Still no charges for man who set fire to home, injured police officer during...
An Akron man remains uncharged three days after he allegedly injured a Cuyahoga Falls police officer by purposefully crashing his car into a police cruiser during a pursuit. The man, who has not been...
View ArticleArea deaths — July 27, 2016
MEDINAIsenhart, Orie L., 86, of Medina. Died Tuesday. Waite & Son.Strnad, Richard S., 86, of Valley City. Died Monday. Bauer.PORTAGEEskridge, Thomas N., 40, of Windham. Died Friday....
View ArticleOverdoses continue spiking in Akron, surpass 200 in less than a month
From January to June, Akron paramedics responded to about 320 drug overdose calls.In the three weeks between July 5 and July 26, paramedics logged 236.The dramatic spike, from two or fewer per day to...
View ArticleAkron Zoo offers price break to celebrate birth of snow leopards
The Akron Zoo continues to celebrate the rare births of three snow leopards with a price break on zoo admission.Any guest who uses the hashtag #AkronZoo3Cubs on a personal social media account will get...
View ArticleHigh school football: Massillon senior defensive lineman Malcolm Robinson Jr....
Massillon senior Malcolm Robinson Jr. remains proud of his roots in Ohio, but is willing to venture to Indiana to play college football next year.West Lafayette, Ind., to be exact. Robinson has...
View ArticleReinstated Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon to begin training camp sidelined...
Not only will recently reinstated Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon need to knock off the inevitable rust created by sitting out a full season, but he also must overcome a leg injury to ensure a...
View ArticleNomination fatigue? Elizabeth Banks’ jokes fall flat at Democratic convention
Tough room, Elizabeth Banks.You could’ve heard crickets in the Democratic convention hall when the Pitch Perfect and Hunger Games actress attempted a joke or two in introducing a short video about...
View ArticleHillary Clinton wins historic nomination — with a boost from Bernie Sanders
PHILADELPHIA: Taking on the role of devoted political spouse, former President Bill Clinton declared his wife Hillary Clinton an impassioned “change-maker,” serving as character witness for her on the...
View ArticleSpirit Airlines coming to Akron-Canton Airport
Akron-Canton Airport has spirit — Spirit Airlines, that is.Mark Kopczak, the vice president of network planning for Spirit Airlines, announced the low-cost carrier’s arrival during a news conference...
View ArticleStow to try new outreach for opiate addicts that hit rock bottom
STOW: Stow hopes to get opiate abusers help faster with a pilot program that will call in an extra resource each time police or EMS respond to an overdose.Operation Second Chance will “connect people...
View ArticleMan uses power spray to blast carjacking attempt at car wash
SHREVEPORT, La.: A man in Louisiana has thwarted a carjacking attempt with the help of a car wash power spray.KSLA-TV reports Michael Davis was cleaning his car at a Shreveport car wash July 20 when he...
View ArticleWisconsin girls lose appeal in Slender Man attack, will be tried as adults
Associated PressMADISON, Wis.: AA Wisconsin state appeals court ruled Wednesday that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender...
View ArticleChilling details of France church attack as hostage speaks
PARIS: More horrifying details emerged Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country’s main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity after meeting with...
View ArticleDNC 2016 rallies and protests: Delegates take center stage at DNC protest
PHILADELPHIA: The Latest on protests and demonstrations on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (all times local):3:15 p.m.Delegates are taking center stage at a rally organized by Bernie...
View ArticleTrump mixes up Sen. Tim Kaine and Gov. Tom Kean
MIAMI: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has taken a shot at Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, for doing a terrible job as governor of New Jersey.The problem,...
View ArticleDNC 2016: Aides: Bloomberg to go after Trump on economy
3:42 p.m.Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will offer a forceful denunciation of fellow New York billionaire Donald Trump Wednesday at the Democratic convention.The speech is notable in part...
View ArticlePennsylvania bank expands into Ohio by buying 13 FirstMerit branches
A western Pennsylvania banking company seeking to expand in Ohio is buying 13 FirstMerit branches in Stark and Ashtabula counties.First Commonwealth Financial Corp., headquartered in Indiana, Pa., will...
View ArticleAkron receives $5 million federal grant to improve downtown
Akron has received a $5 million federal grant to rebuild South Main Street downtown.The city announced the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant Wednesday, saying it will...
View ArticleGordon, a physically abused pit bull rescued from an Akron dogfighting ring,...
Gordon — a pit bull used as a bait dog in an Akron dogfighting ring — seemed to find a happy ending in January when he cuddled up with a Sandusky woman and her 1-year-old daughter who promised “Gordo”...
View ArticleFor would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley, freedom only days away
WASHINGTON: For the past decade, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan has quietly spent a growing number of his days living with his 90-year-old mother in a gated community in Williamsburg, Va. On...
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