Trump campaign confirms stop in Akron
Donald Trump will be in Akron on Monday, his campaign has confirmed. Tickets for a rally at the James A. Rhodes Arena on the University of Akron campus are available through the campaign’s online...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: Now you know what I did all summer
I wish I was back in school. When I was growing up, the school year would begin with the teacher asking us to write a paper: “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.”Most children would read of their...
View ArticleArea woman is Akron’ first entrepreneurship fellow; will embed in the area’s...
By Katie ByardBeacon Journal business writerHeather Roszczyk has never started her own company. But she figures she’s got the risk-taking spirit of an entrepreneur. After all, she moved from Ohio to...
View ArticleCleveland Heights gives owner 30 days to collect naked Trump statue
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS: Authorities have given the owner of a naked Donald Trump statue 30 days to claim it along with a minor misdemeanor citation.Cleveland.com reports (http://bit.ly/2bCoPxd ) the statue...
View ArticleSecond suspect in Cuyahoga Valley National Park shooting arrested after...
FBI agents say they have arrested the man who last month drove a woman to Cuyahoga Valley National Park, where a friend attempted to kill her with three gunshots to the head.Raymond Moore III, 27, of...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Your days are numbered
If you hate statistics, turn the page or click the mouse.No, wait! That’s not a wise way for me to start a column.Let’s try this: If you want to know how many more years you have left to live, keep...
View ArticlePorchRokr attracts 200-plus bands, many more spectators at Highland Square
In Hereford Park, amongst playground contraptions and sidewalk games, the strumming of bass and electric guitars pierced the air.Adults recognized the tune — AC/DC’s familiar T.N.T. — but not the voice...
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GOLFGIRLSLate FridayST. VINCENT-ST. MARY 195, MANSFIELD 254(At Oak Tree Golf Course, Mansfield. Par: 36)STVM: Knox 47, Hofacker 47, Henderson 48, Brown 53.Mansfield: Weese 60, Molton 62, Jacons 64,...
View ArticleEnding the silence: A conversation about heroin; public event to be Sept. 1
It is time we had a talk about heroin.This is a conversation we need to have as a community.Some frightening statistics were reported early this month by Beacon Journal staff writer Nick Glunt:• 338:...
View ArticleA daughter’s plea: A letter to my heroin dad
A letter to my heroin dad:I’m referring to you as my heroin dad because you aren’t my dad. You’re a monster drug which has taken over my father’s body, and unfortunately I do not remember a time when...
View ArticleThings to Do, August 21: ‘Macbeth’ at Stan Hywet; party in Howe Meadow; learn...
Say bye-bye to the BardIt’s your last chance to catch Shakespeare at Stan Hywet this summer: Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s Macbeth closes with an 8 p.m. show. Gates open for picnic dinners at 6, and the...
View ArticleArmy sergeant retires after 21 years of service as son enlists
Almost 11 years ago to date, the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history ripped through Louisiana, devastating an estimated 15 million people in its wake.At the time, Carl Barton, a...
View ArticleBrowns receiver Terrelle Pryor serves notice to league that he’s a deep-ball...
CLEVELAND: Desmond Trufant, the youngest of three cornerback brothers to play in the NFL, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds three years ago at the NFL Combine.But when Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor...
View ArticlePolice say Massillon couple shot and killed by woman’s suspected ex-boyfriend
Police say a Massillon couple was killed Saturday night by a man from Jackson Township who police suspect was the woman’s ex-boyfriend.The Massillon Police Department Facebook page states officers...
View ArticleTed Strickland did not wreck the state
A recent television ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee starts: “When you’re governor, your job is to protect the state’s finances.” No surprise that an outfit devoted to electing, and...
View ArticleCar slams into crowd at outdoor concert in Parma Heights, injuring nine
PARMA HEIGHTS: A car slammed into a crowd at an outdoor concert in Ohio injuring nine people, two of them seriously.It happened Sunday night in Parma Heights, about 10 miles south of Cleveland.Police...
View ArticleLocal history: Akron’s own Mark Stevens became a Hollywood star
Steve Richards saw Hollywood stars everywhere he looked in downtown Akron. Their bold names leaped off glowing marquees at the Palace, Colonial, Orpheum, Strand, Allen, Forum and Loew’s theaters.When...
View ArticleChild suicide bomber attacks Turkish wedding party; 51 die
ISTANBUL: A child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and wounded nearly 70 others at a Kurdish wedding party near Turkey’s border with Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, decrying...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Nose tackle Danny Shelton says coaches expect more from him,...
BEREA: Browns nose tackle Danny Shelton thinks he has improved, but he’s still not making the impact his coaches desire. They’re not the only ones who want better production. “They’re expecting more,”...
View ArticleBrowns snapshot: How Hue Jackson plans to ensure Josh Gordon can ‘hit the...
Sunday’s developments• Although former All-Pro wide receiver Josh Gordon will serve a four-game suspension to begin the regular season, coach Hue Jackson has frequently used him with the starters in...
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