Summit preschools receive five-star rating from state education department
All 12 of the Summit Educational Service Center’s preschool program sites recently received a five-star Step Up to Quality rating from the state.The rating recognizes the highest level of quality in...
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Hudson’s Ben Gedeon using Senior Bowl as steppingstone toward new legacy in NFL
MOBILE, ALA.: Ben Gedeon zoomed through a field in his Jeep, jumped out, tackled a bear, tossed it into the vehicle and drove away. The heroic act occurred five years ago with more than 100 Hudson...
View ArticleChronology of Dr. Thomas Malone at Summa
September 2013: Dr. Thomas Malone arrives at Summa as president of Akron City and St. Thomas hospitals.May 2014: Summa announces it will close Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital and convert St. Thomas...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Jan. 26
BASKETBALLBOYSScheduleFriday’s Games(All games 7:30 p.m., unless noted)Alliance at LouisvilleBarberton at CopleyBlack River at BrooksideBuchtel at St. Vincent-St. Mary Canton McKinley at...
View ArticleAkron mayor and county executive pledge to keep helping Summa
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan and Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro each said they will continue to work with Summa and whoever is hired as its next chief executive to ensure the health care system...
View ArticleDowntown Akron intersection to close for six months; part of Innerbelt will...
If your daily routine takes you through the downtown Akron intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Main, Howard and Perkins streets, you’re going to want to find a new routine for a while....
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Gregg Williams confident he’ll get most out of Jamie...
MOBILE, ALA.: New Browns defensive coordinator Gregg Williams vowed Thursday to repair the motor of linebacker Jamie Collins if it ever sputters.The Browns are ecstatic about retaining Collins on...
View ArticleBrowns coach Hue Jackson, defensive coordinator Gregg Williams talk trash,...
MOBILE, ALA.: Coach Hue Jackson insisted he’s not interested in the Browns appearing on the HBO documentary series Hard Knocks, but his most recent competitive clash with defensive coordinator Gregg...
View ArticleMore than 60 guns seized from Cleveland officer accused of rape
CLEVELAND: Cuyahoga County prosecutors say authorities seized more than 60 guns from a Cleveland police officer charged with raping and pistol-whipping his girlfriend.Cleveland.com reports a weapons...
View ArticleSumma CEO Thomas Malone resigns: What happens next at Summa remains unclear
By Amanda GarrettBeacon Journal staff writer Dr. Thomas Malone on Thursday announced his resignation as president and CEO of Summa Health, 21 days after more than 240 physicians signed a no-confidence...
View ArticleWith tensions rising, Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue wants focus back on winning
INDEPENDENCE: It isn’t just the losing that has Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue aggravated. It’s all of the drama that accompanies it. The Cavs have lost three in a row and six-of-eight entering Friday’s...
View ArticleJLG to shutter Orrville manufacturing plant
ORRVILLE: JLG Industries Inc. is closing its local manufacturing plant and moving production to its Pennsylvania locations.The Orrville operation, part of the Oshkosh Corp., will close Sept. 30, along...
View ArticleAkron police warn residents about car break-ins
AKRON: City police are investigating a rash of car break-ins that occurred late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning on the city’s far west side and in the Fairlawn Heights neighborhood.In each...
View ArticleHot Spot: HiHO Brewing Co. is new, fresh and tasty in Cuyahoga Falls
New spots often begin as the hottest.Going out to a newly opened bar, restaurant or club during its first few months can be a fun adventure. You get to say you went there “when it was still cool.”A new...
View ArticleOrrville’s second-largest employer to lay off hundreds this year
Orrville’s second-largest private employer, JLG Industries Inc., will lay off 279 employees and close its local factory by the end of September.JLG, owned by heavy-duty truck maker Oshkosh Corp. and...
View ArticleAkron police still waiting on bikes, riot gear from RNC
Akron police officers who helped out at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer have not yet received bikes and fitted riot gear they were promised.Police spokesman Lt. Rick Edwards...
View ArticleBowling sisters, both in their 90s, are a striking pair
At AMF Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, bowling pins fell to the floor with a thud as the “Skrew Ballz” racked up a hefty number of strikes and spares.Front and center of the team were Adele Hamad and her...
View ArticleGreen mayor highlights new businesses in State of City speech
GREEN: Mayor Gerard Neugebauer highlighted the community’s growth and upcoming development plans during his second State of the City address Thursday night.Speaking to a full house of 260 residents and...
View ArticleMan and son guilty of shackling and raping girl who escaped house
TOLEDO: A father and his adult son were sentenced to life in prison Friday after being convicted of raping and shackling a teenage relative who escaped their basement by hiding a spare key and using it...
View ArticleTrump’s refugee clampdown stops Iranian path through Austria
VIENNA: Austria has shut its door to about 300 non-Muslim Iranians hoping to use the country as a way station before establishing new homes in the United States, the Associated Press has learned. The...
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