Stow pain clinic closing after court upholds sexual imposition conviction...
Summit Pain Specialists in Stow is permanently closing Monday after years of wrangling over a sex abuse scandal involving a doctor there. What prompted the clinic to close now is not entirely clear. No...
View ArticleFive teens charged in arson of Green’s historic one-room schoolhouse
Five teens have been arrested in connection with the arson fire Tuesday that destroyed Green’s historic one-room Lichtenwalter Schoolhouse.The Summit County Sheriff’s office announced the arrests...
View ArticleWoman dies following home invasion early Thursday in Akron
A 55-year-old woman died following a home invasion and robbery early Thursday morning in a Brittain Road apartment, Akron police reported.It’s unclear whether Melody Tomey, 55, of Cuyahoga Falls, died...
View ArticleCrowds line Kent streets to glimpse Budweiser Clydesdales on special delivery...
KENT:They’re big, they’re beautiful and they came back to Northeast Ohio equipped with beer.The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales paraded through downtown Kent Thursday night to deliver cases of beer...
View ArticleThings to Do, August 12: Bacon Brothers in Kent; art and music in Hudson;...
Kevin Bacon plays Kent StageLong before Kevin Bacon was a movie star, he was playing music with his brother, Michael, who writes scores for film and TV. The Bacon Brothers started touring as a rock...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: Jim Borchik retires from Copley; Michael Chuppa takes...
The Athletic Department at Copley will have a new leader this year following the retirement of Jim Borchik and the hiring of Michael Chuppa to fill the position.Borchik also served as an assistant...
View ArticleHealth officials: Woman bitten by bat with rabies in Ohio
BATAVIA, OHIO: Officials say a bat that was infected with rabies bit a woman in southwest Ohio.Clermont County health officials say the bat was discovered in the woman’s Batavia home and captured for...
View ArticleLeBron James returning to Cavaliers on three-year, $100 million contract
LeBron James has long been considered the league’s best player and now he’ll finally have the contract to match. James is returning to the Cavaliers on a three-year, $100 million deal, a league source...
View ArticleNate Ulrich: Eight reasons for optimism, concern about Browns to be tested in...
With the first 11 practices of Browns training camp in the books, plenty of theories have been developed about the team’s strengths and weaknesses.Those ideas, though, have yet to be tested in earnest....
View ArticleMemorial service for Russ Pry to feature speeches by colleagues and friends
A public memorial service for former Summit County Executive Russ Pry will feature colleagues and personal friends reminiscing about the longtime county leader. The service, which also will include an...
View ArticleAkron homeowner, company frustrated by missing sidewalk
Barbara Lee was dumbfounded. She stood on the grassy devil strip along North Forge Street in Akron staring down where there once was a sandstone sidewalk. Now, there’s just sand, dirt, weeds and some...
View ArticleSummit County holding child-support-help event Friday
Summit County will hold a one-stop event Friday to help parents meet child support obligations, reinstate a suspended driver’s license and resolve arrest warrants. The event, Child Support Solutions...
View ArticleYMCA to award memberships to drug addicts who are six months sober
The Akron Area YMCA will offer complimentary memberships to 20 drug addicts who maintain six months of sobriety through drug court programs at the city and county levels.“Y-STRONG,” as the program is...
View ArticleTwo companies move into downtown Akron’s AES Building
The AES Building at 388 S. Main St. in downtown Akron is getting two new tenants, including a company that is relocating its division headquarters and research and development operations from elsewhere...
View ArticleJudge blocks Ohio law to divert Planned Parenthood money
CINCINNATI: A federal judge blocked an Ohio law aimed at diverting public money from Planned Parenthood, saying in a Friday ruling that the group stood to suffer “irreparable injury.”The state law...
View ArticleAkron police lieutenant fined, given suspended jail sentence for driving...
Akron’s 2015 Police Officer of the Year, who drove while intoxicated with a gun in the vehicle last month, was fined $400 and warned she will be jailed if she gets into any more trouble with the...
View ArticleOhio Shakespeare Festival expanding to year-round operation including...
Ohio Shakespeare Festival will become a company that operates year-round by Oct. 1, once it takes over the theater space at Greystone Hall that was previously the home of Actors’ Summit.The...
View ArticleThings to Do, August 13: Burger Fest in Akron; Yo-Yo Ma at Blossom; ride the...
Hear Yo-Yo Ma at BlossomFew classical music stars break through to the mainstream the way cellist Yo-Yo Ma has. He brings his Silk Road Ensemble to Blossom at 8 p.m. with its eclectic array of music...
View ArticleStreetsboro high school marching band suspended indefinitely amid hazing...
STREETSBORO: Administrators in Streetsboro City Schools have indefinitely suspended the marching band program pending an investigation into allegations of hazing at band camp last weekend.High school...
View ArticleFaculty of UA theater arts degree program makes pitch for a comeback
The University of Akron wants to bring back its theater arts degree program by attracting theater majors with a focus on entrepreneurship, physical theater and film studies.The degree program was...
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