Bob Dyer: Mirror images leave earth together
They lived next door to each other.They died on the same day. At the same age.They had huge families.They were college-educated professionals, as well as stay-at-home moms.Their husbands were prominent...
View ArticleCircumstances examined in Columbus police shooting that stirs echoes of Tamir...
COLUMBUS: A black boy. A white Ohio police officer. A pellet gun that looked like a real weapon. And a deadly shooting.In a killing with unavoidable echoes of the Tamir Rice case out of Cleveland, a...
View ArticleLocal educators call state report cards ‘seriously flawed’
Local school leaders want parents and communities to know that the 2015-2016 School Report Cards released on Thursday do not represent the progress being made by their districts.“We, as responsible...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
FOOTBALLScheduleWeek 4Thursday’s ResultsSt. Thomas Aquinas 12, Canton Central Catholic 10Euclid 47, Mentor 37———Friday’s Games(All games 7 p.m., unless noted)Non-leagueBlack River (2-1) at Brooklyn...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: As Ravens running back Terrance West prepares to return to...
BEREA: Baltimore Ravens running back Terrance West claimed this week he requested to be traded from the Browns last year.“I was in Cleveland. I called for a trade when I was in Cleveland,” West said...
View ArticleHigh school football: OHSAA expected to punish Hoban football coach for...
Archbishop Hoban has been notified by the Ohio High School Athletic Association that its football coach, Tim Tyrrell, will be suspended if the Knights qualify for the state playoffs in 2016.Tyrrell...
View ArticleBrowns nose tackle Danny Shelton takes step in right direction: ‘He is...
BEREA: As Browns nose tackle Danny Shelton repeatedly knocked back Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, the 2015 first-round pick knocked some sense into the critics who have already written him off...
View ArticleParty at Napoli’s: How an $8 shirt with iron-on letters became the Indians’...
The Indians’ rallying cry for the season started with a sign, a piece of poster board bearing a fun invitation some believed was real.It morphed into a T-shirt, a gray, $8 Target purchase transformed...
View ArticleDecorators strut their style at Designer ShowHouse, opening Sunday
Walking into Designer ShowHouse 2016 is a little like stepping into a shelter magazine. Turn one page, and you’re kicking back in a sophisticated sun room. Turn another, and you can almost smell the...
View ArticleDonald Trump jokes about taking a pay cut if president, gets his hair tousled...
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is joking that he is “looking to make a lot less money” in changing jobs to become president.The billionaire businessman engaged in a relaxed banter with the host of “The...
View ArticleClinton campaign cancels Bernie Sanders-led rally in Canton
Bernie Sanders’ visit to the area Saturday will have one less stop than originally announced.In a news release Friday, the Hillary Clinton campaign announced that the Vermont senator and former...
View ArticleDeveloper, nonprofit propose new housing complex for disabled and homeless...
A developer wants to build an apartment complex for disabled and homeless adults near the former Rolling Acres Mall.Stoney Pointe Commons, which needs approval from Akron City Council, would house 68...
View ArticleArea deaths — Sept. 17, 2016
MEDINAMorrow, Charles C., 74, of Wadsworth. Died Friday. Hilliard-Rospert.Reese, Perry S., 67, of Medina. Died Thursday. Waite & Son.PORTAGEHarmacek, Eleanor R., 93, of Aurora. Died Wednesday....
View ArticleKasich joins Obama trade event in support of trade agreement
Ohio Gov. John Kasich visited the White House in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement on Friday. The Republican was among guests of President Barack Obama at a bipartisan meeting of...
View ArticleHigh school football Friday night scoreboard and schedule
Friday’s Games(All games 7 p.m., unless noted)Non-leagueBlack River 62, Brooklyn 27Buckeye 43, Fairview 17Dover 28, East 20Garaway 41, East Canton 7Western Reserve Academy 53, Fostoria St. Wendelin...
View ArticleBrowns running back Isaiah Crowell aiming for breakout performance on day Jim...
BEREA: Isaiah Crowell thinks it would be fitting if Browns running backs were to flourish Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens after a statue of NFL icon Jim Brown is unveiled outside FirstEnergy...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron’s EXL Center founder resigns
The future of the University of Akron’s Experiential Learning Center for Entrepreneurship and Civic Engagement, better known as the EXL Center, might be in jeopardy. The head of the center resigned...
View ArticleLeBron James Family Foundation donates uniforms to Firestone athletes
The atmosphere inside the new Firestone Community Learning Center was electric Friday afternoon.Students gathered in the gymnasium for a scheduled pep assembly that turned into a celebration of new...
View ArticleTwo women still trying to pick up the pieces of their lives after cycling...
The last time Cathie Hilston was happy — truly happy — it was just after 7 p.m., one year ago today. She was one of eight members of the Akron Bicycle Club on their regular Thursday night jaunt through...
View ArticleHigh school football / Stow 38, Wadsworth 14: Bulldogs take control early en...
STOW: No doubt about it this time.After receiving a scare against Wadsworth on its way to the best season in school history last year, Stow took no such chances on Friday.Unleashing an offense that...
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