Insecure emails or nuclear war? Clinton attempts to focus voters in Kent on...
Introduced Monday by a Cold War-era veteran who faced nuclear war, Hillary Clinton gave a sober speech at Kent State — not to strike fear into the electorate — she said, but to draw attention to Donald...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Toledo is first hurdle for Zips with MAC title...
As University of Akron football coach Terry Bowden is fond of saying, the team’s goals are all still out there for the taking.Whether the Zips able to reach them remains to be seen.Their three-game...
View ArticleState approves $12 million to start designing new Route 8 bridge in Akron
A Columbus engineering firm will design the new state Route 8 bridge that spans the Little Cuyahoga River Valley and links Akron with its northern suburbs.The Ohio Controlling Board this week approved...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Joe Buck ain’t great, but he’s no hater
Countless Indians fans insist that Fox play-by-play announcer Joe Buck hates our team and desperately wants the Cubs to win, and that his rooting interest is coming through loud and clear.Well, Buck...
View ArticleJosh Tomlin prepares for Game 6 start on short rest against Cubs’ Jake Arrieta
Cleveland: Josh Tomlin has been a stabilizing force for the Indians through their run to the World Series. Tuesday night, he’ll take the mound for Game 6 at Progressive Field with a chance to secure...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 6 years for rape, abduction
When Lorenzo Finsley entered a Summit County courtroom Tuesday afternoon, the 26-year-old Akron woman he admitted to raping in June shook her head sadly.“He took something I never gave to him,” she...
View ArticleBrowns don’t trade any of their players before Tuesday’s deadline
The NFL’s trade deadline passed at 4 p.m. Tuesday without the Browns shipping away any of their players.Left tackle Joe Thomas, cornerbacks Joe Haden and Tramon Williams and even suspended wide...
View ArticleAt 94, Akron man who ushered during ’48 World Series hopes to witness history...
Joe Barrett had a pretty good vantage point for three games of the 1948 World Series — upper deck of the old Cleveland Stadium, toward the outfield. Only trouble is, he had to work during the...
View ArticleParts of Akron in the dark, large power outage extends from the Akron Zoo to...
A large section of Akron is without power late Tuesday afternoon.FirstEnergy reports 6,427 customers are without power in Summit County as of 6 p.m. with the majority of the customers in neighborhoods...
View ArticleStoney Pointe and the homeless
Emotions have run high at recent Akron City Council meetings over plans to build a 68-unit apartment building for the homeless on Vernon Odom Boulevard near Romig Road. Nearby residents fear the $11.3...
View ArticleUA lands $3 million donation to advance polymer research
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is giving the University of Akron $3 million to create an endowment in polymer science and polymer engineering to support its research and innovation.The...
View ArticleClassical music — Week of Nov. 3
ClassicalLes Délices — 7 p.m. Thursday, Hudson Library & Historical Society, 96 Library St. Caracteres de la Danse, an exploration of the music for dancing, which is at the heart of French baroque...
View ArticleGirls soccer / Chagrin Falls 4, Archbishop Hoban 0: Tigers blank Knights in...
MACEDONIA: It was the Tori Hallwachs and Brooke Weitzel show Tuesday night at Nordonia’s Boliantz Stadium.The super duo soccer players from Chagrin Falls did most of the damage in the Tigers’ 4-0...
View ArticleOHSAA adjusts penalties for Archbishop Hoban, football coach Tim Tyrrell for...
The OHSAA has concluded its investigation of the Archbishop Hoban football team, and has made adjustments to the sanctions.The suspension of Hoban coach Tim Tyrrell has been reduced from the entire...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls officials warn motorists about track maintenance on Broad...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The city is warning motorists that CSX Transportation will be doing maintenance on the Broad Boulevard railroad tracks Nov. 14-18.The road will be closed from the intersection of...
View ArticleBarberton woman charged with stealing from senior citizen
A Barberton woman was charged Tuesday with felony theft from the elderly after being accused of stealing more than $31,000 from an 89-year-old woman for whom she was caring.Paula V. Ingram, 66, is...
View ArticleWednesday talk on Thanksgiving foods canceled
Wednesday’s talk about the foods of the first Thanksgiving has been canceled. It had been scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Boyd Esler Community/Senior Center, 2459 Canfield Road, Springfield Township. Call...
View ArticleAkron Dish: Farmers markets move indoors; Thanksgiving Day dining-out...
Beating the first freeze, two large local farmers markets are moving indoors this month.On Saturday, Kent’s Haymaker Farmers Market, the granddaddy of area markets, will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at...
View ArticleWorld Series Game 6/Cubs 9, Indians 3: Addison Russell drives in six runs,...
CLEVELAND: There will be a Game 7.The Indians, looking to close out the series at home, were pounded by the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in Game 6 on Tuesday night, again failing to secure their first World Series...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: Wary Indians fans should trust in Corey Kluber and bullpen in...
CLEVELAND: During the regular season there was no pressure.During the postseason there was no pressure.The Indians were underdogs at every step, overlooked because they have no stars save for their...
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