16-year-old accused of shooting Akron man in the head
A 16-year-old boy from Holly, Mich., is accused of shooting an Akron man in the head this week.The teen has been charged with felonious assault and is in custody of the Summit County Juvenile Detention...
View ArticleLGBT discrimination real, advocates say, despite no mechanism to report it...
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerPam Nash worked at a bank and a bakery growing up in Massachusetts. “It’s not like I don’t have experience, not only in the quick-sale bakery stores but...
View Article’Angel of Death’ serial killer dies after attack in prison
TOLEDO: A former nurse’s aide dubbed the “Angel of Death” after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky died Thursday, two days after he was attacked and beaten in his...
View ArticleODOT planning nearly $400 million of road and bridge work in Akron area this...
LAKE TWP.: Ohio will work on $2.3 billion worth of new and ongoing road and bridge projects this year, including nearly $400 million worth in the Akron area.State leaders announced Thursday that the...
View ArticleFour people and a dog dead in Thursday shooting in Canton
Four people are dead after a shooting in Canton Thursday afternoon, police said.The shooting happened in the 500 block of Smith Avenue NW. Employees from the Stark County Cororner’s office and Ohio...
View ArticleSignet Jewelers sued for securities fraud in wake of sexual harassment...
Signet Jewelers Ltd. is facing a new securities fraud class action lawsuit that accuses the company of making false or misleading statements about the severity of sexual harassment claims against...
View ArticleJudge: Ernest Angley, Cathedral Buffet owe $388,000 over unpaid labor
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Televangelist Ernest Angley and his Cathedral Buffet restaurant have been ordered to pay over $388,000 to a group of employees after a judge found that members of his church were urged...
View ArticleFormer teacher assistant at Christian school in Akron charged with sending...
A former teacher’s assistant at Emmanuel Christian Academy in Akron is charged with sending nude photographs of himself via social media last year to five juvenile girls.Chanc A. Baylor, 23, of Bristol...
View ArticleSmithers Rapra to open new lab in Akron Global Business Accelerator
Testing firm Smithers Rapra will open a new laboratory this summer in the Akron Global Business Accelerator primarily for the global medical device, pharmaceutical and food packaging industries. The...
View ArticleMatthew McConaughey, Bruce Willis shooting gritty films in Northeast Ohio
Be on the lookout for actors Matthew McConaughey and Bruce Willis as you’re zipping around Northeast Ohio. Both descended on the area in the past week to start filming two gritty...
View ArticleMan found dead in ditch in Streetsboro
Authorities discovered a man dead in a ditch Thursday in Streetsboro following a report of a possible body there, the Portage County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Sheriff’s officers,...
View ArticleLab coats encourage Akron STEM students to research careers, and the stories...
The lab coats, and their wearers, have seen a thing or two in their day.The sweat of long shifts. Maybe a little bit of blood. And, depending on the coat’s age, maybe a hole from a cigarette burn....
View ArticleModern architecture: Summa reveals what its new, six-story tower will look like
Summa Health on Thursday unveiled architects’ renderings of its new front door — a modern-looking, curved, six-story tower that will redefine its main campus in Akron.The 300,000-square-foot building —...
View ArticleCraigslist killer Richard Beasley discusses painting, prison food in letter
Craigslist killer Richard Beasley says prisoners painting is a positive and food in prisons is horrible.Beasley included these insights in a rambling, handwritten letter sent to the Beacon Journal this...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron James says locker room issues not fixed, but...
CHICAGO: LeBron James knows the difficulties of trying to defend an NBA title.That’s his mission for the third time in his career and he’s pulled it off once, with the Miami Heat in 2012-13.Before...
View ArticleDad stunned that wounded man is nightclub shooting suspect
CINCINNATI: The father of a man hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds after a Cincinnati nightclub shooting says he was elated to learn that police were charging two suspects — and...
View ArticleSpringfield Township police find grenade in vehicle during traffic stop
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: Township police called in the Summit County Bomb Squad after spotting a grenade in a vehicle during a traffic stop early Friday morning.The bomb squad determined the grenade was inert...
View ArticleMan who killed three in Canton before killing himself legally purchased the...
A man who shot and killed three people and a dog before turning the gun on himself in Canton bought the gun legally an hour before he opened fire on Thursday, police reported.Tres Peterson, 21, killed...
View ArticleAkron cops wanted
City administrators are looking to hire at least 15 additional police officers. “Serving the residents of this city as a police officer is among the most challenging and rewarding calls to public...
View ArticleMassillon woman charged with defrauding banks out of $2 million
A Massillon title agency operator has been charged with defrauding financial institutions out of more than $2 million by having escrow funds on home purchases deposited into her personal account,...
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