Browns owner Jimmy Haslam vows to stick with coach Hue Jackson, front office...
PITTSBURGH: In the wake of the worst season in Browns history, owner Jimmy Haslam vowed to defy his nature by exercising patience.The Browns set a franchise record for losses in a season by finishing...
View ArticleBag that washed ashore is from missing plane with six Ohioans aboard
CLEVELAND: A bag that washed ashore near a private harbor has been confirmed as coming from a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland, authorities said Monday as...
View ArticleHow to Volunteer: New occasional series spells it out, starting with the food...
Are you looking for an activity to fill the dreary months of winter?Did you make a New Year’s resolution to be more charitable?Or maybe you’re a retiree with extra time on your hands, a parent who...
View ArticleSpeaking more slowly, improving tuba playing, eating less chocolate among...
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan plans to work on slowing down his public speaking.University of Akron President Matthew Wilson wants to improve his tuba playing.And Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro hopes...
View ArticleTrump, Clinton supporters far apart on comfort with rhetoric
When asked how comfortable they were with the treatment of various groups during the campaign, differences were high between supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Here are some...
View ArticleThings to Do, Jan. 3: Two movies and a yoga session
Sad ‘Manchester by the Sea’ at NightlightThe maudlin movie Manchester by the Sea is playing at the Nightlight movie house at 30 N. High St. in Akron this week. The movie will be shown at 9 p.m. and...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Terrelle Pryor says he’s told agents he wants to stay in...
By Nate UlrichBeacon Journal sports writerBEREA: Impending free agent Terrelle Pryor struggles to harness his competitive fire at times, so finishing the 2016 season with a record of 1-15 can’t be easy...
View ArticleIslamic State makes unusual claim of responsibility for Turkey attack
ISTANBUL: The Islamic State group on Monday made an unusual claim of responsibility for a major terrorist attack in Turkey, saying a “soldier of the caliphate” carried out the mass shooting at an...
View ArticleMessage trumped rhetoric for Ohio voters, poll shows
Clarence Mingo is Franklin County auditor and a strong enough Republican to have been an alternate and delegate to the last two GOP conventions.He’s also black, a veteran and has a disability —...
View ArticleBrowns coach Hue Jackson vows to deliver QB who’ll ‘play winning,...
BEREA: Coach Hue Jackson realizes he’ll never fulfill his promise to deliver a Super Bowl to the Browns unless he solves the franchise’s decades-old quarterback quandary.As Jackson, head of football...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Browns must stop vicious cycle of letting talent walk out the...
BEREA: The vicious cycle has got to stop.I’m not talking about the Browns’ parade of quarterbacks that now stands at 26 starters since 1999 without a franchise leader in sight. That will consume...
View ArticleCavaliers 90, Pelicans 82: Seldom-used James Jones, Kay Felder spark victory
CLEVELAND: His star point guard is still injured and his star power forward couldn’t make a shot. So Tyronn Lue did the only thing left: He turned to his last remaining healthy body and his undersized...
View ArticleStorms kill 4, damage buildings across Southern states
A powerful storm system that moved across the South on Monday killed four people in Alabama and left a trail of damage over several states, officials said.The line of severe thunderstorms spawned...
View ArticleOhio high school coach accused of cash register thefts
CINCINNATI: An assistant high school basketball coach from Cincinnati has been removed from his position after being charged with stealing cash registers from several local...
View ArticleSumma spokesman says new ER doctor group transition going smoothly, contrary...
Summa Health System’s spokesman says the emergency room doctor transition is going smoothly, contrary to concerns raised by some hospital employees about problems, including longer-than-normal wait...
View ArticleEmergency in the ER? Come Jan. 1, it’s unclear which doctors will be staffing...
If you blow off a finger with a firecracker celebrating the new year, it’s unclear which doctors might help you in any of Summa Health System’s five emergency rooms.Summa this week said negotiations...
View ArticleSumma Health bringing in new doctor group to staff its ERs starting New...
Summa Health System announced Friday that it is replacing the physicians who staff its five emergency rooms Sunday. Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa’s president and CEO, said in a memo that Summa had a plan to...
View ArticleLarge fight breaks out in stands following area high school basketball game
A large fight involving basketball fans erupted last Friday following a game between teams from Wooster and Lexington high schools in Lexington, according to the Mansfield News Journal. The brawl...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Pufferbelly, Sweet Pea close; Chocolate Walk in Kent
Several local restaurants closed their doors as the year began.The Pufferbelly Ltd. Restaurant, located in Kent’s Industrial District, has been there since 1981.Its building at 152 Franklin Ave. is in...
View ArticleBeer notes: Wadsworth Brewing ready to open its doors; HiHO also opens Friday
“Our sense of humor, patience and marriage are a hell of a lot stronger than we thought,” Fryfogle-Joy said with a laugh last week. “We learned that.”The new Medina County brewery, located at 126 Main...
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