Catholic charities agency in Ohio says $1.9 million stolen
CLEVELAND: A Catholic charities organization in Cleveland says it has fired a longtime employee after discovering an alleged fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of $1.9 million over seven...
View ArticleAkron man, 27, describes shooting, killing ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend
Christopher Hunter lifted his 1-year-old daughter in his arms on a warm night in May, moments after emptying a clip of a handgun magazine into a man while she watched.“I pick up my daughter, I give her...
View ArticleAkron woman, 22, sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for killing her...
An Akron woman sobbed from the time she walked into a Summit County courtroom Friday morning until she was led away in shackles, sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for a crime she claims she...
View ArticleSalvation Army leaders blame Dec. 2 shooting for decrease in kettle donations...
BARBERTON: Kettle donations are down in Barberton and Salvation Army officials are blaming it on a Dec. 2 shooting in an Akron barbershop that injured a leader of the Barberton Corps.Corps Officer...
View ArticleAkron’s first Elf Con draws fans of classic holiday movie
The movie Elf has carved out a spot as a family holiday favorite since its 2003 release, but only the humans who share a true affinity for elf culture braved the near-arctic temps Friday night for...
View Article‘My mother ... my brother killed her,’ woman says of Akron man sought by...
Police are searching for an Akron man they’ve charged with murder in the slaying of his elderly mother, who was discovered in her home Thursday night dead of blunt force trauma to the head.Derrick...
View ArticleBad luck, irony and perseverance: Akron business survives plane crash,...
This is a story of bad luck, irony and perseverance. It starts with an omen: On Nov. 10, 2015, a corporate jet trying to land at Akron Fulton International Airport crashed in Ellet, killing nine people...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Hoban edges Benedictine; Ellet, Firestone, Garfield,...
Boys basketballArchbishop Hoban 53, Benedictine 51Senior Brian Cuppett scored the game-winning layup with 50 seconds remaining to give the visiting Knights (3-1, 1-0 North Coast League) a win over the...
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BASKETBallBOYSScoreboardFriday’s GamesArchbishop Hoban 53, Cle. Benedictine 51Barberton 76, Aurora 71Brunswick 58, Elyria 35Canton McKinley 75, Green 68Carrollton 54, Salem 46Copley 79, Revere...
View ArticleBrowns associate head coach-offense Pep Hamilton expects quarterback Robert...
BEREA: After watching Robert Griffin III practice this week, associate head coach-offense Pep Hamilton expects the quarterback to bounce back Sunday when the Browns (0-13) visit the Buffalo Bills...
View ArticleLeBron James hints NBA players opted for peace with owners instead of chasing...
INDEPENDENCE: There was a time not long ago when LeBron James hinted that the players would try to wrestle back some of the millions the union relinquished to ownership during the 2011 lockout. Yet the...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Copley 79, Revere 44: Brian Roberts Jr., Austin Brenner...
COPLEY: A barrage of 15 made 3-point shots propelled host Copley to a convincing 79-44 victory over rival Revere on Friday night.Junior Brian Roberts Jr. made six 3-pointers and senior Austin Brenner...
View ArticleMid-American Conference’s first female official dreams of referee assignment,...
Amanda Sauer was sitting in the stands at a high school game in Westchester, N.Y., with her late husband Peter when the idea to become a football official first crossed her mind.Sauer, 39, grew up on a...
View ArticleGreen couple’s 22-foot spruce is a tower of a Christmas tree
GREEN: Most people put presents under their Christmas trees. Jackie and Craig Carris can fit their family. The Carris’ tree measures an astounding 22 feet tall and 12 feet wide, and that’s after the...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Garfield-Kenmore name battle rages on
Well, we finally know where Akron’s new high school is going to go — on the 10½-acre site of the existing Garfield High, rather than at Kenmore or somewhere in between — but we still don’t have a...
View ArticleAkron police to use grants to recognize schoolchildren who ‘Do the Right Thing’
A little girl only wears her bike helmet because her little sister told her to. When she gets into an accident, her doctor says the helmet might have saved her life.Two boys find a gun in their...
View ArticleMedina County detective says ‘everything a crime scene’ in case of missing...
By Amanda GarrettBeacon Journal staff writerMEDINA: The mystery of missing Lafayette Township Trustee Bryon Macron only seemed to deepen Saturday.About 3 miles of two-lane country roads separate...
View ArticleVolunteers lay thousands of wreaths on veterans’ graves at Ohio Western...
By Amanda GarrettBeacon Journal staff writerRITTMAN: Denise Tapp kneeled in the snow Saturday morning and leaned a pine wreath against the tombstone of U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Glenn Hummel.“Merry...
View ArticleAkron man arrested in 78-year-old mother’s death
Wire reportThe man who police say brutally beat his 78-year-old mother to death in West Akron on Thursday night has been arrested. Derrick Williams, 47, was taken into custody around 12:30 a.m....
View ArticleBiden, mourners pay tribute to late space hero John Glenn in Columbus
COLUMBUS: The nation’s vice president and a retired Marine Corps general were among the dignitaries, family members and other mourners who choked up Saturday during a memorial tribute to the late space...
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