Family members plead for information to solve massacre of eight people a year...
COLUMBUS: Tearful family members are pleading for information that could help solve the massacre of eight people in Ohio a year ago, in a video released Friday.Geneva Rhoden, who lost two sons, three...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls mother leads protest outside Summit courthouse; dealer who...
A Cuyahoga Falls mother quoted from her daughter’s obituary Friday morning during the sentencing for the man who provided her fatal dose of drugs.“Sheena would not want us to cry,” Brenda Ryan said of...
View ArticleRascal Flatts to play Canal Park on Aug. 5 to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital
Country stars Rascal Flatts will play a rare major concert in Canal Park, a benefit for Akron Children’s Hospital on Aug. 5.The RubberDucks stadium seats 7,630 and fans will also be allowed on the...
View ArticleSyrians in Akron speak out over chemical attacks in home country
Outside the Highland Square library, about a dozen people formed a small circle, each with a flickering candle in hand.Walaa Hamad stood somberly as her two children ran through the grass. A soft...
View ArticleNFL Network’s Mike Mayock says Browns must draft Myles Garrett at No. 1 but...
When Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown spoke during a pre-draft news conference earlier this week, he sounded as if he were ready to draft Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett first...
View ArticleFrancisco Lindor reportedly turned down Indians’ offer of about $100 million
Perhaps Brody Chernoff was on to something.The 6-year-old son of Indians General Manager Mike Chernoff, Brody was on the air with Indians radio play-by-play man Tom Hamilton when he said in spring...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: LeBron James’ greatness ‘showcased’ in different fashion in...
INDIANAPOLIS: Since his iconic playoff performance against the Detroit Pistons in 2007, reminders of LeBron James’ greatness have been frequent.His amazing stat lines, his mounting list of...
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 ArticleHernandez’s body brought to Connecticut funeral home
BRISTOL, Conn.: Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez’s body was taken to a funeral home in his Connecticut hometown Saturday, two days before his family holds a private funeral.The body arrived in the...
View ArticleWhat’s your super power? Akron Zoo animals and visitors show off their talents
Spider-Girl and Captain America, apparently taking a day off from fighting crime, combined their pint-size super strength Saturday to charm penguins.Almost every time the brother-sister superhero duo...
View ArticleHere’s what the Hall of Fame Village will offer
The Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village will include• Hall of Fame Museum.• Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Third and final phase, 2018 completion.• Football-themed luxury hotel and...
View ArticleWorld finance leaders drop climate change, trade rule language from meeting...
WASHINGTON: Global finance leaders on Saturday dropped a sharp condemnation of trade protectionism and references to climate change from a closing statement that wrapped up the spring meetings of the...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines tries to learn from United’s mistakes in stroller incident
NEW YORK: Another day, another cellphone video of a conflict on an airplane.American Airlines said it grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger on a Friday flight...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 22
SOFTBALLScoring SummariesGame One CLOVERLEAF 2, BUCKEYE 1Buckeye 000 100 0 — 1 4 2Cloverleaf 010 100 X — 2 8 0Batteries—Kemp and Calame; Goode and Gray. W—Goode, 1-5. L—Kemp, 2-3. Save—None....
View ArticleBig plans for Hall of Fame Village took root with off-the-cuff conversation
The vision is grand.It’s a vision that grew in large part out of a simple question asked several years ago of developer Stu Lichter. His stream-of-consciousness answer spurred a meeting shortly...
View ArticleAs Hall of Fame Village breaks ground Tuesday in Canton, grand vision grows...
Come Thursday night, devoted Cleveland Browns fans will anxiously watch what their team does with the coveted No. 1 and No. 12 first-round picks in the NFL Draft.Come NFL Draft night in 2019, millions...
View ArticleThings to Do, April 23: ‘The Graduate’ turns 50; last chance to see...
Celebrate ‘Graduate’ anniversaryCelebrate the 50th anniversary of the film that brought us an immortal Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack and the famous one-word movie quote “Plastics,” as The Graduate...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Coach Tyronn Lue takes issue with notion he ‘asked...
INDIANAPOLIS: One of the subjects discussed on ESPN programming Friday clearly touched a nerve with Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue.Lue found the notion “crazy” that he asked permission from starters Kyrie...
View ArticleCavaliers’ LeBron James vows to make teams pay from free-throw line, but...
INDIANAPOLIS: LeBron James’ 3-point shooting percentage is up, his free-throw shooting percentage dramatically down.His turnovers in Game 2 of the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against...
View Article2017 NFL Draft: Mitchell Trubisky’s goal to end quarterback curse of hometown...
When Mentor native Mitchell Trubisky was a freshman at the University of North Carolina in 2013, he talked to Keith Heckendorf about his goal to one day join his hometown Browns and halt their...
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