Police: Fugitive wanted in officer’s fatal shooting captured
ORLANDO, Fla.: The suspect in the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer was captured Tuesday night after eluding a massive manhunt for more than a week, authorities said.Orlando police Chief John...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic survey finds two-thirds of patient advocacy groups receive...
A Cleveland Clinic survey has found that patient advocacy groups — nonprofit organizations that provide counseling and education to patients and advocate for policy changes — frequently receive funding...
View ArticleStark State College unveils new logo
JACKSON TWP.: Stark State College unveiled a new logo Tuesday — the first time the image has been updated in 57 years.The logo keeps the school’s traditional red and blue colors and features...
View ArticleUA hires new chief diversity officer Jolene Lane
The University of Akron has named a new chief diversity officer. Jolene Lane will join UA on March 29 from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York, where she has spent the last nine years...
View ArticleHudson ranked as safest big community in Ohio
Hudson is the safest big community in Ohio, according to a new study.The website ValuePenguin examined FBI crime statistics from 2014 to come up with a list of the safest places in the Buckeye State....
View ArticleAkron sets record high, Cleveland breaks old record; unseasonably warm...
The warm weather for Akron continues in the midst of winter’s typically cruelest month.It was a record-setting day across Northeast Ohio on Tuesday.The record high in Akron was set late Tuesday...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 17
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardTuesday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 44, Western Reserve Academy 33Avon 48, Berea-Midpark 40Barberton 55, Twinsburg 53Boardman 59, Louisville 54Chippewa 61, Waterloo 55Copley 68,...
View ArticleBrowns fire defensive line coach Robert Nunn, will replace him with Clyde...
New Browns defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is adding another familiar face to his coaching staff after making yet another change.The Browns fired defensive line coach Robert Nunn and will replace...
View ArticleA reporter’s perspective: Trump fans led me astray and kept me honest
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerA month before the November election, a Donald Trump supporter from Stow asked how I could so be so dismissive of the facts as a local reporter covering the...
View ArticleAkron teacher hopes to make school photos accessible to all students
he children’s smiles were brighter than any camera flash. Jan. 11 was photo pass-out day at STEAM Academy in Akron’s Firestone Park neighborhood.If it weren’t for art teacher Nicole Bozickovich, some...
View ArticleCavaliers’ struggles with ball movement, turnovers becoming a growing concern
The longer this goes, the more difficult it is becoming to ignore. The Cavaliers did not play particularly well in any game on their recently concluded West Coast trip in large part because they aren’t...
View ArticleAkron 83, Ohio 68: Zips use fast start in second half to cruise past Bobcats
For a moment it looked like a real possibility the University of Akron men’s basketball team was going to allow victory to slip through its fingers Tuesday night at Rhodes Arena.During a first half in...
View ArticleAkron Councilman Bob Hoch pleads guilty to conflict of interest charges
Akron Councilman Bob Hoch pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three misdemeanor charges of conflict of interest.Summit County Common Pleas Judge Amy Corrigall Jones advised Hoch he could face jail time,...
View Article80 people to lose jobs when Chapel Hill Mall Sears, auto center close on...
The Sears retail store and Sears Auto Center at Chapel Hill Mall in Akron will close on March 19 with the loss of about 80 jobs, according to a filing posted Wednesday with the state of Ohio.Some 71...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty in federal court to selling fentanyl resulting in...
An Akron man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday in Cleveland to selling fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdose of an Akron man in March 2015.Under an agreement with U.S. attorneys, Leroy...
View ArticleFlu widespread in Ohio; hundreds hospitalized, officials say
COLUMBUS: State officials Wednesday confirmed what others may have already witnessed this month at work, at home and in schools: Flu season is here.The Ohio Department of Health said an influenza-like...
View ArticleA month after Bryon Macron’s mysterious disappearance, authorities continue...
Medina County authorities are continuing the search for missing Lafayette Township trustee Bryon Macron, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances more than a month ago.“We still consider it to be...
View ArticleBob Dyer: She’s not a hater
Now here’s a particularly nasty case of mistaken identity.Marjory Grunninger of Cuyahoga Falls is NOT the person who recently said on a local radio station that she hates America.The 89-year-old woman...
View ArticleNEFCO approves $110,460 for Summit Lake environmental assessment
A regional government group has agreed to help pay for an environmental assessment of Summit Lake in Akron.The Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning & Development Organization (NEFCO)...
View ArticleUA president answers the call, helping panicked student; tells audience ‘we...
The University of Akron student was panicking. She’d lost her keys to her car and apartment. She’d lost her driver’s license.So who did she call for help?The president of the 23,000-student university,...
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