Browns notebook: Head of football operations Sashi Brown won’t attend Senior...
The Browns will coach in the Senior Bowl this week, but head of football operations Sashi Brown won’t be there.Brown is not medically permitted to travel to the showcase in Mobile, Ala., because he...
View ArticlePelicans 124, Cavaliers 122: Short-handed Pelicans send Cavs to fifth loss in...
NEW ORLEANS: Hours before the game, before the New Orleans Pelicans shot holes across the Cavaliers’ defense, LeBron James insisted it didn’t feel as if the Cavs were in a slump. It’s hard to deny it...
View ArticleOhio boy, 10, drives to store, then speeds away in police chase
FOSTORIA, OHIO: Ohio police say an erratic, speeding driver who led an officer on a brief pursuit turned out to be a 10-year-old boy who took his parents’ car without permission and drove 11 miles to a...
View ArticleNorton’s Rick Rodgers resigns council seat
Norton Councilman Rick Rodgers has resigned his Ward 1 council seat with nearly a year left on the four-year term.In a brief resignation letter, Rodgers said he had been struggling with his decision...
View ArticleCasualties of the new economy
The American economy as a whole does not reflect the bleak vision expressed by President Trump in his inaugural address. The country is experiencing one of its longest sustained economic expansions....
View ArticleDaisy Brand expanding Wooster facility; adding 80 jobs
Daisy Brand, the nation’s largest manufacturer of sour cream, plans to expand its new Wooster facility, adding about 80 jobs.The 100,000-square-foot expansion — allowing for cottage cheese production —...
View ArticleBoy and man robbed of shoes in separate incidents in Akron; shots fired in...
An Akron boy, 16, and a Canton man, 23, were robbed of their shoes in separate incidents.In both cases, the victims were meeting up with potential buyers in online sales. Asked if the two robberies are...
View ArticleYost to run for Ohio attorney general
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost has made public his plans to run for state attorney general in 2018.Yost, a former reporter and prosecuting attorney in Delaware County, would follow Ohio Attorney General Mike...
View ArticleLocal agencies conduct annual homeless count, hoping to end chronic...
In a small room on the first floor of the Akron-Summit County Public Library, social service volunteers asked everyone who entered the same basic question: “Where are you sleeping tonight?”Some answers...
View ArticleMan arrested in hit-and-run death of Cleveland officer
CLEVELAND: A man has been arrested and is expected to be charged in the hit-and-run death of a Cleveland patrolman on an interstate, Cleveland police said Tuesday.The 44-year-old man was arrested in...
View ArticleWinning chili recipes bring the heat to Firefighters Challenge
What is it about chili that stirs up heated competitions?Akron got its big serving of rivalry last week when the Akron Firefighters Chili Challenge celebrated its 11th year.I was there for the third...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Twisted Olive’s menu gets new twists; Dewey’s Pizza coming to...
Twisted Olive, which opened less than three years ago in Green, has a new twist on its menu, thanks to executive chef Andre Silva and others with the Gervasi family of restaurants.Summit Mall in...
View ArticleB.F. Goodrich smokestack getting cut in half to ‘RICH’
An Akron landmark is getting a big haircut.The city plans to chop off 100 feet from one of the iconic red brick B.F. Goodrich smokestacks along South Main Street for safety reasons.The smokestacks,...
View ArticleLawyers clear Summa of conflicts of interest in ER contracts, but critics...
A private law firm Summa Health hired this month to investigate potential conflicts of interest in contracts for its emergency rooms has given Summa a clean bill of health. The same law firm — Porter...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 24
BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardTuesday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 74, Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 53Ashland Mapleton 62, Chippewa 46Buchtel 49, Kenmore 43Cle. Villa Angela-St. Joseph 77, St. Thomas...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Hue Jackson not worried about losing Pep Hamilton’s help in...
MOBILE, Ala.: Browns coach Hue Jackson isn’t fretting about the prospect of squirting water on footballs himself.When former Browns associate head coach-offense Pep Hamilton left the organization Jan....
View ArticleAkron 90, Western Michigan 80: Hot-shooting Zips win 10th in a row, remain...
University of Akron center Isaiah “Big Dog” Johnson caught a break on Tuesday night against Western Michigan.It came courtesy of circumstance more than choice. With the Zips on fire from behind the...
View ArticleClemson coach Dabo Swinney says Browns passing on Deshaun Watson in draft...
MOBILE, Ala.: Deshaun Watson passed on the Senior Bowl, but his college coach thinks the Browns would be crazy to pass on the national championship-winning quarterback in April’s NFL Draft.“If they...
View ArticleFrustrated LeBron turns up heat on Cavs organization: ‘I just hope we’re not...
NEW ORLEANS: Moments after a relaxed LeBron James found the nuclear codes and scorched his own organization, he wrapped a towel around his chiseled frame and headed for the shower.“I can say what I...
View ArticleAkron man attacked by police dog on Facebook Live while state troopers arrest...
Critics accuse Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers of using unnecessary force in Akron after they set a police dog on a man trying to get an ID for his cousin who was getting arrested. Dannie Oliver,...
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