Northeast in path of another winter blast of snow, winds
Another winter blast of snow and strong winds moved into the Northeast on Sunday to the delight of some and the consternation of others, just days after the biggest storm of the season dumped up to 19...
View ArticleHow to Volunteer: Series continues with Akron Children’s Hospital
Ten-year-old Emma Davis admitted she was a little worried about being bored during her brief admission to Akron Children’s Hospital. But in one afternoon, she’d been visited by a pup with the Doggie...
View ArticleStark Humane Society brings pet yoga to Green
During a yoga class at Release Yoga in Green, 20 people paused in downward dog position.“Now, we’re going to get ready for cat placement on the buttocks,” Tamera Anich, the yoga instructor, said in a...
View ArticleUA hall of famer, former Browns defensive coordinator Dave Adolph dies at 79
Longtime football coach Dave Adolph, a member of the University of Akron Sports Hall of Fame, the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame and a former Browns assistant, passed away at his home in Dublin,...
View ArticleEx-Browns player Josh McCown discusses his future, Cleveland’s quarterback...
Former Browns quarterback Josh McCown isn’t ready to become a coach ... yet.“I definitely don’t discount it as part of my future,” McCown said Thursday night during a wide-ranging phone interview with...
View ArticleCavs forward Kevin Love out with left knee injury; Derrick Williams playing...
CLEVELAND: Kevin Love’s lousy 2017 just got a little worse. Love is out with a left knee injury, and now it’s fair to wonder whether his All-Star appearance next weekend might be in jeopardy. Love...
View ArticleWhite House declines to publicly defend embattled Flynn
PALM BEACH, Fla.: A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday to publicly defend embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversations with...
View ArticleAdele has hiccup, again, during live performance at Grammys
LOS ANGELES: Even though Adele flubbed her live performance at the Grammys, she walked away the belle of the ball: She took home five awards Sunday night, including album, record and song of the...
View ArticleLocal history: Former slave Frederick Douglass made impassioned 1854 address...
Frederick Douglass had never before been invited to speak at a graduation ceremony. When the letter from Hudson, Ohio, arrived at his abolitionist newspaper in Rochester, N.Y., he greeted it with...
View ArticleBarberton flower shop edges toward 100 years — Caine’s Flowers thrives in a...
By Katie ByardFlower arrangements for funerals were in the cooler, ready to go out in the morning. Orders for corsages and boutonnieres for students going to the local high school dance were tacked to...
View ArticleSuspected drugs found in car involved in fatal Hudson crash
HUDSON: City police found a duffel bag filled with suspected drugs in one of the cars involved in a Feb. 2 fatal crash on Seasons Road, the Hudson Hub-Times reports.The items, including plastic bags...
View ArticleVictim in fatal Akron crash identified
A man who was killed in a one-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on Kelly Avenue in Akron has been identified as Thomas Butz, 26, of Akron.He was driving a 2006 Chevy Malibu north at 4:30 p.m. near...
View ArticleDiamond’s Men’s Store closing doors in Akron after 45 years
After 45 years in the Rolling Acres corridor, Diamond’s Men’s Store is closing up shop.The store first opened in the former Rolling Acres Mall and was one of the last stores to leave the mall, when...
View ArticleAkron police arrest fugitive wanted for murder
This weekend, Akron police arrested a man wanted for murder, felonious assault and abuse of a corpse. He now faces an additional charge of aggravated menacing.Romeo Thomas, 29, with a last known...
View ArticleCity passes $966 million in 2017 spending plans
Akron City Council wrapped up a month of budget deliberations Monday by passing a $375 million operating budget and nearly $590 million in capital projects for 2017.Both budgets, one to pay staff and...
View ArticleBattered Women’s Shelter gets help with meals while other needs persist
The Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties is filling in food gaps for its residents. On Monday the organization received $10,000 to provide meals, including hot dinners, to shelter...
View ArticleTalk of council’s travel reimbursements consumes budget discussion
Poised to pass nearly $1 billion in annual budgets that have shrunk since introduced last month, Akron council members had two last-minute tweaks to approve Monday afternoon before putting the entire...
View ArticleFree parking returns for Akron-Summit Library patrons
The Akron-Summit County Public Library is once again offering free parking downtown.The library has agreed to pay about $44,000 a year to the city to allow patrons to park for up to an hour free during...
View ArticleTrump national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials...
View ArticleLots of Things to Do with your Valentine
R&B x 3 at Quicken Loans ArenaTake your Valentine for a triple dose of R&B with ex-Gap Band frontman “Uncle” Charlie Wilson, who is enjoying quite the late-career renaissance as a solo adult...
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