Marla Ridenour: Handling March’s challenges could be harbinger of Cavaliers’...
CLEVELAND: March could determine whether the Cavaliers are capable of repeating as NBA champions.New players — backup point guard Deron Williams and center Andrew Bogut — will have to be integrated...
View ArticleBig man Andrew Bogut is headed to Cavaliers if he clears waivers Wednesday
The Cavaliers’ final piece of the puzzle as the defending NBA champions restock for their playoff run is headed to Cleveland, providing his next destination is his to choose.A league source said...
View ArticleLocal cancer survivor featured on a national ad to save Affordable Care Act
Between running her own business and teaching part-time, Paula Chenevey stayed busy with the work she had to do.That all came to a halt, though, when Chenevey, who lives in Wooster, was diagnosed with...
View ArticleMan accused of unwanted toe-sucking, foot massaging at Ohio mall
TOLEDO, OHIO: A man charged with taking off a woman’s shoe and sucking her toes without permission at a mall has been accused of massaging the feet of other women without their consent.Joseph Jones, of...
View ArticleMcDonald’s lays out plan it hopes can reverse drop in visits
NEW YORK: McDonald’s acknowledged that it lost 500 million customer transactions in the U.S. since 2012, and said it plans to use tempting value deals to help win people back.The world’s biggest burger...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The Cavs joke that nobody got
Dear Kyrie Irving:I get it! Why doesn’t anybody else? When it happened — a long, long time ago in modern-day media time — I never thought I’d be writing about it because I never dreamed I’d be the only...
View ArticleNorth Canton police chief to retire after more than 35 years with city
North Canton Police Chief Stephan Wilder approaches the job each day with three main goals in mind.“I want to do something good for our community. I want to do something good for our employees. And I...
View ArticleBarberton High School students lend helping hands with 3-D printing
BARBERTON: David Kaser’s students at Barberton High School are learning about all the cool things a 3-D printer can do. They’ve designed and printed cellphone stands, Star Wars figures and signs for...
View ArticleRed Cross to honor 12 from area at Acts of Courage ceremony
All it took was a faint cry of “help” for David Lester to take action.Last October, when he got home from work one day and saw smoke coming from his neighbor’s house, he ran over to find her on the...
View ArticleRare early-March tornado warnings wake up area residents Wednesday; some...
Record temperatures in February and tornado warnings on March 1 were labeled “highly unusual” by area meteorologists on Wednesday.“We don’t usually experience so much extreme weather in the winter...
View ArticleBrowns decline to use franchise tag on impending free-agent Terrelle Pryor,...
INDIANAPOLIS: Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown acknowledged he’s playing with fire by declining to place a franchise tag on impending unrestricted free-agent wide receiver Terrelle...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: As Andrew Bogut clears waivers, are Cavs better than last...
BOSTON: For the moment, the only uncertainty is the timing of Andrew Bogut’s arrival.But the real question for the Cavaliers is whether the depth added since Jan. 7 will make them a better team than...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — March 1
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Nordonia, Aurora, Copley, Highland advance in sectional...
Boys basketballNordonia 58, Cuyahoga Falls 56Tye Evans scored 20 points and Mike Piotrowski sank four 3-pointers to help the Knights oust the host Black Tigers in a Division I sectional...
View ArticleBrowns feel urgency to find next starting QB, but Jimmy Garoppolo now appears...
INDIANAPOLIS: Everyone knows the Browns are desperate to acquire a starting quarterback this offseason, and head of football operations Sashi Brown didn’t downplay the fact Wednesday at the NFL...
View ArticleCeltics 103, Cavaliers 99: Celtics survive physical, playoff-style clash...
BOSTON: Five-time Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick considered Wednesday night’s Cavaliers-Celtics showdown such an event that he skipped the NFL Combine to sit underneath...
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There’s no escaping Escape Rooms in and around Akron
There’s no escaping them. It seems escape rooms are popping up just about everywhere. These clever spaces where folks willingly fork over cash only to be locked in a room and left to match wits with...
View ArticleOops! Amazon’s cloud outage was due to human error
SEATTLE: Amazon.com’s cloud computing unit said that the outage that shook up a sizable part of the internet Tuesday was caused by human error.The Amazon Web Services division said in a post-mortem...
View ArticleHhgregg closing store in Copley Township and 87 others as part of plan to...
Financially struggling appliance and electronics retailer hhgregg Inc. said Thursday that it plans to close 88 of its underperforming stores, including the location in Copley Township, as part of the...
View ArticleState Rep. Greta Johnson to leave Statehouse for Summit County job
State Rep. Greta Johnson is leaving the Statehouse to return to local government.Johnson, D-Akron, announced Thursday morning that she will step down as a state representative March 26 to become the...
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