Healthy Cavaliers enjoy time off while two top contenders in West deal with...
While the Golden State Warriors prepare for life without Steph Curry and the Los Angeles Clippers lost their two best players on the same night, the Cavaliers will be healthy and rested when their...
View ArticleGoodyear donates firetruck to Akron
Akron has a new firefighting tool thanks to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.The company donated a 2005 Freightliner foam engine/pumper to the city Tuesday.“We are ecstatic that we are getting this...
View ArticleAkron man stands trial again for 2013 shooting death
An Akron man is on trial for murder … again.A Summit County jury deadlocked in 2013 about whether Marcus L. Turner was responsible for the shooting death of another man during an argument that...
View ArticlePolice: Man held family at home for days, screwed door shut
CLEVELAND: Authorities say a Cleveland man armed with a pistol kidnapped his girlfriend and four children at home by screwing their front door shut and trapping them inside for four days.Cleveland.com...
View ArticleDrug agents find 20 pounds of pot brownies in Brunswick apartment
A Brunswick man was arrested Friday after police found more than 20 pounds of brownies thought to be laced with marijuana after conducting a search warrant at his apartment.James Hirsch, 45, is charged...
View ArticleThieves cut hole in pizza shop roof, steal $100 from safe
Thieves cut a hole in the roof of an Akron pizza shop so they could break in and steal money from a safe Tuesday morning, according to police reports.The owner of the East Akron restaurant told police...
View ArticleGoodyear Theater and Goodyear Hall ready for concerts — just not the box office
Akron music fans can rejoice.There is not one, but two new reasons, for national touring acts to stop in Akron.As of Thursday, the Goodyear Theater and soon the adjacent and less formal Goodyear Hall,...
View ArticleHigh school students get hands-on surgical experience at Hiram College health...
HIRAM: Oscar Mejia had a hands-on experience Wednesday that he is not likely to forget.“I don’t think I’ll ever have a chance to do something like that again. I actually got to touch human tissue and...
View ArticleAkron man in prison for murder withdraws guilty plea in rape case
An Akron man in prison for murder changed his mind Wednesday when he was about to be sentenced for a 16-year-old rape case he was tied to through DNA evidence.Efrem Johnson told Summit County Common...
View ArticlePeople debate choice of Tamir Rice’s mother as keynote speaker for Kent...
It didn’t take long for people on social media to debate the merits of asking Samaria Rice to speak at this year’s events commemorating the shooting deaths of four Kent State University students on May...
View Article2016 NFL Draft could be historic locally
The 2016 NFL Draft has the chance be historic from a local perspective. Not only will the Browns again be seeking a franchise quarterback under a new regime, but it could be a record-setting draft for...
View ArticleIndians: Matchups for upcoming games
THURSDAY: OffFRIDAY: Indians at PhilliesTime: 7:05 p.m.TV: STOPitchers: Corey Kluber (1-3, 4.67) vs. TBDSATURDAY: Indians at PhilliesTime: 7:05 p.m.TV: STOPitchers: Trevor Bauer (1-0, 4.76) vs. Jerad...
View ArticleCavaliers’ return to isolation basketball in fourth quarter of Game 4 was by...
INDEPENDENCE: After struggling with ball movement for two seasons, the Cavaliers finally demonstrated an ability to play together consistently during their first-round sweep of the Detroit Pistons....
View Article2016 NFL Draft: Browns beat writer Nate Ulrich’s mock draft
1. Los Angeles Rams: California quarterback Jared Goff2. Philadelphia Eagles: North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz3. San Diego Chargers: Mississippi offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil4. Dallas...
View ArticleNate Ulrich: Of all Browns draft scenarios, trading down from No. 8 overall...
Good luck figuring out what the Browns will do Thursday night in the first round of the always-hard-to-predict NFL Draft.Not only are they led by a new front office without a track record, but their...
View ArticlePolice find 2 children badly hurt at Ohio motel, 1 hidden by blanket
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO: Police say officers responding to a report of a possible dead child at a Southwest Ohio motel found a pair of young siblings with serious injuries and arrested their mother and two...
View ArticleFirstEnergy plan is blocked by federal regulators; utility must first apply...
Regulators have blocked Ohio’s approval of profit guarantees for FirstEnergy and American Electric Power, saying the electric utilities must secure federal approval for the plans.In two orders late...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: With trades to stockpile picks, Browns find the fastest way...
BEREA: For once for the Browns in the NFL Draft, logic, not emotion, ruled.If we learned anything about the new Harvard triumvirate in the front office Thursday night, it’s that they can wheel and deal...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron pulls out of talks with ITT
The University of Akron has ended talks with ITT Educational Services Inc., one of the nation’s largest operators of for-profit technical schools. “The university will not be entering into any...
View ArticleWith Cavaliers’ Big Three thriving in playoffs, Kevin Love confident in what...
INDEPENDENCE: During the early weeks of the season, when Kyrie Irving was still working his way back from knee surgery, LeBron James went out of his way to call Kevin Love the focal point of the...
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