Bob Dyer: Akron’s LeBron banner returns home
As you may recall, Sherwin Williams was planning to replace its 10-story LeBron James banner in downtown Cleveland for this week’s Republican National Convention, temporarily substituting an enormous...
View ArticleRNC 2016 live updates: Pence accepts VP nomination; Cruz doesn’t fully...
This is the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.The Beacon Journal will continue to provide coverage of what’s happening in and around the convention with updates throughout...
View ArticleDonald Trump to make appearance Friday at University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall
UPDATE: Trump has canceled this appearance. Read more about it here. Fresh from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel south Friday for a late...
View ArticleDonald Trump gets no endorsement from Ted Cruz; convention crowd boos Texas...
CLEVELAND: Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbornly withheld his endorsement from Donald Trump on Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, ignoring noisy...
View ArticleRNC: Where Ohio fits (or doesn't) in a potential Trump presidency
Ohio Republicans are in hand-to-hand combat with the Donald Trump campaign and the rest of the GOP, a fight that has implications for both the state and national parties. It was so bad Wednesday that...
View ArticleRNC Thursday: schedule and prime-time speakers
HERE Is WHO’LL TAKE BIG STAGE ON FINAL NIGHTThis is the final day of the Republican National Convention, and it finishes with the acceptance speech by candidate Donald Trump.The main program begins at...
View ArticlePolice: 141 overdoses, 14 heroin deaths in Akron since July 5
The number of overdoses and deaths from heroin this month continues to rise in Akron. From midnight July 5 through Tuesday evening, there have been 141 heroin overdoses and 14 deaths from heroin in...
View ArticleNo one injured in fire that causes popular Kent wine bar to close indefinitely
KENT: Riverside Wine & Bar at 911 N. Mantua St., whose large deck on the Cuyahoga River draws crowds in the warmer weather, is closed following an electrical fire Thursday morning.Owners Robert and...
View ArticleRNC updates: Speeches touch on opportunity, beating the odds; officers...
This is the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.The Beacon Journal will again have reporters in and around Cleveland to provide the latest news.8:40 p.m.Speech excerptsThe RNC...
View ArticleExtreme heat and severe storms on way to Akron, National Weather Service warns
It will be heated and stormy in Northeast Ohio this weekend and it has nothing to do with the politics in Cleveland.The National Weather Service warns that some of the warmest temperatures of the year...
View ArticleMichael Huguley sentenced to 15 years to life for stabbing death of the...
Ronald McCray faced the man convicted of stabbing his daughter Thursday and told him, “You’re a brutal murderer.”Michael Huguley lowered his head, not looking at McCray.“You don’t kill someone you...
View ArticleAkron artist leaves messages of love and peace in Cleveland for Republican...
Mac Love never noticed the woman watching him work under the Main Avenue Bridge in Cleveland.The Akron artist, a piece of Crayola chalk in hand, sketched the word “DREAM” about six-feet high on an...
View ArticleSuspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon meets with NFL Commissioner Roger...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell got to look Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon in the eye as they talked about whether the oft-suspended player is worthy of another chance.Goodell and Gordon met Wednesday...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Has any Eastern Conference team done enough to stop...
For all the trades and free-agent signings that shook the NBA this month, one truth emerged quickly during my short stay in Las Vegas last week: Nothing has really changed.A number of executives...
View ArticleMLB notebook: Chicago Cubs could have reunion with possible return of four...
Friday could mark a reunion of sorts when the Cubs resume play against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.Dexter Fowler, who hasn’t played for the Cubs since June 18 because of a right hamstring...
View ArticleSources: Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine emerges as favorite in Clinton’s VP search
STERLING, Va.: Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as the leading contender to join the Democratic ticket as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, according to two Democrats, who both cautioned that Clinton...
View ArticleRNC protesters carry on without violence under watchful eyes of police in...
A march in protest of Donald Trump’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate went without a hitch Thursday morning — despite the efforts of a religious group on the march route.Stand...
View ArticleDonald Trump officially accepts Republican presidential nomination; pledges...
CLEVELAND: Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re losing,...
View ArticleDonald Trump cancels campaign stop in Akron and struggles to find donors in Ohio
Donald J. Trump’s first action as the Republican nominee for president of the United States may be to find somewhere else to host supporters and party insiders.The Trump campaign tried to organize an...
View ArticleGov. John Kasich leads divided Ohio Republicans on final day of Cleveland...
Republican leaders continued to stress party unity and solidarity the final day of the Cleveland convention. But many in Ohio, including the governor, are still not in sync with the national party’s...
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