Stow police warning residents about ticket scam
STOW: City police are warning residents about an email scam involving traffic cameras.A resident reported that she received an email from e.tickets.com noting that a Stow traffic camera had recorded...
View ArticlePolice: Man was on cell phone when hit, killed by train in Ohio
LORAIN, OHIO: Police say a man was talking on his cell phone when he was hit and killed by a train in Ohio.Investigators say the man was walking along tracks in Lorain Thursday evening when he was hit...
View ArticleBrowns exec Sashi Brown says it would be ‘surprise’ if team adds another QB...
Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown insisted Friday he would be comfortable entering the 2017 season without adding another quarterback and he’d be surprised if the franchise acquired one...
View ArticlePatrol: Inmate dies after allegedly being attacked by another inmate
LUCASVILLE, OHIO: The State Highway Patrol says it’s investigating the death of an inmate after he was allegedly attacked by another inmate at an Ohio prison.A patrol report says Melvin Green sustained...
View ArticleThe fury of a woman scorned? Akron woman faces charges after police say she...
A 23 year-old Akron woman faces felonious assault and criminal damaging charges after attacking her former boyfriend’s girlfriend and the girlfriend’s car, police said. Police learned of the incident...
View ArticleODOT begins widening project on state Route 619 on Monday
The Ohio Department of Transportation will officially begin work Monday on a project to widen and add two roundabouts on state Route 619 in Lake Township and Hartville.The state agency warned motorists...
View ArticleGetaway foiled: Akron police nab suspects after recognizing car used in...
AKRON: Police Thursday may have put an end to a string of robberies of Check into Cash stores because officers recognized the getaway car —a bright blue Ford Fusion.Police spied the car at the...
View ArticleSumma Health’s interim CEO says “everything is on the table” for correcting...
In the eight weeks since he became interim CEO at Summa Health, Dr. Cliff Deveny has been on an extensive listening tour.He’s been meeting with employees, from the housecleaning staff to nurses to...
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 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 ArticleLeBron passes on beer offer from Great Lakes Brewing Company — reportedly...
A magical moment in Game 1 of the Cavaliers’ Eastern Conference playoff series against the Toronto Raptors has turned flat.The image of a skidding LeBron James hitting the brakes just before the first...
View ArticleAkron hotel liquidation sale accidentally exposes former guests’ credit...
The ongoing liquidation sale at the shuttered Akron City Centre Hotel inadvertently exposed at least hundreds of hotel guest records, including photocopies of still-current driver’s licenses and credit...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Is the retail landscape morphing to meet changing shopping...
I am a shopper that I bet retailers love and hate.I hate to buy things full price. I look for things that are on sale or, better yet, on clearance.I shop both online — I love my Amazon Prime membership...
View ArticleSee a bumblebee? Report a bumblebee
Where, oh where, have our childhood bumblebees 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 ArticleCouple gives gift of time to other families grieving loss of baby
A North Canton couple is on a mission to help grieving parents of stillborn infants or newborn death get something they didn’t: enough time to say goodbye.On Oct. 27, 2015, Erin and Tony Maroon found...
View ArticleProposals would ban schools from challenging property taxes or make them pay...
School districts and businesses are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to fight over property taxes.Schools want to collect more, and businesses try to pay less.It’s a quiet and...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Coach Dwane Casey challenges Raptors to throw punches,...
TORONTO: LeBron James spinning the ball twice before draining a 3-pointer in Serge Ibaka’s face in the second quarter of Game 2.James picking up a server’s beer and pretending to take a sip when...
View ArticleCavaliers 115, Raptors 94: LeBron James, Kyle Korver key fourth-quarter run...
TORONTO: The Toronto Raptors’ two-headed monster had only one head Friday night and for three quarters, it appeared it — or he — would shoot holes in the old axiom.Especially against a Cavaliers team...
View ArticleMan slain, woman shot at large party in Portage County
FRANKLIN TWP.: A Cleveland man and a Columbus woman were shot early Saturday morning as law enforcement tried to quell a large party in Portage County, authorities said.The man — Jayquon Devione...
View ArticleHard Rock Rocksino adding a gas station and car wash
NORTHFIELD: Hard Rock, an international brand known for music, food, hotels and gambling, is expanding its reach into ... gas and carwashes.The Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park announced Wednesday...
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