Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor making another transition, guiding teammates...
BEREA: Terrelle Pryor has switched teams. He’s switched positions. Now he’s switching sides.The Browns recently moved the former quarterback from X wide receiver to Z. The change calls for Pryor to...
View ArticleTerry Francona: Indians front office ‘aced’ the trade deadline
CLEVELAND: Major League Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline came and went on Monday with a flurry of moves around the league being completed throughout the day. The Indians found themselves in a...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Andrew Miller shocked, excited by deal; Indians acquire...
CLEVELAND: Andrew Miller woke up to his phone ringing Sunday morning. It was New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman informing him that he’d been traded to the Indians, which also meant moving...
View ArticleHammel Street takeout restaurant robbed Monday night
An Akron takeout restaurant was robbed at gunpoint by two men on Monday night.Two men armed with handguns entered Luei’s Carry Out, 1012 Hammel St., shortly after 9. They demanded money from the cash...
View ArticleCoping in the heroin crisis
The rapid rise in drug overdoses in Summit County in recent weeks presents a serious challenge to already strained safety forces and treatment and rehabilitation agencies. The task ahead involves...
View ArticleAh! Akron food startup tries for garlicky smell of success; founder wins Ohio...
Garlic scapes — those curly green stalks that grow out of the bulb — are a winning ingredient for an Akron startup.With a product from his newly formed Gourmet Scapes Co., Adam Fried is a winner in...
View ArticleFood Notes: Lebanese fest expands menu; PizzaFire discloses Fairlawn...
Lebanese food is a lot more than hummus and falafel.Fares Jasser is out to say that loud, clear and deliciously at this year’s Lebanese Food Fair, Friday and Saturday at Our Lady of the Cedars in...
View ArticleAfter three delays, Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee has new trial date...
Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee has a new trial date in her federal bribery case. Lee’s trial, delayed three times, is now scheduled for Nov. 29. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Boyko set...
View ArticleSummit Artspace to take over Barberton’s ACoT
BARBERTON: The Art Center on Tusc, a 2-year-old effort by a nonprofit urban group to boost the revival of Barberton’s historic downtown, is now in the hands of the folks who operate Summit Artspace,...
View ArticleNational Night Out attracts hundreds of families to events across Akron
Chance Crowe beamed from the driver’s seat of a firetruck, a roll of cotton candy clinging to a stick in his hand.The 3-year-old boy’s mother, Candace Hartney, snapped a photo on her cellphone and a...
View ArticleThe Rev. James Ragnoni leaves legacy of love in North Akron
Beloved is the best way to describe the Rev. James Ragnoni.“You always knew he was in the room because others were gathered around him. He was happy being a priest. He loved his ministry. He loved his...
View ArticleUniversity Park Alliance to notify remaining tenants that leases will be...
University Park Alliance — the once strong neighborhood redevelopment group that’s been embroiled in a lawsuit for more than three years — is getting out of the rental business. The organization’s...
View ArticleAkron lane closures postponed at central interchange
Motorists are getting a reprieve from shutdowns at Akron’s central interchange. Late last night, the Ohio Department of Transportation posted on Twitter and Facebook that ramp closures have been...
View ArticleTrump is unfit for president, Obama says; Republican nominee won’t back Ryan,...
WASHINGTON: In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama castigated Donald Trump as “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to serve in the White House. He challenged Republicans to withdraw their...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 5): Center Cam Erving suffers elbow...
• Projected starting center Cameron Erving suffered a left elbow injury during an 11-on-11 goal-line drill. He watched the rest of practice. Garth Gerhart replaced him.“He’ll be fine. I think he just...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Tight end Connor Hamlett emerges as one of training camp’s...
BEREA: Browns tight ends coach Greg Seamon has dubbed the players he oversees “Gary and the kids.” And Connor Hamlett is separating himself from the other kids.Pro Bowl tight end Gary Barnidge is a...
View ArticleCavaliers, James Jones reportedly agree to one-year contract
The Cavaliers have agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal to re-sign veteran James Jones, according to a report by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.Jones played in 48 games last season and averaged 3.7 points....
View ArticleObama shortens terms for 214 prisoners; Akron man among those commuted
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Wednesday cut short the sentences of 214 federal inmates, including 67 life sentences, in what the White House called the largest batch of commutations on a...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette, 62, dies after battle with pancreatic cancer
Former U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette, a Republican whose district included parts of Portage and Summit counties, died Wednesday in the Washington area, Cleveland.com reported.LaTourette, 62, had battled...
View ArticlePresident Obama commutes life sentence of Akron drug dealer imprisoned since...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the life sentence of a major cocaine trafficker who operated out of Akron in the 1990s.Ervin Darnell Worthy, 51, was expected to spend the rest of his life...
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