Canton to host college football and volleyball championships
By Rick ArmonBeacon Journal staff writerCanton will soon be a college championship city again.The NCAA has selected the community to host Division III championships in football and volleyball.The Stagg...
View ArticleExecutive Sashi Brown says Browns feel good about player they’ll draft at No....
BEREA: Head of football operations Sashi Brown spoke as if the Browns have settled on whom they plan to draft first overall April 27.“We feel good about where we’re going to be and who we’re going to...
View ArticleEx-NFL star Aaron Hernandez dead after hanging self in cell
BOSTON: Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hanged himself Wednesday in the prison cell where he was serving a life sentence for murder, taking his life on the same day his ex-teammates on the New England...
View ArticleAs his premature daughter continues to improve, Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith...
INDEPENDENCE: J.R. Smith laid his cellphone on the metal microphone stand in front of him just so those huddled around could grasp the magnitude of his baby’s miracle.The Cavaliers guard said when his...
View ArticleMedina Hospital president stepping down
The president of Medina Hospital is stepping down and returning to full-time medical practice.Dr. Thomas Tulisiak has resigned as the community hospital’s president, according to a news release issued...
View ArticleMother of 19-year-old drowning victim files $5 million wrongful death suit...
The mother of a Plain Township teen who drowned two years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man who provided the teen with alcohol before her death.Julie Smith, the mother of Brandi...
View ArticleAkron law firm investigating rambling email sent by Metro RTA executive director
The Metro Regional Transit Authority board of trustees has directed its outside legal counsel to investigate a rambling email sent by the public bus company’s executive director.The email, dated April...
View ArticleHudson and Hinckley Township make the top 10 in list of the 50 safest...
Russell Township in Geauga County tops the National Council for Home Safety and Security’s list of the Top 50 Safest Cities in Ohio, which includes several Akron-area communities.The Washington,...
View Article‘My Friend Dahmer’ about infamous killer’s Ohio youth to premiere Friday at...
My Friend Dahmer, the drama shot in Northeast Ohio last summer, will have its world premiere Friday night as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.Based on John “Derf” Backderf’s acclaimed...
View ArticleGM quits Venezuela after government seizes its factory
VALENCIA, Venezuela: General Motors announced Thursday that it was shuttering its operations in Venezuela after authorities seized its factory in the country, a move that could draw the Trump...
View ArticleLeBron James included in Time 100 Most Influential list
Turns out that “kid from Akron” is pretty influential after all.LeBron James has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for 2017.The announcement comes as James and his Cavaliers...
View ArticleRichfield passes anti-hate resolution to support home-grown grass-roots effort
RICHFIELD: Tuesday evening, Kathy Hayes heard the words that she needed to hear from her village’s elected officials.That Richfield’s administration believes every person “has the right to go about his...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 20
TENNISWESTLAKE 4, WALSH JESUIT 1Singles: Jhaveri (Westlake) d. Fisher 6-0, 6-0; Padden (Westlake) d. Moneypenny 6-0, 6-0; O’Meara (Westlake) d. Bush 6-2, 6-3.Doubles: Evans-Kendrick (WJ) d....
View ArticleBrowns to face Steelers in regular-season opener and finale; no prime-time...
The Browns will go full circle for the first time in 54 years, beginning and ending the 2017 regular season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but they aren’t set to appear in prime time.When the NFL...
View ArticleCavaliers 119, Pacers 114: LeBron James leads stunning rally from 26 points...
INDIANAPOLIS: The Cavs know the pain of blowing a 26-point lead, with their April 9 collapse and overtime loss in Atlanta still fresh in their minds.On Thursday night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse, they...
View ArticleRamp and lane closures coming this weekend to Akron interstates
Beacon Journal staff reportThe Ohio Department of Transportation will close some ramps and lanes to make pavement repairs over the next three weekends on Interstate 77 in Akron starting this...
View ArticleAfter 30 years of storytelling, it’s time to write my own — Mary Beth...
There’s a framed saying next to my computer that says, “She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”(It’s right next to a Hemingway quote, “Write drunk. Edit sober.” But we won’t go...
View ArticleStark sheriff announces location of sobriety checkpoints Friday
CANTON: Authorities will conduct two sobriety checkpoints Friday in Stark County, Sheriff George Maier said.One will be held at 7 p.m. on Columbus Road Northeast in Plain Township and the other is set...
View ArticleSearch is on for Stark County man who faces murder charges in the shooting...
AKRON: Stark County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who is facing aggravated murder charges for the fatal shooting of his wife Friday.Around 1 p.m., deputies were called to 7487 Hill Church...
View ArticleTeen dies in apparent accidental shooting, Akron police say
A 17-year-old boy died Friday afternoon after what Akron police said appears to be an accidental shooting.Officers responded to the 600 block of Fulmer Avenue around 1 p.m. Friday over reports of a...
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