Iconic Diamond Grille steakhouse changing hands
The iconic Diamond Grille steakhouse is changing hands.Katie Stack, a waitress for more than seven years at the Akron restaurant, and her husband, John, have bought the restaurant. The price was not...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic CEO to leave leadership by end of year
Dr. Toby Cosgrove, president and chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic for nearly 13 years, announced Monday morning that he will leave his job as the health system’s leader by the end of the...
View ArticleAkron mother who drove car into Summit Lake with daughter inside declared not...
An Akron mother was hearing voices telling her someone was going to harm her and her 2-year-old daughter.So she drove her car into Summit Lake, with her daughter inside.Dee’Andra McGhee, who nearly...
View ArticleState Route 8 south at Graham Road reduced to one lane after Jeep flips on side
Traffic is reduced to one lane on state Route 8 southbound near Graham Road after a Jeep flipped on its side.The accident occurred about 9:30 this morning in the far right lane.Police are on the...
View ArticleAkron homicide suspect turns himself in 13 days after shooting, police say
Kenneth D. Lindsey, wanted on a murder charge, turned himself in to Akron police detectives Monday, police said.Lindsey, 28, is suspected of shooting and killing Reginald Edwards, 32, in the parking...
View ArticleDispatcher heard snoring on 911 call is suspended for 6 days
CLEVELAND: A Cleveland police dispatcher heard snoring on a recorded 911 call has been suspended for six days for sleeping on the job.WJW-TV reports Jasmin Thomas pleaded no contest to internal charges...
View ArticleThings to Do, May 3: The xx at Jacobs Pavilion; Denny Laine at Kent Stage;...
Take in concert at the FlatsIt doesn’t feel much like summer weather, but the outdoor concert season is getting started, including a show by The xx at 8 p.m. at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, on the west...
View ArticleVoters decide income issues in several area communities
After previous failures at the ballot, Macedonia and Munroe Falls appeared ready to pass income tax increases with most of the vote counted in Tuesday’s special election.But a similar attempt in...
View ArticleNearly all Summit County school issues pass
Summit County school districts received mostly positive news following Tuesday’s election, with issues passing in all but one district.Coventry Local voters rejected a renewal of a 9.91-mill five-year...
View ArticleKent State receives $2.5 million gift for fashion school
KENT: The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation has given a $2.5 million gift to Kent State University for its Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising.The donation...
View ArticleDebate over livestreaming meetings splits City Council
A divided Akron City Council will air its public meetings as they unfold.With dissenting voices, City Council passed legislation Monday that amends a contract with WhiteSpace Creative, the Akron firm...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Wadsworth, Barberton, Hoover, Walsh Jesuit among area...
BaseballWadsworth 3, Nordonia 1Anthony Gannon allowed one run on four hits and struck out five for the host Grizzlies in the complete-game win over the Knights. Brock Snowball drove in two runs and...
View ArticleLongtime assistant Chuck Shuman to be named Ellet football coach
Chuck Shuman is scheduled to take over the Ellet football team as head coach after a long run as an Orangemen assistant to Joe Yost.Akron Public Schools Athletic Director Joe Vassalotti said Tuesday...
View ArticleAfter injury-wracked season, Cavaliers show in Game 1 against Raptors they...
CLEVELAND: On several fronts, Monday night’s performance against the Toronto Raptors felt like a step forward for the Cavaliers.Kyrie Irving’s playoff career-high 10 assists and 26 as a team on 39...
View ArticleCavaliers’ LeBron James continues to have fun interactions with fans
CLEVELAND: The paying customers at Quicken Loans Arena have grown accustomed to being entertained by LeBron James.Pretty much every NBA arena has been a place where James has done something memorable...
View ArticleGoodyear Heights parents face felony charges after 2 year-old son overdosed...
Akron police Wedensday said they had arrested the parents of a 2 year-old who overdosed on a synthetic opiate in March.Randy Boggs II, 27, and Catelynn Smiley, 21, face charges of felony child...
View ArticleSee a bumble bee? Report a bumble bee.
Where, oh where, have our childhood bumble bees gone?Summit Metro Parks and the University of Akron are asking for the public’s help in finding them.The groups are part of an Ohio coalition that has...
View ArticleJim Renacci ducks, dodges and deflects
Jim Renacci didn’t tell CNN that the latest version of the American Health Care Act would protect “beautifully” those people with preexisting conditions. That was President Trump on CBS over the...
View ArticleEight Akron children witness threats, violence before police arrest men in...
Children from two Akron families apparently witnessed ugly scenes of threats and violence involving men in their lives, according to Wednesday’s Akron police briefing.In the first case, police charged...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron to go smoke-free and vape-free beginning July 1
Smokers won’t be able to light up anywhere on the 200-plus-acre University of Akron campus beginning July 1.Use of e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco also will be out, as UA will become tobacco- and...
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