Pro Football Hall of Fame schedule of events
Saturday8 a.m.: Grand Parade in downtown Canton7 p.m.: Class of 2016 Enshrinement Ceremony at Tom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumSunday8 p.m.: Hall of Fame Game between Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis...
View ArticleBrowns’ offense sparked by Baylor buddies Robert Griffin III, Corey Coleman
BEREA: The Baylor boys stole the Browns’ show.Quarterback Robert Griffin III provided reasons to believe he may still have some Pro Bowl-caliber performances left over from his remarkable season four...
View ArticleIndians’ Matt Treanor found perfect partner in Olympic volleyball star Misty...
GOODYEAR, Ariz.: When Indians catcher Matt Treanor met his future wife, three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor, he was 27, broke, and living with his parents down the...
View ArticleNo exit from the interchange
Of all things, a shortage of detour signs is holding up work on Akron’s central interchange, where Interstates 76, 77 and state Route 8 come together. Tens of thousands of motorists navigate this...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Locals rocked the NBA and the RNC
I’m not sure which bet would have won you more money in Vegas:• The Cleveland Cavaliers would win the NBA title after being down three games to one.• The total number of arrests made at the Republican...
View Article15 breast-feeding moms and their children join Global Big Latch On in Akron
Rosie Dempsey was born tongue-tied. The thin piece of skin connecting the bottom of her tongue to the floor of her mouth was too short, making it difficult for her to nurse last year.She was also...
View Article24 treated for overdoses at Northeast Ohio rap festival
COLUMBUS: Two dozen concert goers in Northeast Ohio suffered overdoses Saturday after they ate marijuana-laced candy.No fatalities were reported at the Ohio Dreams sports camp complex in Butler, about...
View ArticleCharting a road to 270, Clinton sets out most efficient path
DES MOINES, IOWA: Hillary Clinton doesn’t appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to...
View ArticleWhile wave of overdoses grips Summit County, grass-roots efforts to fight...
In the month since a dangerous elephant sedative was introduced to the Akron drug market, more people have overdosed on drugs than during the previous six months combined.But for many Summit County...
View ArticleIlene Shapiro is Summit County’s first female county executive
Whether divine intervention or fate, Ilene Shapiro now thinks there’s a bigger reason she didn’t run for Akron mayor last year.Many of her supporters urged her to run, saying she’d make a great...
View ArticleAkron police struggle to cope with dramatic spike in overdose cases
Akron police said it’s been a chaotic and overwhelming month since an elephant sedative surfaced in the drug market.“It’s mass chaos,” said Akron police Detective Mike Schmidt.Detective Tim Harvey...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Coach Hue Jackson reveals he masterminded Terrelle Pryor’s...
COLUMBUS: Terrelle Pryor caught a jump ball from Robert Griffin III over cornerback K’Waun Williams for a 5-yard touchdown and burned defensive back Mikell Everette on a go route to haul in a 75-yard...
View ArticleBrowns coach Hue Jackson says Robert Griffin III playing with more...
COLUMBUS: Browns coach Hue Jackson will formally name Robert Griffin III his starting quarterback in the next few days, and it’ll feel like great timing because Griffin is on a hot streak.Griffin had...
View ArticleBrowns training camp snapshot (Day 8): Rookie wide receiver Corey Coleman...
Saturday’s developments• A day after rookie wide receiver Corey Coleman stole the spotlight during a live scrimmage in Berea by catching four passes and a touchdown, he stood on the sideline at Ohio...
View ArticleRyan Lewis: Indians, Tigers turn AL Central into two-team race
A once wide-open American League Central division has become the Wild Wild West at high noon.Prior to the season, the Central was generally viewed as a cluster of potential contenders, tightly wound...
View ArticleOhio teen found in Grand Teton in protective custody
MOOSE, Wyo.: A 16-year-old girl who went missing in Grand Teton National Park and fled when authorities tried to rescue her is in protective custody and will be reunited with her parents.Fauna Jackson...
View ArticleMan arrested for drug-laced candy that made 24 ill in Ohio
COLUMBUS: A Michigan man has been arrested on a felony drug-trafficking charge after two dozen concertgoers became ill from eating THC-laced candies at a northeast Ohio rap music festival.The Richland...
View ArticleHusband of Lake Township woman hurt by dropped rock dies at 55
COLUMBUS: Randy Budd, the husband of a former teacher in Perry Local Schools who was critically injured when a rock was dropped on her car from a highway overpass, has died. He was 55.Budd died of a...
View ArticleLocal history: Know any true gentlemen? 1850s standards make it extremely...
Being a gentleman was no easy task during the 19th century. The formality of life was so precise that one easily could get lost in the details.An 1852 edition of True Politeness: A Hand-Book of...
View ArticleTwins see double at Twins Days festival
Although they won one of the “most alike” twin contests Sunday, their faces almost as indiscernible as their matching Buzz Lightyear costumes, Jaydyn and Jaudyn would argue that they’re different —...
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