Things to Do, April 17: Daffodil trail in bloom; ‘T2: Trainspotting’ at...
Take a stroll through daffodilsIf you’ve never visited the H.S. Wagner Daffodil Trail in Furnace Run Metro Park in Richfield Township, now is the time — the sunny yellow symbols of spring are expected...
View ArticleIndians report: Tigers ace Justin Verlander brings up question of stolen...
CLEVELAND: The topic of sign stealing has again followed the Indians after a poor start by a Cy Young-level opposing pitcher.In October, the Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher Rick Porcello began to...
View ArticleCavaliers’ losses after double-digit leads
• Nov. 29 at Milwaukee, up by 14, lost by 17• Jan. 4 vs. Chicago, up by 13, lost by 12• Jan. 21 vs. San Antonio, up by 11, lost by 3• Jan. 25 vs. Sacramento, up by 10, lost by 4• March 9 at Detroit, up...
View ArticleDouble-digit leads no blueprint for Cavaliers’ success
CLEVELAND: No lead is safe.It’s a tendency the Cavaliers carried into the postseason, no matter how much they’d like to swear it off.It’s a byproduct of their collapse at Atlanta on April 9, when the...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls art teacher in jail for violating probation
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The city school district has placed an art teacher on unpaid leave after discovering she was missing school because she was in jail, the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press reported.Kerry L....
View ArticleTask force plans sobriety checkpoints in Summit County
The Summit County OVI Task Force has announced it will conduct sobriety checkpoints Friday and Saturday morning across Summit County.The group does not announce the location of the checkpoints in advance.
View ArticleRavenna man killed in motorcycle accident
STREETSBORO: A Ravenna man was killed Sunday morning in a motorcycle crash on state Route 303 near Diagonal Road.David Freshour, 68, of Ravenna failed to negotiate a curve while traveling eastbound at...
View ArticleIllegal still found along trail in Canal Fulton
CANAL FULTON: City police are trying to figure out who was running an illegal still along an equestrian trail in the 900 block of Milan Street.After being alerted by a resident who spotted the still,...
View ArticleTwo Akron men sentenced to prison for selling fentanyl
Two Akron men have been sentenced to prison for selling fentanyl.U.S. District Court Judge John Adams sentenced Brian L. Williams, 54, to 15 years in prison Monday. The judge sentenced Terrance L....
View ArticleCity shrinks annual payments by adding $5.8 million to life of sewer loan
The city of Akron is taking out its first 45-year loan to spread the “unaffordability” of a $1.4 billion sewer project for generations to come.Akron City Council’s budget and finance committee gave a...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The NBA and the Double A
I’m not a sportswriter, but I have occasionally played one on TV. So today I’m bringing you both hoops and baseball.Cease and desistBecause I don’t actually cover sports, I don’t have to be the least...
View ArticleCoventry Township trustee sues two Summit County sheriff’s officials over arrest
A Coventry Township trustee is suing two Summit County sheriff’s officials, accusing them of misconduct and using excessive force during an arrest in November 2015.Trustee Richard Kutuchief is seeking...
View ArticleAkron dealer who sold potent mix of heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil...
HUNTINGTON, W.VA.: An Ohio man who sold heroin laced with an elephant tranquilizer that caused more than two dozen overdoses in West Virginia was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison...
View ArticleGreen to mark 25th anniversary with Silver Coin Challenge
GREEN: The city is celebrating its silver anniversary throughout the next four months with a Silver Coin Challenge open to all Green residents.Green was incorporated as a city on April 5, 1992. To mark...
View ArticleSnowfall amounts continue to fall in Akron — number of winter flakes below...
Snow skiers may want to throw down their winter caps in disgust, but Akron has once again experienced a winter where the measurable snowfall was well below normal.The National Weather Service says 37.2...
View Article‘Only Steve knows’: Police baffled by Facebook video killing
CLEVELAND: In a rambling video, Steve Stephens said, “I snapped, I just snapped.” But as the manhunt dragged on Monday for the man accused of posting Facebook footage of himself killing a retiree,...
View ArticleWacky Wadsworthopoly TV show combines Monopoly and lottery scratch-off
WADSWORTH: Nobody plays Monopoly like Roger Polk.Well, not unless someone else plays live on public access television against people who call in.And unless that somebody is playing alongside a city...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Kyle Korver assists LeBron James on foul shooting
CLEVELAND: When looking for help to cure his free-throw shooting woes, LeBron James didn’t hesitate to turn to teammate Kyle Korver.A career 74 percent shooter from the line, James shot a career-low 67...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Physical battle with Pacers might help Cavaliers awaken, but...
CLEVELAND: Expecting the Cavaliers to go from a lackadaisical, four-consecutive-loss finish to the regular season to a spectacular start to the playoffs might have been asking too much.Especially when...
View ArticleCavaliers 117, Pacers 111: Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, LeBron James combine to...
CLEVELAND: The Cavaliers have not had much trouble building large leads the past few weeks.The trouble has been maintaining the comfortable advantages and putting foes away. It was a problem during the...
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