Akron Dish: Chinese burgers to tempt near UA; Summit Croissants at Highland...
A new Chinese restaurant near the University of Akron won’t be your typical Chinese takeout joint.Green Willow, on Brown Street just south of East Exchange, will offer Chinese hamburgers — known as rou...
View ArticleShooter of Canton K-9 Jethro gets 45 years in prison
The man who sparked national outrage when he shot and killed a Canton police dog during a burglary in January was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison.Kelontre D. Barefield, 23, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleOhio Congressional members say pick Ravenna for future missile defense system
In a rare show of bipartisan support, 17 Congress members from Ohio are urging that Ravenna become the site of a new military missile defense system.In a letter to Vice Admiral James D. Syring,...
View ArticleAkron police sergeant charged with OVI, vehicular assault after crash...
An Akron police sergeant has been charged with causing an alcohol-fueled crash that severely injured his wife a couple of weeks ago.Sgt. Vince Yurick was charged with aggravated vehicular assault,...
View ArticleState Route 18 being reduced to one lane each way in Bath, Copley townships
Another big traffic inconvenience is hitting the Akron area.The Ohio Department of Transportation says state Route 18, also known as Medina Road, will be reduced to one lane in each direction between...
View ArticleClayton Murphy’s Olympic bronze medal could be worth millions in media...
Less than 48 hours after he captured a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the Rio Olympics, Clayton Murphy pledged to continue to help raise the national profile of the University of Akron track and...
View ArticleBrowns cornerback Tramon Williams grappling with emotions brought on by...
TAMPA, FLA.: Browns cornerback Tramon Williams has started every game in which he’s appeared the past six seasons, so the 10-year NFL veteran is grappling with some feelings of...
View ArticleTrial of suspect in Cuyahoga Valley National Park shooting will move forward
A federal judge dismissed the idea that there could be two men in Akron named Dezay Ely with the nickname of “Scrap” in deciding to move forward with a trial for the Ely in custody.Ely is accused of...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Rookie wide receiver Corey Coleman shows he’s ready to leap...
TAMPA, FLA.: Browns rookie wide receiver Corey Coleman avoided a scare and confirmed he’s healthy in a single bound.Coleman caught a deep pass out of bounds Wednesday during the last play of the second...
View ArticleInterim UA president’s personal touch wins high marks from students and...
Interim University of Akron president Matthew Wilson surprised freshman students and parents as he mingled with them Wednesday as the students moved into residence halls.“You know what I was really...
View ArticleFirst Rubber City Jazz & Blues Festival strikes the tones this weekend in...
Northeast Ohio is laden with musical talent in nearly any genre or style you can imagine. You can’t stand on a street corner in Summit, Stark or Cuyahoga counties and spit into the wind without...
View ArticleBicyclist found unconscious in possible hit-skip early morning in Akron
Akron police are looking into whether a bicyclist found unconscious on Clearview Avenue in Akron shortly before 6 a.m. today was hit by motorist who then drove away, leaving the man on the ground.The...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Museum on target for fall opening
The new Akron Children’s Museum is moving forward with plans to open this fall.Organizers recently launched an online, matching fundraising campaign and construction workers are busy building out the...
View ArticleTom Ganley, car group founder and one-time Republican candidate for Congress,...
Beacon Journal business writerTom Ganley, who built what grew into a 36-dealership car business based in Northeast Ohio, ran for U.S. Senate and Congress and took on Cleveland organized crime, died...
View ArticleOutbreak of itchy welts blamed on microscopic oak leaf itch mites
When North Royalton resident Norma Fink got out of the shower Tuesday, she noticed a big welt on her shin with a pimple-like bump in the middle. She’d noticed some other welts a few days earlier, but...
View ArticleMailbag: Trivago pitchman; ‘Criminal Minds’ departures; ‘Fast N’ Loud’ returning
You have questions. I have some answers.Q: Could you please give me any information on the guy in the Trivago commercials?A: That’s Tim Williams, a 50-year-old actor and musician from Texas. Rolling...
View ArticleHoppin’ Frog Brewery celebrates 10th anniversary
Fred Karm had no interest in making beers that he thought regular folks would drink.Instead, with the launch of his Hoppin’ Frog Brewery a decade ago, he decided to brew the beers that his friends...
View ArticleAkron man, 57, dies from injuries in bicycle crash
An Akron bicyclist who was found unresponsive after a crash Thursday morning has died.Mark Whitmire, 57, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m. Friday at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center, the...
View ArticleNew Franklin man Robert Lantz Jr. pleads guilty to lesser charge of...
A New Franklin man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter for an assault in the parking lot of a Norton nightclub that left a Norton man dead.Robert P. Lantz Jr., 37,...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Aug. 26
FOOTBALLScoreboardFriday’s ResultsArchbishop Hoban 42, Canton McKinley 14Avon 21, Strongsville 14Avon Lake 23, Elyria 21Barberton 34, Norton 6Bedford 68, Berea-Midpark 34 Black River 50, Collins...
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