One dead, three wounded in San Antonio shopping mall shooting
SAN ANTONIO: A robbery inside a San Antonio shopping mall ended with shots fired on Sunday, leaving one person who tried to intervene dead and three others shot, police and fire officials said.Police...
View ArticleWith a quarter of Chapel Hill Mall’s storefronts vacant, owner plans for...
David Hoffman sat by himself on a bench in Chapel Hill Mall while his wife, Cathy, browsed on Sunday.The dim corridor was quiet except for the occasional patter of feet. Most people only passed...
View ArticleFormer St. V-M, University of Akron star Dru Joyce III having his best season...
He’ll turn 32 in a few days and he’s playing in another new country for the first time, but Dru Joyce III is responding with his best season in basketball. Joyce, the former St. Vincent-St. Mary and...
View ArticleThings to Do, Jan. 23: Talk by toy giant Murdough; free horn concert at UA;...
Talk by toy giant in HudsonTom Murdough, founder of Little Tikes, Step2 and Simplay3, kicks off the Hudson Library’s Entrepreneurship Series at 7 p.m. He’ll speak with WKSU reporter Kabir Bhatia about...
View ArticleWith a full year under his belt as a head coach, Cavaliers’ Tyronn Lue said...
CLEVELAND: Tyronn Lue blew out the candles on his first anniversary as a head coach on Sunday. Ask him, however, and there should be a few more candles on the cake.“Feels like six years,” Lue said...
View ArticleMarching women vow to carry fight back home
On the morning after the Women’s March on Washington, Ohio’s mothers, sisters and daughters are coming home to rest their weary legs after driving 700 miles and walking a few more.And they’re thinking...
View ArticleLocal history: When Sears first came to Akron in 1932, it was a big deal
Some celebration.Summit County residents are observing the 50th anniversary of Sears at Chapel Hill Mall by clearing its shelves during liquidation sales.Sears announced this month that it would close...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Here are answers to patient questions regarding controversy...
In the weeks since Summa Health’s abrupt changeover of its emergency room physician group on New Year’s Day and the growing dissent by hundreds of doctors calling for the resignation of hospital...
View ArticleSUV crashes into 2 Amish buggies; 5 adults, 3 kids hurt in Tuscarawas County
Associated PressWAYNE TWP.: State troopers say eight people, including three children, were hurt when an SUV crashed into two Amish buggies in Tuscarawas County.The Ohio State Highway Patrol says an...
View ArticleFather, son accused of abusing teen girl in Ohio to be own attorneys
TOLEDO, OHIO: A father and son in Ohio who are accused of imprisoning and raping a teenage relative in their basement will serve as their own attorneys.Their trial is scheduled to begin Monday in...
View ArticleWadsworth police arrest student for making threat against high school
WADSWORTH: City police arrested a high school student Sunday for allegedly making a threat against the school, Superintendent Andy Hill says.The superintendent posted a message on the district’s...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Memories of Paul Poorman
I’m not sure who is handling media relations for the Pacific Legal Foundation, but I think he or she might want to update the mailing list.Last week, the group, based in Sacramento, sent a news release...
View ArticleSecond local lawsuit filed over 2015 Ellet plane crash
A second local lawsuit has been filed in Summit County Common Pleas Court over losses incurred when a corporate jet crashed into an Ellet neighborhood more than a year ago.Beth Montgomery, one of the...
View ArticleAkron’s 2017 construction plan slashes spending by more than $75 million
Money for municipal construction projects in Akron is being pinched by the massive sewer and water project and shrinking state funds, leaving little for road repairs, park upgrades and other capital...
View ArticleSpecial needs teacher Dennis Robart Jr. sentenced to 45 days in jail for...
A special needs teacher and one-time candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives was sentenced to 45 days in jail Monday for punching out an SUV window and striking his ex-girlfriend on her...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 23
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleAlexa Bliss: WWE’s SmackDown star and former UA cheerleader overcame anorexia...
Alexa Bliss is at the top of the wrestling world. The former University of Akron cheerleader is the WWE SmackDown women’s champion. Last week, she climbed into a steel cage in Memphis and retained her...
View Article4,341 Akron customers get water from pipes with lead, city says
Amid statewide and national concerns about lead contamination, Akron city officials posted an interactive map online Monday showing the location of pipes with lead that carry drinking water.“In light...
View ArticleBrowns agree to four-year, $50 million contract with linebacker Jamie Collins
Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown received backlash last year after he declared “it is important for us to keep our own,” then let four key starters leave the franchise on the first day of...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Despite recent struggles, LeBron says Cavs not in a...
NEW ORLEANS: For only the second time since the start of last season and the first time since Tyronn Lue took over as head coach, the Cavaliers lost four-of-six entering Monday’s game at New Orleans....
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