1 dead after police shooting at Ohio city apartment complex
HAMILTON, Ohio: Authorities say an officer shot and killed a man who confronted him with a butcher knife at an apartment complex in an Ohio city.The shooting in Hamilton in southwestern Ohio was...
View ArticleDeputies find body of man accused of killing estranged wife in Stark
CANTON: Authorities in Stark County say they have found the body of a man accused of killing his estranged wife in Northeast Ohio.Stark County Sheriff George Maier says 39-year-old Dustin Ray White was...
View ArticleOhio college student killed during hammer throw at track meet
WHEATON, Ill.: A college student has died after being struck during a hammer-throw event at a track meet in suburban Chicago.Wheaton College officials say 19-year-old student Ethan Roser of Cincinnati...
View ArticleDeerfield man killed in one-vehicle crash
ATWATER TWP.: The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal one-vehicle crash involving a Deerfield man Sunday morning.The highway patrol said Nickolas D. Williams, 22, was traveling on Moff...
View ArticleSummer Movie Madness: Two big upsets from the ’80s, cast your vote for the...
Our Summer Movie Madness Tournament is hurtling into the Sweet 16. In a big upset in the Heroes bracket, a fedora and a whip ousted a high-tech helmet and a flying suit as No. 6 seed Indiana Jones...
View ArticleGood News — April 24
Hartville resident Terry Begue recently won first place in the Southern Division International Speech Contest of Toastmasters International District 10. Massillon resident Sandy Muirhead-Gould won...
View ArticleHow to volunteer: Golf, marathon, derby
Every year, thousands of people from around the world head to Akron for a trifecta of events that put the city on the international sports map.But the Bridgestone Invitational, the Akron Marathon and...
View ArticleLocal history: Elegant, restricted Fairlawn Heights was advertised as elite...
Away from the soot and strife of industrial Akron, “Ohio’s Most Beautiful Suburb” arose like a utopian enclave on the outskirts of town.Developers promised 100 years ago that 1,000-acre Fairlawn...
View ArticleStudents hack ideas for solutions at UA’s first hackathon
As the sun rose in Akron on Sunday morning, light shone through the windows of Bit Factory onto empty cans of Red Bull and sleeping bags scattered on the floor.Inside, some of the city’s brightest...
View ArticleCentrist Macron vs. far-right Le Pen in fight to lead France
PARIS: Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to a runoff in France’s presidential election, remaking the country’s political landscape and setting up a showdown...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: LeBron James’ record of 21 consecutive first-round playoff...
INDIANAPOLIS: J.R. Smith had no idea that he was a member of the last team that beat LeBron James in a first-round playoff game.“I try not to remember too much of my New York days,” Smith said of his...
View ArticleDon’t tell kids ‘Just Say No,’ they’re smarter than that
Forget the days of telling teenagers to “Just Say No to Drugs.”It’s not the ’80s or the ’90s, and the kids aren’t hip to McGruff the Crime Dog — if they ever were.Some things, though, haven’t changed,...
View Article2017 NFL Draft: Deshaun Watson has body of work, intangibles...
Deshaun Watson is something of a forgotten man among Browns fans.He led Clemson to a national title, and Tigers coach Dabo Swinney made headlines by insisting the Browns passing on him in the NFL Draft...
View ArticleCavaliers 106, Pacers 102: LeBron James leads Cavs to first-round sweep of...
INDIANAPOLIS: LeBron James stuck to the old script Sunday.Again, he bailed out the Cavaliers. And again, he sent the Indiana Pacers home for vacation.On yet another milestone day for basketball’s king,...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: J.R. Smith realizes behind-the-back pass could have been...
INDIANAPOLIS: It was a gaffe that could have cost the Cavaliers the game, and J.R. Smith knew it.The Cavs escaped with a 106-102 victory over the Pacers Sunday in Game 4 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse,...
View ArticlePolice: Boy, 10, set fire at Ohio store with people inside
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO: Police say a 10-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with aggravated arson after a fire at an Ohio discount store caused damage estimated at more than $200,000.Middletown...
View ArticleAkron Board of Education approves summer school, Kenmore/Buchtel alterations,...
The Akron Board of Education on Monday night laid the groundwork for the district’s secondary summer school program, alterations to high school space for vocational programs and the LeBron James Family...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls celebrates start of Front Street project with groundbreaking...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: When Libert Bozzelli served on City Council in the 1970s, he warned city officials not to do it.“I told the administration 39 years ago that you’re making one hell of a mistake,”...
View ArticleAkron authorities rescue man from car in Summit Lake
Akron authorities say they rescued a combative man from a partially submerged sport utility vehicle that he drove into Summit Lake.The 22-year-old Akron man drove a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica into the...
View ArticleAkron’s newest firefighter has special bond with fire trainer who rescued his...
On Monday morning, 32 men and a woman were sworn in as Akron’s newest firefighters.Each firefighter had chosen someone special in their life to join them on stage at the Akron-Summit Main Library...
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