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Cleared in 1988 slaying, former inmates Bob Gondor and Randy Resh don’t want...
The journey for Bob Gondor and Randy Resh to prove their innocence in a 1988 murder started and ended with a handshake. The childhood friends shook hands in 1990 in the driveway of Gondor’s family...
View ArticleGoodyear’s third NT airship being built at Wingfoot Lake
Goodyear’s third NT airship is starting to come together.Workers at Goodyear’s Suffield Township blimp base are at the beginning stages of assembling the last of three NT, or New Technology, airships...
View ArticleOhio man pleads guilty to coercing girl, 14, to have sex with him while he...
CINCINNATI: An Ohio man who authorities say held a 14-year-old girl captive for months and raped her while being electronically monitored because of an earlier abduction case pleaded guilty Friday to...
View ArticleWhat the closing of the Child Development Center says about UA
The decision to close the Center for Child Development at the University of Akron did not pass quietly. Critics even compared the decision-making to Scott Scarborough, whose short tenure as president...
View ArticleFood programs remain vital in Summit County as new study finds 85,110 people...
Cathleen Naugle is among area older adults who once a month get a Senior Box — a carton of food designed to assure they have consistent access to healthful eats.Naugle, 61, said she “never really used...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Not a knotty problem
I’ve heard of weird hobbies, but this one is the leader in the clubhouse.Akron resident Dean Johnson, 87, has a large collection of ... I’m serious here ... knotholes.A chain-saw maven, Johnson started...
View ArticleRyan Lewis: Trevor Bauer, Indians still searching for answers
Trevor Bauer sat in the visiting clubhouse of Comerica Park on Monday afternoon, staring at a computer screen, trying to digest that night’s scouting reports before his start against the Detroit...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Sacrifices of Kyle Korver, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert...
TORONTO: Kyle Korver said his cellphone had not blown up with voice mails and texts after his return from Cavaliers’ oblivion.“No, it’s Toronto,” he said before Saturday’s practice, perhaps more a...
View ArticleClem Caraboolad Award: Ellet’s Chuck Shuman earns Coach of the Year honor
Those who know Chuck Shuman best describe him as a “fair and caring” man.Whether it’s on a softball field, football field or just in casual conversation, Shuman displays “class” everyday and loves to...
View ArticleAkron-area schools keeping an eye on Netflix show ‘13 Reasons Why,’ urge...
Netflix is known for encouraging its viewers to binge watch a favorite program. But when a series delves into the sensitive topic of teen suicide, it prompts some — particularly mental health experts...
View ArticleODOT: New highway interchange in Akron going smoothly, state says
Pharmacist Dan Jones begins to smile.So does everyone else behind the counter at Klein’s pharmacy on South Broadway on the edge of downtown Akron.They’ve just been asked to comment on the ongoing $97.6...
View ArticleCamp Y-Noah holds free Family Fun Day
GREEN: There is an implied compliment to being called a “best-kept secret.”But Camp Y-Noah Director Carl “Rocky” Wargo would be happier if that idiom wasn’t needed to describe the YMCA’s 250-acre...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls schools might cut teachers, raise fees
CUYAHOGA FALLS: City schools Superintendent Todd Nichols has proposed cutting $2 million in expenses, including eliminating 24 teaching positions, the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press reports.“This is every...
View ArticleAkron nurse to compete on American Ninja Warrior
MEDINA: A labor and delivery nurse at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center is auditioning in Cleveland this week for the American Ninja Warrior television program, the Medina Gazette...
View ArticlePortage County authorities investigating death at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
NELSON TWP.: Authorities are investigating the death of a man this weekend at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, the Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier reports.David Richards, 33, of Tuscarawas County, was pronounced...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Kyrie Irving turns it on at ‘winning time,’ sparks Cavs...
TORONTO: Kyrie Irving knew what time it was.With 6:38 remaining in the fourth quarter as Serge Ibaka completed an and-one to give the Toronto Raptors a one-point lead, the Cavaliers guard knew what was...
View ArticleBrimfield police update look of vehicles
BRIMFIELD TWP.: Township police are updating the look of their vehicles.The Portage County police department posted several photos this weekend on Facebook showing off a new design that incorporates...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: LeBron James, Cavaliers reach level of dominance that seemed...
TORONTO: Game 4 didn’t have to be this close, this dramatic. A maddeningly characteristic third-quarter lapse after the Cavaliers built a 16-point lead on Sunday gave the Toronto Raptors a glimpse of...
View ArticleCavaliers 109, Raptors 102: LeBron James scores 35 points, Cavs complete...
TORONTO: LeBron James and the Cavaliers are headed back to a familiar place after sweeping aside another overmatched opponent.James scored 35 points, Kyrie Irving added 27 and the Cavs swept the...
View ArticleAkron man reports being shot several times by unknown assailants
An Akron man reported that he was shot several times at 7 p.m. Friday while sitting in a vehicle in the 700 block of Lafollette Street in South Akron, police said.Anthony K. Sams, 20, reported that the...
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