Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer succeeds in using pro day to rebound...
Several draft analysts thought the prototypical size and arm strength of Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer would allow him to steal the show earlier this month at the NFL Scouting Combine.It simply...
View ArticleHigh school basketball/St. Vincent-St. Mary 62, Trotwood-Madison 60: Jayvon...
COLUMBUS: St. Vincent-St. Mary senior Jayvon Graves continues to have a flair for the dramatic. Graves, who beat host Jackson during the regular season with a buzzer beating 3-pointer, made a...
View ArticleBusiness group seeks train depot in Merriman Valley
A business group is hoping to get a train depot built in Akron’s Merriman Valley.Whether that’s possible, however, isn’t clear to the many entities that would be involved.The newly formed Merriman...
View ArticleAkron native Lola Albright, glamorous Hollywood actress, dies at age 92
Akron native Lola Albright, the former West High School student and WAKR receptionist who grew up to be a glamorous star in Hollywood, died Thursday morning in Toluca Lake, Calif. She was 92.Albright...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Was LeBron James sending Cavaliers’ a man-up message with his...
DENVER: I will never question LeBron James’ toughness, even as he questioned his team’s Wednesday night.I understand that at age 32, the four-time league Most Valuable Player must conserve his energy,...
View ArticleAkron students guests at Goodyear blimp’s house for hands-on learning
SUFFIELD TWP.: Goodyear hosted a party at the blimp’s house Thursday, and about 200 Akron students were the guests. The Akron Public Schools eighth-graders, who make up the LeBron James Family...
View ArticleBob Gondor and Randy Resh to receive more than $2 million each for wrongful...
Two men who were wrongfully imprisoned for more than 16 years for a Portage County woman’s slaying will each receive more than $2 million.The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded Bob Gondor and Randy Resh...
View ArticleWoman pulled from Akron house fire dies at hospital
A 58-year-old woman died after being pulled unconscious from a house on fire Wednesday afternoon in the city’s West Akron neighborhood.Akron firefighters responded to multiple calls of smoke at 1:16...
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Friend’s overdose death unites students to spread anti-drug message
FAIRLAWN: There are so many photographs. In collages that cover every inch of large pieces of poster board. In an album carried close by a grieving mother. On the cellphones of a group of teenage...
View ArticleFuture is uncertain for $200,000 tax-delinquent and dilapidated Rubber Bowl
Back taxes are approaching $200,000 at the Rubber Bowl as the private owner punts on a football-themed reutilization plan. Now, the owner is selling a $9.2 million renovation to convert the iconic...
View ArticleMore clues emerge about dead Lafayette Township trustee’s office, where blood...
In the weeks following the mysterious disappearance of Lafayette Township Trustee Bryon Macron, officials hired firms to replace the carpet and repaint the walls and ceiling in his office — where...
View ArticleHot Spot: Main Street Saloon rolls on after a death in the family
It can’t always be a party at a Hot Spot.Sometimes life, or its much more final and scary alternative, gets in the way.Main Street Saloon and its halo of regulars, friends, family and customers were...
View ArticlePolice chief calls racism accusations “bulls***” as protesters rally after...
Akron Police Chief James Nice took issue with protesters who alleged on Friday that the city’s police discriminate against black residents.About 45 protesters demanded harsher charges against William...
View ArticleLucky Shoes owner Tom Luck opens first Vionic store in the country
When one door closes, another opens.That’s been true for longtime entrepreneur Tom Luck, the CEO of Lucky Shoes, whose latest business venture was spurred by the closing of his SAS Comfort Shoes store...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls has creative plans for raising money to fix up Mill Pond and...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: When the city purchased some property — including a pond, a dam and a babbling brook — as part of a three-way deal to bring a Menards home improvement store to town, it inherited a $12...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Browns check in on UA receiver Jerome Lane at...
Like 19 other NFL teams, the Browns sent a scout to check out the University of Akron football team’s pro day at Stile Athletics Field House on Friday morning.The Browns also sent Al Saunders, senior...
View ArticleBoys basketball: St. V-M to play Wauseon in Division II state championship...
COLUMBUS: The locker room celebration was ongoing as St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball coach Dru Joyce II and senior players Jayvon Graves and Jonathan Williams spoke with the media on Thursday...
View ArticleCavaliers 112, Hornets 105: LeBron James’ free-throw shooting helps Cavs...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: For a Cavaliers team that on Wednesday got its injury-plagued starting five back on the court together for the first time since Dec. 17, the scary moments just keep on coming. J.R....
View ArticleBoys basketball / Jackson 75, Lakewood St. Edward 64: Polar Bears advance to...
COLUMBUS: Jackson established an up-tempo pace Friday night inside Value City Arena, and kept the pressure on Lakewood St. Edward.Seniors Kyle Young and Logan Hill both tossed down powerful two-hand...
View ArticleLouisiana officer convicted of manslaughter in 6-year-old autistic boy’s death
MARKSVILLE, LA.: A Louisiana law enforcement officer was convicted Friday on a lesser charge of manslaughter in a shooting that killed a 6-year-old autistic boy, a gruesome encounter captured on tape...
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