Akron 91, Buffalo 90: Last-second free throw by Isaiah Johnson lifts Zips to...
With three-tenths of a second left on the clock Saturday night, University of Akron center Isaiah Johnson stepped to the free-throw line to battle his biggest foe of the night. Looking at two shots...
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Pending induction into College Football Hall of Fame makes ex-Mount Union...
ALLIANCE: The ceremony is still 11 months away but Larry Kehres is starting to fret. His outward concern is the antithesis of the normally calm and collected demeanor displayed by the former...
View ArticleSurvivor of WWII secret escape from Nazis dies in Oregon
MEDFORD, Ore.: Harold Hayes, an Army medic and the last survivor of a group of medics and nurses who spent nine weeks evading capture in Nazi-occupied Albania during World War II, has died. He was...
View ArticleLocal history: Readers offer updates on recent articles
“This Place, This Time” is pausing to remember.Today’s feature is devoted to providing updates on local history stories that appeared recently in this space.Thank you for reading.Eulogy for a...
View ArticleSuperheroes and princesses take over Lock 3 during weekend event
In the Akron Children’s Museum on Sunday, cousins Daniella Lanier, 4, and Marissa Brown, 5, ran through the play area in colorful dresses.It was a relatively normal end to a super morning after the...
View ArticleCavaliers 107, Thunder 91: Cavs flex defensive muscles in win over Thunder
CLEVELAND: As LeBron James crooned and grooved in a towel following Sunday’s 107-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, his song selection Can You Stand the Rain? proved to be the perfect backdrop to...
View ArticleFairlawn flipping the switch on its new internet utility
FAIRLAWN: Mike and Shannon Perkins would get annoyed.Their three kids even more so.Whenever they tried to stream a television show or movie on Netflix or Amazon Prime, it always seemed to come to a...
View Article‘Hidden Figures’ shocks Screen Actors Guild Awards
The cast of Hidden Figures took top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where much of the evening was dominated by protest against President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration order.The best...
View ArticleFewer refugees to make home in Akron; Ohio advocates, officials decry travel ban
A family of refugees, looking to leave their tumultuous country and start anew in the U.S., was expected to arrive in Akron later this week.Their travels have been put to a halt, though, as refugees...
View ArticleHundreds march in Cleveland as Trump travel ban sows chaos at airports,...
President Donald Trump’s immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country Sunday, with travelers getting detained at airports, panicked families searching for relatives and protesters...
View ArticleWhite House defends immigration order in face of protests
WASHINGTON: The White House on Sunday vigorously defended President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions. Some Republicans in Congress publicly opposed the changes amid legal challenges to the order...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Kevin Love doesn’t make trip to Dallas, will have MRI on...
CLEVELAND: Kevin Love did not travel with the team to Dallas late Sunday and will not play Monday when the Cavaliers face the Mavericks. Instead, he stayed behind in Cleveland to have an MRI on his...
View ArticleMan shot to death outside South Arlington bar in Akron
A 23-year-old man was shot to death early Saturday morning outside a bar on South Arlington Street in East Akron.D’Coretz Taylor was shot twice in the upper torso while sitting in a car in a parking...
View ArticleOhio teen zaps police officer with stun gun to fulfill bucket-list wish
NEWARK, OHIO: Police in central Ohio have helped a teenage leukemia patient cross off a bucket-list item that was seriously shocking: She wanted to use a stun gun on someone.Sixteen-year-old Alyssa...
View ArticleAnother ‘self-inflicted wound’
The judiciary struck back, just as the founders designed.Over the weekend, four federal judges issued orders temporarily halting the executive action of President Trump that barred people from seven...
View ArticleKasich proposes tax changes, innovation in $67 billion budget
COLUMBUS: Ohioans would see a 17 percent income tax cut and a two-year college tuition freeze under a budget plan Gov. John Kasich said Monday balances investments that support Ohio’s economic...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The magic of flight
Spent some time with Akron-Canton Airport boss Rick McQueen the other day, talking about all things CAK, and at one point he remarked, “Airplanes are neat,” using an adjective that shows his age.I...
View ArticleDeath row inmate Tyrone Noling appeals denial of DNA testing to Ohio Supreme...
Death row inmate Tyrone Noling has appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court the denial of DNA evidence testing he thinks could exonerate him of the 1990 murder of an Atwater Township couple.The Supreme Court...
View ArticleEvidence of bedbugs found in Copley elementary school
Evidence of bedbugs has been found at Arrowhead Primary School in the Copley-Fairlawn district. Parents were notified via email Friday evening. Steve Robinson, the district’s business manager, said...
View ArticleCanada mosque shooting suspect charged with 6 counts of murder, was known for...
QUEBEC CITY: A French Canadian known for far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage at a Quebec...
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