Crafters create pink ‘pussyhats’ for women’s march
Mary Bethel is using her knitting needles to make a statement.The Akron resident is a supporter of the Pussyhat Project, a movement encouraging participants in the Women’s March on Washington to wear...
View ArticleSummit County Sheriff’s Office identifies driver in Coventry Township...
COVENTRY TWP.: Authorities say they have identified the driver who struck a pedestrian early Sunday morning along South Main Street and left the scene.But the Summit County Sheriff’s Office declined...
View ArticleHot Spot: Mike’s Place serves up huge menu and equally formidable attitude
There’s a near full-sized X-Wing Fighter out front.For some folks, that singular bit of information will be enough to entice them to try Mike’s Place in Kent. But aside from that iconic chunk of Star...
View ArticleFour area residents apply to fill two seats on state’s Public Utilities...
Four area residents — including Akron school board member the Rev. Curtis Theodore Walker Sr. — have applied to fill two vacancies on the Ohio Public Utilities Commission.One of the seats is held by...
View ArticleCraigslist seller shoots buyer after assault; Akron man charged with robbery
A Plain Township man shot an Akron man Thursday during a Craigslist sale that went bad, authorities said.Ronald Henderson, 18, went to a Brushmore Avenue Northwest home in Plain Township on Thursday...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls police, fire join with drug counselors to visit homes of...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: A new Summit County program will kick off in Cuyahoga Falls on Tuesday, when a quick-response team begins going to homes to offer help to opiate addicts.Mayor Don Walters, Fire Chief...
View ArticleMan indicted on two counts of murder in Ravenna double-homicide
A $2 million bond was set Friday for an Akron man indicted on two counts of murder in connection with a double-homicide case in Ravenna.Javon Thomas, 26, who is accused of shooting and killing Brian...
View ArticleSumma CEO says he is hurt by no-confidence votes, but will not resign
Dr. Thomas Malone, Summa Health president and CEO, said Friday that while he was hurt that hundreds of doctors voted no-confidence in him, he will not resign. In a 45-minute phone interview, Malone...
View ArticleSummit County health authorities investigating tuberculosis exposure at Akron...
About 50 families of infants at a neonatal intensive care unit at Summa Akron City Hospital were exposed to someone carrying tuberculosis late last year, Summit County health officials said...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 13
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsAlliance 72, Marlington 58Archbishop Hoban 74, Mentor Lake Catholic 47Barberton 51, Highland 48Buchtel 78, Ellet 65Coventry 68, Norton 61CVCA 45, Fairless...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: With Kyle Korver on board, Iman Shumpert moving back into...
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: Now that the Cavaliers have a capable bench scorer in Kyle Korver, coach Tyronn Lue is using it as an opportunity to try to restart Iman Shumpert. Shumpert replaced DeAndre Liggins...
View ArticleCavaliers still trying to add another point guard to roster
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: LeBron James will have to be patient. Despite James’ calls for the Cavaliers to add a point guard, General Manager David Griffin said Friday the market is thin because so many teams...
View ArticleIndians reach deals with five additional arbitration-eligible players,...
The Indians’ work with their arbitration-eligible players is nearly complete. On Friday, the club reached agreements on contracts for the 2017 season with five players, leaving only one without a deal....
View ArticleBoys basketball / Buchtel 78, Ellet 65: Griffins secure come-from-behind win...
Friday night’s game at Ellet featured a come-from-behind victory for Buchtel and a record for Orangemen senior A.J. Gareri.Gareri scored a game-high 19 points to become Ellet’s all-time leading scorer,...
View ArticleOhioans gear up to celebrate, protest Trump inauguration at home and away
Can’t make it to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the inauguration of America’s next president or to join 170,000 women who will march for equality the next day?Don’t fret. Republicans are planning a...
View Article‘The Bye Bye Man’ found horror home in Northeast Ohio
If you’re jangled by the jolts in the horror flick The Bye Bye Man, they may be compounded by a dose of been-there-seen-that. The movie is new, but the locations are familiar. Filmed in Northeast Ohio...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls band boosters raising money to replace old uniforms
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The Cuyahoga Falls Marching Tiger Band uniforms are older than the musicians wearing them.Now their parents and other band fans are trying to raise $125,000 to replace the 20th century...
View ArticleAnchors away at the mall
Chapel Hill Mall will lose its Sears store by spring, or a year after Macy’s, another of its anchor stores, closed down. The shuttering presents challenges for the Kohan Retail Investment Group, which...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Nasty rhetoric cuts both ways
Sometimes we publish stories I just don’t understand.Take the front page of Wednesday’s paper.Under the headline, “Hearts are united with hope,” we ran a lengthy story with four photos (and two...
View ArticleNew CEO OF Akron Urban League expands programs
The new head of the Akron Urban League is on a mission to return people and life-changing programs to the Vernon Odom Boulevard facility.“This is a wonderful building, and it’s up to me to make it work...
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