Fundraising for new visitor center in Cuyahoga Valley has collected $3.8...
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park wants to open its first full-service visitor center to help the millions of park visitors, especially those from other states and countries, find their way around the...
View ArticleIndians 2, Tigers 1: A new experiment, two home runs, Josh Tomlin lift...
DETROIT: The Indians struck gold using a new lineup, used the long ball and a received strong outing from starting pitcher Josh Tomlin to top the Detroit Tigers 2-1 at Comerica Park on Friday night....
View ArticleCavaliers 101, Pistons 91: Kyrie Irving’s clutch 3-pointer sends Cavs to Game...
AUBURN HILLS, MICH.: Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy spent several minutes before Friday’s Game 3 lamenting how good Kyrie Irving has been shooting 3-pointers in this series. “We have to adjust,” he said....
View ArticleAkron’s new Food Hub nearly ready for the picking; set to open in early May...
T he new Hattie’s Food Hub in Akron, a first of its kind for the area, is nearly ripe for the picking.Organizers say the small fresh produce market and commercial food processing kitchen will open...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: LeBron James stays above verbal fray, plays facilitator in...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.: From the first time LeBron James touched the ball Friday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills, he was heartily booed.The pseudo-feud between Cavaliers star James and 19-year-old...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Robert Griffin III says offseason work with throwing guru...
BEREA: Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III is to Luke Skywalker what throwing guru Tom House is to Yoda.Griffin confirmed Thursday he has been training under House this offseason in an effort to...
View ArticleOn Location: When ‘Alex Cross’ came to Stan Hywet
In the summer of 2011, a famous detective was striding through parts of Akron.Alex Cross, the central character in novels by James Patterson, was being played by Tyler Perry in a movie originally...
View ArticleKayakers ride rapids in Cuyahoga Falls on a crooked river run wild
The snub-nosed yellow kayak plunged over a waterfall and into the swirling white water below Saturday, a raucous section of the Cuyahoga River unleashed three years ago when two century-old dams were...
View ArticleBob Dyer: More fun with Summa dress code
The dress-code police at Summa Health System are all riled up again.Apparently some slippage has occurred in employee adherence to the most restrictive dress code this side of a Marine boot camp — a...
View Article2016 NFL Draft: Those who know Walsh Jesuit graduate Connor Cook defend him...
The absence of a high-profile, lighting-rod quarterback like Johnny Manziel or Jameis Winston in this week’s NFL Draft has contributed to Walsh Jesuit High School graduate Connor Cook becoming a poster...
View Article911 caller who found 2 of 8 bodies in Ohio: ‘There’s blood all over’
PIKETON, OHIO: An out-of-breath caller who found two of the eight slain members of an Ohio family told a 911 dispatcher in a quavering voice that “there’s blood all over the house.”“I think my...
View ArticleGiant machine will begin drilling sewer tunnel at edge of downtown Akron in...
After decades of planning, preliminary work on Akron’s giant underground sewage tunnel is visible at three spots at the edge of downtown.The initial work on the Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel can be...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Irving beginning to show his greatness
BIRMINGHAM, Mich.: It seems too soon to say that the Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving has moved past flashes of brilliance to a level of consistent greatness.Three playoff games is too small a sample size. Even...
View ArticleCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue’s inbounds plays, rotations impressing in...
BIRMINGHAM, MICH.: Tyronn Lue keeps a notebook that dates back to his playing days full of ideas and plays. He has a whole section dedicated to After Timeout plays — or ATOs. And after the Cavaliers’...
View ArticleGoodyear Theater opens doors this week with three shows
The first concerts arrive this week at the East End, the former Goodyear headquarters in Akron. The Goodyear Theater will open its doors Wednesday with the touring version of Kidz Bop, the compilation...
View ArticleAfter years of investment, Seasons Road in Stow is finally stirring
STOW: City planners were seeing dollar signs when the state built a new interchange off state Route 8 at Seasons Road in 2010.The last frontier of undeveloped land in Stow had finally been given easy...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron James, Cavs not surprised by lack of foul calls on...
AUBURN HILLS, MICH.: LeBron James delivered another subtle message to the league Sunday that he believes he is treated unfairly on foul calls. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue, who has remained relatively...
View Article2016 NFL Draft: If defensive end Joey Bosa falls to Browns, Ohio State...
If the Browns select Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa in the first round on Thursday, Buckeyes defensive coordinator Luke Fickell realizes the difficult transition Bosa would face playing in a scheme...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Roles now defined, Big Three finally starting to come together
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.: This is what we thought the Big Three would look like.This is the kind of basketball we envisioned when the Cavaliers traded for Kevin Love in August 2014. It’s what we expected...
View ArticleOhio attorney general says slayings of eight were ‘pre-planned execution’
COLUMBUS: The slayings of eight family members in rural southern Ohio were sophisticated, planned executions, authorities said Sunday, telling residents they are safe but to arm themselves if they’re...
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