Indians notebook: Catcher Roberto Perez ready to return after concussion...
CLEVELAND: The Indians received some good news from the league regarding catcher Roberto Perez on Monday, who will be ready to go when the Indians begin their 2016 season on Tuesday against the Boston...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Tribe goodwill ruined as Indians mismanage Opening Day...
CLEVELAND: The Indians sacrificed the only day they will be in the Northeast Ohio spotlight until perhaps mid-June.The only day until the Cavaliers’ playoff run ends that some people care about...
View ArticleIndians postpone Opening Day game to Tuesday at 1:10 p.m.; more cold weather...
CLEVELAND: Indians fans will have to wait one more day for meaningful baseball in 2016. The Indians postponed their Opening Day game against the Boston Red Sox until Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. due the cold...
View ArticleKicking amputation: Wound care, research and technology saving feet and limbs...
The tip of Gary Cunningham’s foot was rotting, black and seeping, like a horrifying prop from a zombie movie.Two doctors at two different area hospitals told the 68-year-old Portage County man they...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament: Villanova tops Carolina 77-74 on Jenkins’ buzzer-beater
HOUSTON: Kris Jenkins is one of those players who believes every shot is going in.Sometimes, it feels so right to be right.The Villanova junior answered a double-clutch, game-tying 3-pointer by North...
View ArticleWarrants issued for arrests of armed men accused in Akron home invasion
Arrest warrants were issued Saturday for two Akron men accused of threatening to shoot two people during a home invasion last month that led to a drug arrest.Christian White, 20, and John Haynes, 21,...
View ArticleStow shopping center owner cited by Ohio EPA for hazardous runoff in basin,...
A mysterious milky white liquid that is draining from under a Stow shopping plaza’s parking lots is under investigation by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.The leachate or liquid runoff is...
View ArticlePlans for Menards store in Cuyahoga Falls delayed again
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Plans for a new Menards home improvement store on Graham Road have been delayed for at least another year.While the company has not specified its reason to Cuyahoga Falls officials, a...
View ArticleIndians Opening Day: Akron’s Patrick Carney of the Black Keys meets goal when...
CLEVELAND: As a drummer in the Black Keys, Patrick Carney is accustomed to playing in front of large crowds with singer, guitarist and friend Dan Auerbach.The Akron natives are award-winning musicians...
View ArticleCavaliers 109, Bucks 80: J.R. Smith’s record-setting 3 spree ignites Cavs in...
MILWAUKEE: J.R. Smith’s snub for the NBA All-Star Game’s 3-Point Shootout may be officially forgotten.The Cavaliers seemed to make it their mission to wrap up Smith’s pursuit of the franchise record...
View ArticleRed Sox 6, Indians 2: Indians fall on coldest Opening Day in Tribe history
CLEVELAND: The start of 2016 was more of the same from 2015.The Indians couldn’t give ace Corey Kluber much run support. The offense showed a bit of promise but ultimately stalled.In the coldest...
View ArticleStow man accused of kidnapping, threatening woman
A Stow man is being held at the Summit County Jail after a panicked woman and her male friend told police he kidnapped her and assaulted her friend.John B. Crawford, 25, of Marcella Avenue, is charged...
View ArticleAccused heroin trafficker convicted by Wayne County jury of kidnapping,...
An accused large-scale heroin trafficker has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for holding two people at gunpoint in Wayne County and beating one of them with a baseball bat.A jury convicted Richard...
View ArticleSummit County jury begins deliberations in Eric Hendon triple-murder trial
“Everybody’s bodies.”That’s what prosecutors say Eric Hendon was overheard saying shortly before he went to a Barberton home on New Year’s Eve 2013 to rob a man of marijuana and money — and ended up...
View ArticleHudson vocalist sings to seniors the soundtrack of their lives
STOW: If music could physically transport the listener back in time, the community room at Stow-Glen Retirement Village would have been empty.But the 25 seniors swaying in their seats seemed content to...
View ArticleHomicide ruled in death of North Akron man found tied up and shot twice in head
The death of a 49-year-old man found by his landlord Saturday morning on North Hill has been ruled a homicide, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled.Phillip Goins was discovered bound by...
View Article16-year-old boy found dead in Green motel room
A 16-year-old boy was found dead Wednesday night in a motel room in Green, Beacon Journal news partner NewsNet5 reported.Summit County Medical Examiners said they were alerted to the situation around...
View ArticleAnother snowy start to the weekend predicted in Akron — up to 5 inches could...
It looks like it will be another snowy Friday night in Akron.The chilly and snowy start to April is enough to make us long for those warm December weekends.For the second week in a row, forecasters are...
View ArticleHuntington trumps FirstMerit, buys rights to RNC signage
In a move to get its name on the Cleveland Convention Center before this summer’s Republican National Convention, Huntington Bancshares is buying the rights from FirstMerit Corp.Columbus-based...
View ArticleRubberDucks announce three new gut-busters for its Extreme Foods menu
Portion control?What’s that?The Akron RubberDucks unveiled three additions to its Extreme Foods menu Wednesday — gut-busting and heart-clogging items that likely will require coming to the downtown...
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