Local history: Can you help solve these mini mysteries?
Who needs Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew, Charlie Chan, Jane Marple or Hercule Poirot?We have Beacon Journal and Ohio.com readers who can use their detective skills to solve a few mini mysteries.So put on...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Starting center Cameron Erving hospitalized overnight with...
CLEVELAND: Browns starting center Cameron Erving suffered a pulmonary contusion and was hospitalized overnight for observation after Sunday’s 25-20 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the home opener.A...
View ArticleNo winner Sunday in Garrettsville’s Queen of Hearts drawing; next week’s...
GARRETTSVILLE: The parking lot at SkyLane Bowling in Garrettsville pulsed with noise as country singer Chris Higbee performed on a tractor-trailer stage in front of a cheering crowd overflowing into...
View ArticleBrowns legend Jim Brown immortalized with bronze statue outside FirstEnergy...
In a Browns season filled with uncertainty, one thing is certain — fans still love Jim Brown and cling to the greatness he brought to the field.All it took was a glimpse of the 80-year-old former...
View ArticleAkron officer fatally shoots man with assault rifle, police say
A 61-year-old man was fatally shot by an Akron police officer when police say the man pulled out an assault rifle following an altercation in a Kenmore neighborhood on Sunday afternoon. Police say the...
View ArticleBrowns report: Penalties on receivers Corey Coleman and Terrelle Pryor prove...
CLEVELAND: The opportunity to even their record was there for the taking for the Browns Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium. Instead, two key penalties contributed to a 25-20 loss to the...
View ArticleNFL notebook: Sam Bradford makes his season debut with the Minnesota Vikings
Sam Bradford was Minnesota’s starting quarterback against rival Green Bay.Vikings coach Mike Zimmer refused to reveal his decision all week. The team didn’t even acknowledge Bradford in the lineups...
View ArticleBrowns analysis: Nate Ulrich breaks down 25-20 loss to Ravens
What went right: The Browns scored touchdowns on each of their first three possessions, and two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden intercepted two passes from Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, once in the...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Browns quarterback Josh McCown is toughness personified
CLEVELAND: Snap after snap, throw after throw, Josh McCown kept getting up. No matter how deep the Baltimore Ravens’ front seven tried burying him into the turf Sunday, McCown found a shovel and dug...
View ArticleTigers 9, Indians 5: Tension rises after Trevor Bauer hits three batters
CLEVELAND: Trevor Bauer struggled with his command early and the Tigers delivered the knockout punch in the ninth to down the Indians 9-5 on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field. The Indians’ lead in...
View ArticleRavens 25, Browns 20: Quarterback Josh McCown fights through painful shoulder...
CLEVELAND: Murphy’s Law is killing the Browns.Not only did they blow a 20-point lead Sunday en route to a 25-20 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the home opener at FirstEnergy Stadium, but their...
View ArticleAkron police arrest Coventry Township man accused of assaulting another man...
Akron police arrested a Coventry Township man accused of assaulting another man with a drinking glass at a bar Saturday morning.Aaron E. Rowland, 49, has been charged with felonious assault.Police say...
View ArticlePortage County man, 26, charged with raping 4-year-old girl
A 26-year-old Randolph Township man has been charged with raping a 4-year-old girl over the weekend.Coleman P. Peace is charged with rape of a child under age 10, a felony punishable by up to life in...
View ArticleWho’s Running? Caitlyn Bromley still haunted by hit-and-run incident during...
As Caitlyn Bromley hugged the concrete curb, her first thought came slowly, methodically: “Did that just happen? This isn’t a movie. You were just hit by a car. You. Just. Got. Hit. By. A. Car.”Her...
View ArticlePolymer conference begins this week at Akron Hilton
The Akron Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers and its thermoplastic elastomer, or TPE, special interest group, hosts a conference starting Tuesday on thermoplastic elastomers at the Akron...
View ArticleMan fatally shot by Akron police after pulling rifle from van had no criminal...
The Kenmore man who was fatally shot by a police officer on Sunday afternoon had no criminal history, Akron police reported.An officer who has not been identified fired at the 61-year-old man after he...
View ArticleWords can hurt -UA’s Student Government wants to build a wall of offensive...
Diversity week at the University of Akron kicked off Monday with the university’s Steel Drum Band on stage in the Student Union.The week will feature 26 programs and events on campus focused on a...
View ArticleTulsa police say man had no gun; video shows he had hands up
By Justin JuozapaviciusAssociated PressTULSA, OKLA.: An unarmed black man killed by a white Oklahoma officer who was responding to a stalled vehicle can be seen in police video walking away from...
View ArticleNew option in school building plan would give Akron six high schools
The Akron Board of Education is on the clock, again, to secure state money to build the city’s final high school.“Since our last joint school board/City Council meeting in June, we have $4 million less...
View ArticleWho’s Running? Helen McWilliams racing for a Guinness record dressed as a...
Helen McWilliams will be the first to tell you her shtick is “silly,” and yet dressing up as a chef and swinging a heavy stockpot on a 26.2-mile run hits so many sweet spots for this fun-loving...
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