Cavaliers notebook: Kevin Love has no regrets about choice to sign five-year...
INDIANAPOLIS: Kevin Love has thought about that time he passed on the opportunity to earn an extra $40 million, but he doesn’t regret his choices.When Love signed a five-year contract with the...
View ArticleKent State men tip off basketball season with wall of diversity to show unity...
In the nearly 40 years that Cathi and Rob Eberly of Aurora have sat courtside at Kent State men’s basketball games, they’ve seen their fair share of wins and losses, sportsmanship and arguments and...
View ArticleAkron man accused of punching girlfriend in face over sharing potato chips
An Akron man was charged with felony domestic violence after being accused of punching his girlfriend in the face rather than sharing a bag of potato chips.Willie C. Smith Jr., 28, of Flint Avenue also...
View ArticleTwinsburg baby-sitter charged with forgery
Beacon Journal staff reportTWINSBURG: A female baby-sitter is charged with five counts of forgery after being accused of stealing money from clients, television station WJW reports.Kelly Lynn Nagy, 43,...
View ArticleNational intelligence director has submitted his resignation
WASHINGTON: The director of national intelligence says he’s formally submitted his resignation.James Clapper has long said he planned to retire at the end of the Obama administration, and he told the...
View ArticleLeBron James donates $2.5 million to Smithsonian exhibit featuring Muhammad Ali
WASHINGTON, D.C.: LeBron James is giving $2.5 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to support a special exhibit featuring Muhammad Ali.The Muhammad Ali:...
View ArticlePossible child enticement puts Akron elementary school into lockdown
Akron police are investigating a possible child enticement that put Firestone Park Elementary School into lockdown for about 40 minutes Thursday afternoon.The school, located at 1479 Girard St., was...
View ArticleHighland Square teen arrested after using Facebook Live to broadcast firing...
An Akron teenager is in police custody after he allegedly used Facebook Live to broadcast himself firing a rifle into his neighbor’s home from his window because he was bored.The 15-year-old was...
View ArticleAkron ready to celebrate Lock 4
Akron is ready to flip the switch on Lock 4 — both figuratively and literally.The concrete-and-brick downtown space, tucked below street level, overlooks the Ohio & Erie Canal and a small...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron alumni donations up 5.5% year-to-date
When the word “Akron” was removed last year from the University of Akron’s marching band uniforms as well as from the raincoats and garment bags purchased by the University of Akron Women’s Committee,...
View ArticleCanton police say missing boy, 13, has been found safe
CANTON: City police in said a Facebook post Friday that a boy who had been reported missing was found and returned home safely.Police had posted a photo and missing person alert Thursday on their...
View ArticleAkron police ask for help in solving break-in at Bob’s Hamburg
Akron police are asking for help in solving a breaking and entering at Bob’s Hamburg, 1341 East Ave. The suspect broke into the restaurant between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. Nov. 10 and stole items and fled....
View ArticleStow police investigating armed robbery at 7 Eleven
STOW: City police are looking for two men who robbed the 7 Eleven, 3050 Graham Road, at gunpoint at 3:16 a.m. Wednesday.The clerk reported that one of the suspects pulled a “9 mm-style gun” from his...
View ArticleMulch fire out, Copley Road in Akron open
A large mulch fire at Akron’s Finest Mulch, 1735 Copley Road, closed a portion of Copley Road just west of Interstate 77 through the morning and some of the afternoon Friday.The fire was reported at...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Coach Hue Jackson defends head of football operations Sashi...
BEREA: Browns coach Hue Jackson rushed to the rescue of Sashi Brown on Thursday.Brown, the team’s head of football operations who controls its 53-man roster, has been criticized by some fans and media...
View ArticleBrowns rookie quarterback Cody Kessler says he learned from being benched,...
BEREA: Browns rookie quarterback Cody Kessler gave himself 24 hours to work through his emotions about being benched, then forged ahead.“That night it upsets you and the next day, but you’ve got to...
View ArticleOhio police say woman offered to have sex for $60 and nachos
YOUNGSTOWN: Police in Ohio are accusing a woman of selling sex for $60 and some nachos. Officers near Youngstown say they arrested 36-year-old Crystal Hotlosz during an undercover operation Monday....
View ArticleAkron lawmaker gives Summit County a voice in statehouse leadership
State Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes will take a leadership position in the Democratic minority caucus when the next Ohio General Assembly convenes in January.The Akron lawmaker won re-election to the 34th...
View ArticleAkron woman, 34, charged in boyfriend’s death
AKRON: An Akron woman was charged with felonious assault after she hit her boyfriend with a car and he died early Friday.Angelique Santa, 34, said she was involved in a verbal argument with her...
View ArticleAkron couple charged with stealing more than $600,000 from elderly father
An Akron man and his wife were charged with stealing more than $600,000 from his father’s bank account.Summit County sheriff’s deputies arrested Kevin J. Story, 42, and his wife, Crystal J. Hennacy...
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