Attorneys paint starkly different portraits of ex-Summit councilwoman Tamela...
CLEVELAND: A Summit County politician who traded political favors for cash and other items or a woman in need being helped by a family friend.These were the two very different portrayals of former...
View ArticleUPDATE: People feel and hear Akron house explosion Tuesday night from 3 miles...
One man was injured when a home exploded Tuesday evening on Courtland Avenue at the intersection of South Hawkins Avenue in West Akron.The blast was so forceful people as far as 3 miles away felt and...
View ArticleStorefront display depicting Lady Liberty with a paper bag over her head...
In two decades of “pushing the envelope,” Bob Ferguson can name a few doozies he’s plopped in the storefront window of his shoe repair shop in Highland Square.Generally, the sidewalk showcase at...
View ArticleHigh school basketball/Copley 69, Wadsworth 60: Indians do what it takes to...
WADSWORTH: Team streak returned to where it all began and found the outcome just as it remembered.On the road against the Wadsworth boys basketball team, Copley won 69-60 in a Suburban League crossover...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 7
BasketballBOYSScoreboardTuesday’s ResultsAlliance 71, Salem 49Buchtel 86, East 40Copley 69, Wadsworth 60Coventry 77, North 57CVCA 40, Indian Valley 37Garrettsville 83, Cardinal Middlefield 38Green 73,...
View ArticleBrowns cut respected veterans Josh McCown and Tramon Williams, creating more...
The Browns released two of the most respected veteran leaders on their roster and added to their surplus of salary-cap space Tuesday when they terminated the contracts of quarterback Josh McCown and...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: As trade rumors swirl, Kevin Love fitting in better than ever...
WASHINGTON: Before Kevin Love’s two-step drop and heave Monday night, before LeBron James made one of the most sensational shots of the season to force overtime in the Cavaliers’ thrilling win at the...
View ArticleHigh school boys basketball/St. Vincent-St. Mary 59, Archbishop Hoban 57...
Tuesday night’s boys basketball game between host St. Vincent-St. Mary and Archbishop Hoban featured an Irish 59-57 win in overtime and a whole lot more.There was a disputed call in overtime, and a...
View ArticleThings to Do, Feb. 8: Judy Collins in Cleveland; speaker, singer at Falls...
See performance by Judy CollinsFolk-rock legend Judy Collins plays the Music Box Supper Club and Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Day-of-show tickets are $55 at 216-242-1250, www.musicboxcle.com. The Music...
View ArticleAkron-area bakery offers up buttery French shortbread cookies for your...
It took me decades — until just a few weeks ago, actually — to realize the British Isles don’t have the monopoly on shortbread.My British mom would whip up shortbread like she was making a sandwich....
View ArticleBob Dyer: Please tone it down!
I’m still trying to fathom how anyone in a leadership position could possibly send out a tweet and a Facebook post advocating the creation of “another Kent State.”As you’re probably aware by now, the...
View ArticleMore than 50 people attend rally to support Highland Square shop owner’s...
More than 50 people rallied together on Wednesday in support of a Highland Square business owner who’s been getting harassing phone calls because of a political statement in his shop window.Those who...
View Article911 caller on house that exploded in West Akron: “It blew up. It’s gone.”
Calls to 911 surged moments after a house exploded in West Akron on Tuesday evening.“I’m at the corner of Courtland and Hawkins, and this house just blew up right in front of me,” a woman told...
View ArticleKSU students protest senate confirmation of education secretary
More than 100 Kent State University students gathered in the middle of campus at Risman Plaza on Wednesday afternoon to protest the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleTrial of former Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee — accused of bribery —...
By Stephanie WarsmithBeacon Journal staff writerCLEVELAND: Former Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee made phone calls to judges and prosecutors to try to help the Abdelqader family. She chatted...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Feb. 8
SomaliaNew president seeks unityA former prime minister who holds dual Somali-U.S. citizenship was elected Somalia’s president on Wednesday, declaring a new “era of unity” as he took on the daunting...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron James not in favor of President Trump’s refugee...
INDIANAPOLIS: LeBron James encouraged diversity while criticizing President Donald Trump’s executive order that temporarily bans all new refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries to enter the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Feb. 8
BASKETBALLBOYSScoring SummariesCVCA 52, NORTHWEST 40CVCA 17 14 6 15 — 52Northwest 3 13 12 12 — 40CVCA (13-5) — Taylor 2-0-6, Turner 2-0-5, Stull 3-1-7, Hall 1-0-2, Payne 3-1-8, Fair 1-2-4, Fouth...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Rachel Chessar leads Hoban past St. Vincent-St. Mary in...
Girls basketballArchbishop Hoban 70, St. Vincent-St. Mary 53Rachel Chessar tallied a game-high 20 points to help lift the Knights to a rivalry win on the road.Lonasia Brewer racked up 15 points and...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Trade for Patriots’ Jimmy Garoppolo might be Browns’ best...
Acquiring quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo might represent the Browns’ fastest way back to respectability.Yet I still have reservations about what I’d give up in trade for the New England Patriots’ backup...
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