Akron area marijuana-detection device venture and baby-sitting app attract...
Two very different Akron area innovations — a portable marijuana-detection device and an app that allows users to exchange free baby-sitting services — have each won $25,000 from the region’s nonprofit...
View Article‘Jeopardy!’ dreams: Akron’s Madeline Wilson takes a shot at winning on her...
Madeline Wilson’s obsession with Jeopardy! started in infancy.“My parents used to say that even as a baby, I would get excited when the theme music came on,” Wilson said. “I guess you could say I’ve...
View ArticleMobile Meals fighting Trump’s plan to cut funding for meal delivery programs...
Mobile Meals Inc. — the group that delivers about 2,600 meals and supplements daily to Northeast Ohioans — is fighting back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut funding for meal delivery...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — March 17
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 ArticleInjuries to Kyrie Irving, Iman Shumpert, Derrick Williams test Cavaliers’...
LOS ANGELES: Kyrie Irving said his left knee had been bothering him for 48 hours, but he wanted to make it through Thursday night’s home game against the Utah Jazz.But when the Cavaliers’ All-Star...
View ArticleBehind this Akron bar is an $800,000 delinquent tax bill
Fights. Grand theft auto. After-hours partying. Late-night arrests. Cops attacked and a bouncer killed.A rash of alarming activity at Game 7 Bar and Grille on Arlington Street has prompted city leaders...
View ArticleSumma gains 22 new residents despite accreditation issues
ROOTSTOWN: Nervous chatter and bouncing knees pulsated through the ballroom at the NEOMED Education and Wellness (NEW) Center on Friday as medical students awaited their fates, each one sealed in an...
View ArticleOne man dead, another wounded after argument leads to shooting in Copley...
One man was killed and another was hospitalized Friday night in what police described as a double shooting in Copley Township.Officers were called to a home in the 1300 block of Lakeland Avenue shortly...
View ArticleKent State men’s basketball: UCLA pulls away for 97-80 win over Golden...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: UCLA raced out for layups, dropped in 3-pointers, piled up the points. The Bruins are the nation’s top-scoring team, so no surprise there.The defense? That still could use a little...
View ArticleDenny Ross found guilty on all counts in slaying of Hannah Hill
Friday was Elza Hill’s 73rd birthday.Minutes after the verdicts in the Denny Ross retrial were announced — guilty of all charges in the 1999 slaying of 18-year-old Hannah Hill of Akron — he stood in...
View ArticleChelsea Schobert takes witness stand at trial of former boyfriend, Shawn Ford...
Jeff and Peg Schobert had less than eight months to live after their young daughter starting dating Shawn Eric Ford Jr.The end took root in the summer of 2012, when Chelsea Schobert, a wealthy suburban...
View ArticleChelsea Schobert, younger daughter of couple killed in New Franklin slayings,...
Chelsea Schobert won her freedom in April when she stood before a Summit County judge and pledged that she would start a new life by caring for her infant daughter.“She means the world to me. It’s all...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: A difficult holiday leads to a vow to find joy
Let me apologize right up front. I’m not writing anything funny in this column because I’m not feeling funny these days.Do I still have joy? Yes. Do I have hope for brighter days ahead? Of course. But...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Raising a half-full glass to a new home
“Some see weeds, others see wishes.” The saying caught my eye. It was printed on a simple piece of barn wood, the white fluffy tufts of the dandelion delicately woven by a local artist at the Funky...
View ArticleAkron-area manufacturers invited to join educators to talk about ways to...
Not enough skilled workers.It’s a common lament among manufacturers in the nation and Ohio, where, despite massive declines in manufacturing, the sector accounts for one in every eight jobs.“We’re all...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Saying goodbye to my best friend
“Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind.”The recent Facebook post flashed through my mind as I traveled south on Route 83, the car behind me tailgating and honking. He flipped me...
View ArticleBob Dyer: When you’ve gotta go, don’t go to BMV
Like most things in life, a trip to a local office of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles is all about timing.My last trip was a snap. On a snowy Wednesday afternoon in February, I walked into the...
View ArticlePolice identify Akron men in Copley shooting; one dead
COPLEY Twp: Police on Saturday identified the two Akron men involved in a deadly shooting on Friday evening.The two men were apparently fighting over the same woman when they shot each other on the...
View ArticleSpeakers answer questions about immigration law, refugees at Akron forum
There’s only one immigration court in Ohio. It’s part of the 23-story federal courthouse that opened in downtown Cleveland in 2002.The hopes and fears of immigrants — both with and without legal...
View ArticleSome Summa doctors speak out, want to tout health system’s positives during...
A group of 49 physicians associated with Summa Health wants patients and the public to know there are positive things going on at the hospitals despite recent challenges.These doctors say patient care...
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