seeks taxpayer help as it slims down, fights...
Austen BioInnovation Institute of Akron was supposed to be the bridge that led from the Rust Belt to the brain belt, catapulting the region into the knowledge economy. It launched in 2008 with about...
View ArticleGreen Middle School teacher’s religious assignments rile group of nonbelievers
GREEN: A Green Middle School language teacher accused of proselytizing to her students has agreed to stop assigning religious projects.The Green Local School district was contacted by letter last month...
View ArticleOff-duty police officer shoots at suspected drunk driver after she strikes...
An off-duty Stark County police sergeant fired several shots at a suspected drunken driver after she hit him with her car in Akron on Sunday night, police reported.Bullets fired by Robert Lowe — a...
View ArticleLongtime car dealer, philanthropist Wade Wallace dies
Wade Wallace grew up in a house in Appalachian Tennessee without electricity or indoor plumbing — running water came from a pipe in the back that collected runoff from a hill.He never graduated from...
View ArticleDefense attorneys for Eric Hendon call three experts to try to raise doubt in...
Defense attorneys called three witnesses Monday in the hopes of raising doubt about Eric Hendon’s guilt in the slayings of a Barberton man and two teens.One attacked the reliability of GPS readings —...
View ArticleAkron woman who lost many to drugs leading group raising awareness about drug...
Amy Deem has lost many people to drugs — the father of her two children, her brother and two cousins, including one whose body she found in her guest bedroom last year.But Deem, 41, a life-long...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron James continues sterling second half
Cleveland: LeBron James has insisted for years he is a better player following the All-Star break than he is before. While the numbers historically dispute that (they’re about the same), that certainly...
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