Trump selects Tillerson for secretary as state, sources say, dismissing...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the State Department, dismissing concerns about the businessman’s close ties with Russia, two people...
View ArticleAkron school board approves Garfield site for high school combined with Kenmore
Akron’s newest high school will be built on the site of the current Garfield High School on North Firestone Boulevard. The Akron Board of Education sealed the deal Monday night with a unanimous vote....
View ArticleCleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam to be deposed in hangar for Pilot lawsuit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.: Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was being deposed Tuesday in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain owned by the family of Haslam and his brother, Tennessee...
View ArticleAkron man, 26, found shot in the head in parked vehicle
Akron detectives are investigating after a man was found seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head inside a Chevy Trailblazer on Tuesday afternoon.The Akron man, 26, was found at about 2:30 p.m. in...
View ArticleCity goes after contractors with employees who avoid local income tax
Akron is sending a message to out-of-town contractors: if your workers dodge the city’s income taxes, you will pay.Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan, council President Marilyn Keith and councilman Jeff Fusco...
View ArticleSummit prosecutors detail plunger shank used in jail stabbing
First, Jeffery Conrad swiped a wooden plunger from a broom closet at the Summit County Jail.Then Conrad broke the wooden handle and sharpened half of it to a point. Finally, he used the rubber part of...
View ArticlePublicist: Actor Alan Thicke dies at age 69
A publicist says Alan Thicke, who played the likable father on the sitcom Growing Pains, has died at age 69.Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, singer Robin Thicke, says the actor...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: NBA All-Star Game to return to Cleveland after Quicken...
CLEVELAND: The Cavaliers’ home is about to get an expensive and extensive face-lift. When it’s complete, the NBA All-Star Game will be returning to Cleveland. The Cavs and the city of Cleveland...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardTuesday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 68, Nordonia 54Barberton 66, North Royalton 53Black River 68, Brooklyn 59Buchtel 68, Kenmore 54Columbia Station 48, Buckeye 46Coventry 69,...
View ArticleMedical examiner: Man shot, killed by Hudson police officer was struck five...
An unarmed man who was shot and killed by a Hudson police officer last week was struck with bullets five times, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.The autopsy performed on Saif...
View ArticleBrowns to play home game at London’s Twickenham Stadium against Minnesota...
London is a long way from the Dawg Pound, but the Browns will have a home game there next season.The NFL announced Tuesday morning the Browns will play a regular-season game against the Minnesota...
View ArticleCavaliers 103, Grizzlies 86: LeBron James, Kevin Love carry Cavs over...
CLEVELAND: The Cavaliers wanted one win against Memphis and they got it. Now Tyronn Lue is leaving the team’s stars behind for Wednesday’s rematch.Kevin Love scored 29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds...
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Stoney Pointe discourse spurs broader conversation about homeless, disabled
Mark Foertch of Ingersoll Drive in West Akron figures the public looks down on him for fighting the construction of a 68-unit, four-story apartment building for the homeless and disabled. When he...
View ArticlePet therapy dogs visit KSU campus to help de-stress students
If Tuesday’s Stress-Free Zone day at the Kent State University library was the norm, the event’s effort to reduce student stress during finals week with the use of therapy dogs was a success.You could...
View ArticleCleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam deposed in Pilot lawsuit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.: Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was deposed Tuesday in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain, which is owned by his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and...
View ArticleMale nurse convicted of sexual assaulting resident in Copley nursing home
A Summit County jury this week convicted a nurse of sexually assaulting a resident of Brookdale Montrose Nursing Home in Copley Township.The jury found Edward McShaffrey, 59, of Coventry Street in...
View ArticleYahoo says hackers stole information from over 1B accounts
NEW YORK: Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013.The Sunnyvale, California, company says it’s a different breach from the one it disclosed in...
View ArticleStow’s Meijer store won’t open for at least a couple of years
STOW: Local shoppers have been waiting a couple of years for a new Meijer store to break ground in Stow.City officials said no worries — it’s still going to happen.The sale of property in the former...
View ArticleConservancy advocate Darwin Kelsey dies, leaves legacy of farm-to-market...
The founding director of Countryside Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering small-scale farming and farm-to-market foods in Northeast Ohio, has died from an illness as the agency continues to...
View ArticleSummit prosecutors: Love triangle led to fatal shooting in front of man’s...
Marlon Gibson stepped out of his Akron apartment to have a cigarette and was shot in the neck by Christopher Hunter.Gibson stumbled to the door of his apartment, but Hunter shot him again in the back....
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