Remains found believed to be missing Ohio college student
WAUSEON: The remains of a college student whose disappearance several days ago prompted a search in Ohio are believed to be found, authorities said Saturday.Investigators looking for Sierah Joughin...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls officer seriously injured after police say driver...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: A Cuyahoga Falls police officer was seriously injured early Saturday morning in what may have been an attack on police.According to the police, the incident unfolded like this: A...
View ArticleIslamic State group attacks protest in Afghan capital, kills 80 people
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a peaceful protest in the Afghan capital on Saturday that killed at least 80 people and wounded more than...
View ArticleTurkey seizes over 2,250 institutions in post-coup crackdown
ISTANBUL: In a new tactic against suspected coup plotters, Turkey on Saturday announced it had seized more than 2,250 social, educational or health care institutions and facilities that it claims pose...
View ArticleRussian balloonist lands safely in Australia after 11 days
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: A cold and exhausted 65-year-old Russian balloonist came back to Earth with a bruising thud in the Australian Outback on Saturday after claiming a new record by flying solo around...
View ArticleBeacon Journal Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Setting lofty goals and...
When Vanessa Pasadyn started her freshman year at Brunswick High School in 2012, she wanted to reach several of her goals.Pasadyn aspired to find success in academics and athletics, and to help in the...
View ArticlePeople in the news — compiled July 23
Clapton guitar sells for $45,000A guitar owned by British singer-songwriter Eric Clapton sold at auction for $45,000 and the proceeds will be used to pay the medical bills of a well-known Texas...
View ArticleWhat should be done with former Rolling Acres Mall? Here are 12 ideas
It’s a question on a lot of people’s minds: Now that the city of Akron owns the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall complex, what should be done with it? The mall closed in 2008 after years of decline. Akron...
View ArticleTwo-party marriages not as rare as you might think. Couples learn to cope
Laurie Herington is a liberal Democrat, offering her electric car as evidence. Her husband, Rick Reese, leans the other way — saying he isn’t exactly pro-Republican but he is definitely anti-Democrat....
View ArticlePolice: Munich suspect was obsessed with mass shootings
MUNICH: The gunman whose rampage at a Munich mall left nine people dead was a depression-plagued teenager who avidly read books and articles about mass killings and apparently tried to lure young...
View Article2016 Beacon Journal Scholar Athlete Nominations
BoysHere is a list of other boys who are scholar-athlete nominees that were nominated by a coach, teacher, administrator, counselor, athletic director or secretary:Colin Arbuthnot, Green, 4.17 GPA, 30...
View ArticleBeacon Journal Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Diligence in academics,...
It is in Stephen Kronenberger’s nature to be somewhat quiet and inquisitive.His mother, Sandi Kraus, noticed that he “loved figuring things out long before kids his age normally do” and that he was...
View ArticleRyan Lewis: Indians in position to be buyers at this year’s trade deadline
The time is right for the Indians to strike.The nonwaiver trade deadline is Aug. 1. All 30 clubs are evaluating their rosters and position in the standings to determine the No. 1 question in late July:...
View ArticleSatisfying, surprising juxtapositions in varied Neos festival performance
Neos Dance Theatre kicked off the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival at Firestone Park on Friday with a cool and eclectic evening of dance highlighted by the world premiere of Stephanie Martinez’s In the...
View ArticleBudweiser Clydesdales coming to Green, Kent
The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales will clip clop through the Akron area next month.The draft horses will make an appearance in Green and will once again parade through downtown Kent.It’s been...
View ArticleBrave artists at Akron Arts Expo
White tents covered Hardesty Park over the weekend, filling it with artwork as the 37th annual Akron Arts Expo kicked off with a heat wave and ended with a bang — of thunder.But as many of the 150...
View ArticleThings to Do, July 25: ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ in theaters; ‘Peace’...
‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ The graphic novel-turned-film Batman: The Killing Joke will be shown at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in theaters, including Interstate Park 18, Akron; Montrose 12;...
View ArticleShoppers hopeful about Chapel Hill Mall’s turnaround
Betty Jarvis of Tallmadge has been a mall walker at Chapel Hill Mall for nearly 30 years. She’s seen the ups and downs of the mall, which last week was purchased by a New York businessman who...
View ArticleOn eve of convention, Democratic chair Wasserman Schultz announces resignation
PHILADELPHIA: The Hillary Clinton campaign, responding to leaked internal Democratic Party emails that threatened to revive tensions with Sen. Bernie Sanders’ followers, moved quickly to squelch the...
View ArticleLocal history: Ohio woman who ran for U.S. president in 19th century was...
She didn’t have the right to vote, but that didn’t stop her from seeking office.Ohio native Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927), the first woman to run for U.S. president, was ahead of her time.Many...
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