NFL Combine 2017: Buckeye to watch — wide receiver Noah Brown
Wide receiver Noah BrownYear: Redshirt sophomore.Height: 6 feet, 2 inches.Weight: 222 pounds.What stands out: His decision to leave Ohio State early and declare for this year’s draft shocked Ohio...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — March 3
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 ArticleCause of death remains a mystery for missing trustee discovered in Chippewa Lake
More than a week after the body of a missing Lafayette Township trustee was discovered in a lake, Medina County authorities continue to refuse to release any details about his death.A little-known Ohio...
View ArticleAkron immigrant and mother prepares for possible deportation
Rosa Saltos has made arrangements for her three sons should she get deported next week. They’ll stay with her ex-husband’s second wife. She trusts the woman. And the alternative, taking them with her,...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Kyle Korver tries to get over emotional return to Atlanta...
ATLANTA: When the Atlanta Hawks traded Kyle Korver to the Cavaliers on Jan. 7, he had no time to say goodbye to his friends in Atlanta.So he did that Thursday night.After a few hours sleep following...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Woodridge 60, CVCA 58: Mason Lydic scores 25 points to lead...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: New nets on each basket delayed the start of Friday’s Division II sectional final between CVCA and host Woodridge.Once the hoops were assembled properly, a packed house was in for a...
View ArticleMitchell Trubisky confident he wouldn’t be crushed by pressure of playing...
INDIANAPOLIS: Anyone who plays quarterback for the Browns fights an uphill battle under a microscope, and Mitchell Trubisky understands the Herculean task better than any other prospect at the NFL...
View ArticleJoe Yost stepping down as Ellet football coach after 38 seasons
Joe Yost brought together his football team Friday morning inside the Ellet High School gymnasium to make an announcement.After 38 seasons, Yost decided it was time to retire as football coach.“I’ve...
View ArticleAkron 66, Kent State 56: Zips pull away for win over rival Golden Flashes
Kent: The University of Akron had little to play for other than bragging rights and not getting swept by archrival Kent State for the first time since the 2009-10 season.The Golden Flashes (18-13, 10-8...
View ArticleCavaliers 135, Hawks 130: Cavs set NBA regular-season record with 25...
ATLANTA: On a night when the Atlanta Hawks honored hall of famer “Pistol Pete” Maravich and one of the league’s best long-range shooters in Kyle Korver, it appropriately rained 3s Friday night in...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: New home brings leaks and other kinds of noxious gas
“Don’t buy a lottery ticket.” That was my friend’s advice after hearing the most recent in a rather long streak of unfortunate events. Some are too private to share, and some I want the whole world to...
View ArticleVP Mike Pence fought against releasing records as Indiana governor
INDIANAPOLIS: Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly stonewalled media requests to view public records when he was Indiana’s governor, including emails about state business distributed from a private AOL...
View ArticleTwo people killed in crash in Canton, authorities say
CANTON: City police and fire departments were investigating a fatal crash that left two people dead and one injured on Tuscarawas Street West at Raff Road on Saturday evening.Canton Police Sgt. Michael...
View ArticleAkron firefighters battle warehouse blaze on Kelly Avenue on Saturday
Firefighters late Saturday morning battled a blaze inside a warehouse in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood of Akron.At 11:36 a.m., there was heavy smoke and fire in the building at 171 Kelly Ave.,...
View ArticleBarberton’s New Haven neighborhood is a dream unrealized, but a new developer...
BARBERTON: In 1997, Barberton annexed more than 500 acres from Franklin Township with the hope of creating a vibrant and neo-traditional neighborhood.It was a coup for an industrial city that was...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Deshaun Watson wows at combine with good footwork,...
INDIANAPOLIS: Deshaun Watson won the national championship with Clemson in January, and he triumphed Saturday in the on-field quarterback workouts at the NFL Scouting Combine.Of the four top-rated...
View ArticleHudson native Ben Gedeon finishes first among linebackers in bench press at...
INDIANAPOLIS: There are fans watching draft prospects bench press this year at the NFL Scouting Combine, but there isn’t a Ben Gedeon cheering section.“I was kind of wishing my brother would come with...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — March 4
BASKETBALLBOYSTournament ScoreboardSaturday’s GamesCanton Division I Sectional FinalsJackson 99, Garfield 66Copley 76, Canton McKinley 62Massillon 69, Wooster 60Copley Division I Sectional...
View ArticleTrump claims Obama had phones wiretapped; Obama denies it
PALM BEACH, Fla.: President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of having Trump Tower telephones “wiretapped” during last year’s election, a startling claim that Obama’s...
View ArticleFamily seeks answers in unsolved double homicide, one of 30 Akron slayings in...
“Why?”That’s the question an Akron family wants to be answered about the unsolved double homicide of a mother and son in May.“These people don’t know what they did,” said Roslyn Lane-Clark. “I don’t...
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