Summit judge recovering after fall during run
A Summit County judge is recovering after recently falling 30 feet while running on a trail at Hampton Hills Metro Park in Akron. Domestic Relations Court Judge John Quinn lost his balance and fell,...
View ArticleSentencing of Akron man who fatally shot another man after police say the...
The much-anticipated sentencing of David Hillis, who shot and killed Marcus Glover away from his property after police say Glover and another man forced their way into Hillis’ Akron home, has been put...
View ArticleAs Browns running back Isaiah Crowell atones for misdeed off field, he’s in...
BEREA: Many fans wanted the Browns to cut Isaiah Crowell amid controversy this past summer. Some still do. Reporters questioned whether the stress created by the situation would suffocate Crowell and...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 6
FOOTBALLScoreboardThursday’s ResultWadsworth 38, Twinsburg 36Scoring SummaryWADSWORTH 38, TWINSBURG 36Wadsworth 6 15 8 9 — 38Twinsburg 14 14 0 8 — 36Twi.: McClain 1 run (McCarthy kick)Wad.: Palidar 60...
View ArticleHow Browns defensive end Xavier Cooper overcame a learning disability, kept...
Xavier Cooper returned to his parents’ house in Tacoma, Wash., after a workout in late July and found his mother, Dawn, waiting for him to open an important piece of mail.His diploma from Washington...
View ArticleDeadly Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Leaving more than 280 dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with potentially catastrophic winds of 130 mph Thursday, and 2 million people...
View ArticleAkron man goes on trial in rape linked to DNA evidence; Efrem Johnson already...
Though 16 years have passed since she was raped and beaten in a wooded area of Akron, the 54-year-old woman was able to point out the man she says attacked her because of one feature she hasn’t...
View ArticleIn Manchester, the party for coach Jim France gets a timeout
From the beginning of the 2016 school year, the community of New Franklin has been abuzz with the possibility that Manchester High School football coach Jim France would do it this year: Break the...
View ArticleCavaliers guard Iman Shumpert loses weight, hopes to add production
INDEPENDENCE: From the wrist surgery that cost him two months to some of his worst career numbers across the board, not much went right last season for Iman Shumpert — other than signing that $40...
View ArticleIndians 5, Red Sox 4: Three home runs, bullpen take down Red Sox; Indians...
CLEVELAND: The Indians flexed some muscle against a Cy Young contender, and Trevor Bauer and the bullpen stalled baseball’s best offense to top the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Thursday and take a 1-0 American...
View ArticleSouth side barber inspires blacks to vote
Rodney Dennis walked to the edge of his south Akron neighborhood and stopped. Across Archwood Avenue, he pointed to a park, a library, a church and a old brick schoolhouse, kept pristine in a...
View ArticleFor Summit common pleas judge: Scot Stevenson and Todd McKenney
Joy Oldfield won election to a judgeship on the Akron Municipal Court five years ago. Now, before her term ends, she is asking voters to approve a promotion to the Summit County common pleas bench. She...
View ArticleHigh school football Friday night scoreboard
Friday’s GamesCity SeriesBuchtel 21, Garfield 0East 38, Ellet 31Federal LeagueLake 28, North Canton Hoover 14Perry 35, Green 30Greater Cleveland Conference Euclid 28, Elyria 21Mentor 35, Medina 32Solon...
View ArticleProposals accepted by ADM Board to open housing for drug addicts awaiting...
Summit County is seeking agencies to provide temporary housing for recovering drug addicts while they wait for a spot in a treatment program. Proposals to the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health...
View ArticleDowntown Akron may start shaking as contractors blast underground rock for...
Akron is warning downtown property owners, workers and residents that the earth may soon shake beneath their feet.Contractors might begin blasting underground in a couple of weeks as workers continue...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Players get taste of playoff atmosphere, expand on 2013...
CLEVELAND: For many of the Indians players on the field Thursday and Friday, it was their first taste of playoff baseball and the added electricity that comes with it. For others, it was their second...
View ArticleTrump apologizes yet he’s still defiant after crude remarks
NEW YORK: After being caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married woman he tried to seduce, Donald Trump declared in a midnight video, “I was wrong and I apologize.” Yet he claimed...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Indians’ success against Red Sox illustrates franchise’s...
CLEVELAND: In the past 18 months, everything came together.Strikingly evident after a 6-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday at Progressive Field gave the Indians a 2-0 lead in the American...
View ArticleBlack voters, if inspired, could tip the scales in presidential race
In the run-up to Ohio’s voter registration deadline Tuesday, civil rights advocates and Democrats have aggressively pushed for high voter turnout among blacks, a voting block that could decide the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 7
FootballScoreboardFriday’s ResultsAlliance 42, Carrollton 32Archbishop Hoban 30, Parma Padua 10Ashland 49, Mount Vernon 36Aurora 49, Revere 21Austintown Fitch 38, Ashtabula Lakeside 0Avon 49, N....
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