Bob Dyer: Road chaos takes a holiday
Now, let me get this straight.The Ohio Department of Transportation first announced it was going to rebuild the Interstate 76/77 bridges over Johnston and Spicer streets in Akron in 2012.In other...
View ArticleNew West Point aims to open first phase in October; will include wine bar and...
You’ll be able to buy your holiday wine and some other treats at the new West Point Market.The first phase of the reinvented West Point, including a wine department with a bar, is scheduled to open by...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Hospital opens dental clinic aimed at helping poor and...
Jayden “JJ” Wykoff nibbled on his teddy bear Bob’s ear Wednesday as he sat tilted back in a new, kid-sized dentist chair at Akron Children’s Hospital.Eight-year-old JJ, who has autism, didn’t know what...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen extradition bid looms over U.S.-Turkey ties
In a dispute between NATO allies, Turkey demands that the United States extradite Fethullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based Turkish cleric, to face charges of engineering a coup attempt. But despite...
View ArticleEmirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands, bursts into flames in Dubai;...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: All 300 people aboard an Emirates airliner survived a crash landing in Dubai on Wednesday, scrambling down emergency slides before flames consumed the plane in an accident...
View ArticleFirstMerit, Huntington employees begin getting layoff notices, job offers for...
FirstMerit and Huntington bank employees this week have begun getting notices that their positions are being eliminated or that they have a new job with the merged company.But how many employees have...
View ArticleMemorial announced for Summit County Executive Russ Pry; party details plans...
A public memorial to honor Summit County Executive Russ Pry will take place at 10 a.m. Aug. 13 at the John S. Knight Center in downtown Akron.The memorial will be followed by a Celebration of Life from...
View ArticleState still deciding when to begin ramp closures at Akron’s central...
Ramp closures are still coming soon at Akron’s central interchange, but it’s unclear when the road work will once again get a green light.Late Tuesday night, the Ohio Department of Transportation...
View ArticleRoller-coaster life of 1996 Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu...
STRONGSVILLE: Dominique Moceanu was nine months pregnant with her first child. Her father was dying from a rare eye cancer.Studying for a degree in business management at John Carroll University, she...
View ArticleBrowns rookie Corey Coleman has a new friend in his corner — some guy named...
Corey Coleman probably has a better summer vacation story than you because he found himself on cloud nine with His Airness.Coleman, a rookie wide receiver whose highlight plays have been turning heads...
View ArticleTwins 13, Indians 5: Last-place Twins leave Indians battered, beaten, frustrated
CLEVELAND: Frustration ruled the Indians on Wednesday night. The Indians have been tormented by the last-place Minnesota Twins all year, and this week it has only been magnified. The starting rotation...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls man pleads guilty to shaking girlfriend’s baby
A 29-year-old Cuyahoga Falls man pleaded guilty Thursday to shaking his girlfriend’s baby.William D. Jobe pleaded guilty to endangering children, a second-degree felony. He will be sentenced at 10 a.m....
View ArticleSpecial parking for weekend performances at Akron’s Glendale Cemetery
Beacon Journal staff reportConstruction on Akron’s sewer project has led to special parking arrangements for this weekend’s free outdoor performances at Glendale Cemetery in Akron.The festival features...
View ArticleInvestigators of Ohio family attack suspect multiple killers
PIKETON, OHIO: Investigators are operating under the theory that there were multiple attackers in the slayings of eight people from one Ohio family, authorities confirmed Thursday after months of...
View ArticleRetired federal Judge David Dowd dies at 87; longtime judge remembered fondly
When David Dudley Dowd Jr. first became a federal judge, he inherited a backlog of cases.His solution was to try two cases at the same time, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.The backlog...
View ArticleBarberton man sentenced to six years in prison for sharing child pornography...
He went by the screen name “Sick Mind” and shared sexually explicit pictures and videos involving children — some of them graphic — in an online chat room.Curtis D. Burden’s internet activity was...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 6): Rookie Spencer Drango works at right...
Thursday’s developments• Rookie fifth-round draft pick Spencer Drango practiced at right tackle with the first-team offensive line for the first time since camp started. As a result, Alvin Bailey...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Pierre Desir aims to conquer challenge of going from...
BEREA: Pierre Desir is playing safety for the first time since his freshman season at Francis Howell Central High School in St. Louis.“It’s definitely new,” he said Thursday before the sixth practice...
View ArticlePolice: London stabbings that killed Florida woman not terrorism
LONDON: A Somali-Norwegian teenager went on a knife rampage through London’s Russell Square, a hub for students and tourists, fatally stabbing an American woman from Florida and wounding five other...
View ArticleBrowns quarterback Josh McCown on Cowboys’ interest in trading for him: ‘My...
BEREA: The phone of Browns quarterback Josh McCown has been blowing up because he hails from East Texas and his relatives want to know if the Dallas Cowboys will trade for him.If McCown were dealt, the...
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