Video of passenger getting dragged off flight sparks uproar
CHICAGO: Video of police officers dragging a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, and a spokesman for the airline insisted that employees had no...
View ArticleAkron looks to retool busy Market-Canton Road intersection in Ellet neighborhood
Akron is looking to make big changes to the busy intersection of East Market Street, Canton Road and Robindale Avenue.Noting a high number of crashes there, the city has hired the GDP Group to study...
View ArticleAkron man allegedly throws girlfriend through window screen, pours bleach...
An Akron man is in police custody after he allegedly threw his girlfriend through a window screen and poisoned their goldfish early Monday morning.Dazzmond Pratt, 34, is charged with domestic violence,...
View ArticleWrong man charged with murder in Akron nightclub shooting death
A clerical error caused the wrong Akron man to be charged with aggravated murder in a March nightclub shooting death.An indictment filed Thursday in Summit County Common Pleas Court showed Anthony Cox...
View ArticleAkron sergeant pleads guilty to felony in crash that injured wife, resigns...
An Akron police sergeant’s career has ended because of an August drunken-driving accident that seriously injured his wife.Sgt. Vince Yurick pleaded guilty last week to aggravated vehicular assault, a...
View ArticleAkron firefighters save man from burning home
Akron firefighters rescued a man from a burning house late Sunday night but couldn’t save a dog from the blaze.Authorities responded at 11:19 p.m. to a fire at a home at the intersection of Inman and...
View ArticleLikely murder-suicide at California school kills 2 adults, 1 student
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.: A husband opened fire on his wife Monday in a San Bernardino elementary school classroom, killing her and a student in a murder-suicide that spread panic across a city still...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Myles Garrett skips interview because of past criticism from...
Apparently Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett didn’t have anything nice to say to one of his critics Monday, so the prospect who’s widely expected to be drafted first overall by the Browns on...
View ArticleCity to update public on $14.5 million Main Street corridor project
The city of Akron will host an informational session at the downtown library later this month to update the public on $14.5 million in upgrades planned over the next two years for Main Street.The...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Prosecutor’s comments about trustee’s death are astonishing
The autopsy report for former Lafayette Township trustee Bryon Macron said he was stabbed and slashed six times, suffering wounds to his neck, both forearms and a shoulder.No water was found in his...
View ArticleDiana Zaleski, who modernized Summit County’s court computer records, dies at...
When Diana Zaleski retired in 2006 as the first female Summit County clerk of courts, she said her plans included spending a lot of time traveling.And that she did: trips to Australia, Japan and one...
View ArticleBeacon Journal effort to lead beginners to the Akron Marathon’s blue line...
Who knew the Akron Marathon Race Series could be for the man who just had a heart bypass in early March, the busy soccer mom who needs an activity of her own, the civil engineer who fears sitting...
View ArticleAkron school board approves college and career academies master plan
The Akron Board of Education approved the master plan for its college and career academies Monday, but now the heavy lifting begins.The plan is the blueprint for implementing high school academies that...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 10
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 ArticleOhio woman pleads not guilty to recorded sex acts with dog
WARREN, OHIO: An Ohio woman has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of having sex with a dog that authorities say was recorded on video.Thirty-three-year-old Amber Finney entered the plea Monday...
View ArticleAkron mother tries to strangle 12-year-old son, beats him with extension...
Police say an Akron mother attempted to strangle her 12-year-old son Monday morning.Denitra White, 27, was charged with child endangering and domestic violence. White admitted to hitting, biting and...
View ArticleJuveniles on overpass thought to have dropped concrete that smashed car’s...
A chunk of concrete that fell from an overpass Monday morning smashed through a vehicle’s windshield in Akron.No one was injured in the incident. The concrete dropped onto a southbound vehicle on...
View ArticleEvant Inc., care provider for 24 Summit County group homes, going out of...
A care provider for 24 group homes for residents with disabilities in Summit County is going out of business.Nearly 200 employees will be laid off.None of the residents, however, will have to move out...
View ArticleLeBron James Family Foundation proposes a new public school for Akron
Imagine a school where the most low-performing kids could go to improve both their minds and their character in an environment so nurturing, it carries over into their home lives.If it sounds like a...
View ArticleAkron school board members stay afloat in cardboard boats designed by students
Akron Board of Education members usually spend their time making sure the school district is staying afloat. Tuesday, five of them and two senior staffers made sure they stayed afloat in Firestone High...
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