Cavaliers notebook: Basket by Matthew Dellavedova after 10-pass possession...
CLEVELAND: It was a piece of basketball ballet, one needed to keep a Cavaliers crowd that might have been doubting its team engaged in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall expected to return Wednesday;...
CLEVELAND: Rehabbing Indians outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall met with the team on Sunday morning and received some clarity on his timetable for a return. He’s been on the 15-day disabled list with a left...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil honors slain Ohio police officer
COLUMBUS: A vigil for an Ohio police officer fatally shot when a man opened fire on a SWAT team trying to arrest him drew more than 400 people.The candlelight vigil for Officer Steven M. Smith was held...
View ArticleAkron welcomes permanent children’s museum downtown
A temporary, interactive children’s museum in downtown Akron was so successful last winter — nearly 10,000 people wandered through — that organizers are putting down permanent roots.The founders of the...
View ArticlePortman attacks heroin epidemic and ignores election in apolitical Akron...
In his prepared remarks before the Akron Press Club, Rob Portman never mentioned the prominent Democrat challenging him in a tight race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate next...
View ArticleContractor sentenced to 3 years in prison, ordered to pay restitution to...
A contractor apologized to an elderly Copley Township woman he was convicted of bilking out of more than $80,000 in home repairs, saying during his sentencing Monday that she and her late husband were...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 18
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleIndians: Matchups for upcoming games
TUESDAY: Mariners at IndiansTime: 6:10 p.m. | TV: STOPitchers: Wade Miley (0-1, 8.25) vs. Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 3.46)WEDNESDAY: Mariners at IndiansTime: 6:10 p.m.TV: STOPitchers: Taijuan Walker (0-0,...
View ArticlePistons making known their displeasure with officiating in Game 1 of playoff...
CLEVELAND: Stan Van Gundy fired the first salvo on officiating during an in-game television interview Sunday. Now 19-year-old Pistons rookie Stanley Johnson is taking aim at LeBron James.Johnson...
View Article2016 NFL Draft: Former high school teammates preparing to represent Walsh...
One of the last teams Gerry Rardin guided in his 35 years as Walsh Jesuit High School’s football coach will prove to be the program’s strongest pipeline to the NFL yet.Four Walsh graduates are expected...
View ArticleIndians view Trevor Bauer as a ‘weapon’ in bullpen as he becomes more...
Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer wasn’t sent to the bullpen to sit, nor was he relegated into mop-up duty in blowout losses. The team views him as a weapon, an additional asset between the starting...
View ArticleHudson High School ranks as best performing local high school by U.S. News &...
Two local high schools ranked in the top 13 percent of the nation’s top performing schools by U.S. News & World Report.Hudson and Aurora high schools were listed as 268th and 348th among 2,673...
View ArticleFood notes: Speakeasy opens in Northside district; Jimmy’s renovates; Ramp Up...
Akron is no longer a craft-cocktail desert.A second bar has opened featuring “hand-crafted” fancy-pants drinks. And this one has two secret entrances.It’s a cozy spot — with seating for about only 30 —...
View ArticleCity confirms bear sighting in Hudson
HUDSON: A bear spotted near Walters Road prompted the city Tuesday to report on its website: “The annual bear migration through Hudson has begun.”The sighting was confirmed, and the bear “wrecked havoc...
View ArticleConvicted murderer’s sister shares family’s abusive history during sentencing...
Eric Hendon’s twin brother, Derrick, killed himself. His older brother, Ervin, has had trouble with the law. His younger brother, Michael, is in prison. And Eric, convicted of being the mastermind...
View ArticleWooden bridge on Towpath Trail torched, arson suspected
A section of the Towpath Trail in South Akron will remain closed indefinitely after vandals set a bridge on fire.The wooden bridge between Summit Lake and West Wilbeth Road was torched early Tuesday by...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Indians still facing plenty of lefties, but in a different...
CLEVELAND: The Indians still seem to be facing a high number of left-handed starting pitchers, though this time around it appears to be by chance rather than design.Last season, the Indians employed a...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 19
BASEBALLScoring SummariesBUCKEYE 5, BROOKSIDE 3Buckeye 000 202 1 — 5 6 1Brookside 101 010 0 — 3 8 3Batteries—Walker, Caniglia (7) and N/A. W—Walker,1-1. L—NA. Save—Canighlia. HR—None.Notes: Buckeye:...
View Article2016 NFL Draft: Browns receive interest in No. 2 overall pick as buzz about...
BEREA: The Browns have suitors for the second overall pick in the NFL Draft and might not be able to resist the temptation to trade down, but they’d also be comfortable taking a player there.Whether...
View ArticleLeBron tries to defuse talk about feuds and officiating as Cavaliers get...
INDEPENDENCE: LeBron James tried to defuse talk about officiating Tuesday and did his best to prevent the idea of a personal feud between himself and any member of the Detroit Pistons.One day after...
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