High school football: Hudson, Perry set to meet in playoffs for third year in...
Hudson and Perry are in different counties and in different leagues, but their football teams have developed a bit of a rivalry over the past few years.Friday night at 7:30 at Lake High School, the...
View ArticleTyronn Lue wants to get Kevin Love going earlier in games
CLEVELAND: From the time Tyronn Lue took over as head coach, one of his top priorities was finding ways to make Kevin Love more comfortable in the Cavs’ system. To that end, Lue acknowledged after...
View ArticleWoodridge’s King Alfred Sanders guides West to 31-0 win in Thanks4Giving...
STOW: Coventry coach Ed Egan faced a decision Thursday in the seventh annual Thanks4Giving All-Star Football Game at Stow.His West All-Star Team had the ball on its own 33-yard line on a 4th down-and-2...
View Article2016 All-Beacon Journal football team player capsules
BUBBA ARSLANIANAurora, senior, 6-0, 205, LB-RB-WR-LSArslanian is a college prospect in football, wrestling and baseball who guided Aurora to the Suburban League American Conference title, the Division...
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2016 Akron Beacon Journal Football Player of the Year: Senior Jemarulin Suggs...
East senior Jemarulin Suggs strives to stay active and in shape. He admits he is “in grind mode” constantly when it comes to his studies and playing on the East football and basketball teams. Suggs’...
View ArticleTask force arrests one drunken driving during sobriety checkpoints in Barberton
BARBERTON: The Summit County OVI Task Force arrested one person for drunken driving Wednesday during two sobriety checkpoints set up in the city.The task force reported that 1,436 vehicles passed...
View ArticleTrevor Noah: Americans aren’t having the right conversations about race
In his new memoir, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, the child of a Swiss father and Xhosa mother, tells a story that perfectly captures the absurdity of apartheid. Growing up in South Africa when the...
View ArticlePet News — Week of Nov. 26
Paws and Prayers Adoption Events — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill PetSmart, 355 Howe Ave., Cuyahoga Falls; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Green Pet Supplies Plus, 790 Arlington Ridge No. 303,...
View ArticleGreen City Council salaries could rise 89 percent beginning in 2018
GREEN: City Council members whose terms begin in 2018 will ring in that New Year with substantial raises.By a 4-3 vote this week, the City Council approved boosting council members’ annual salaries...
View ArticleNew Akron Children’s Museum filled with smiles and laughter
Nine-year-old Alaina Abood is considering becoming a veterinarian when she grows up.She also loves pretending to be a doctor.So she was right at home Friday morning at the grand opening of the new...
View ArticleHigh school football Friday night scoreboard
State Semifinals(All games at 7:30 p.m.)Division ICle. St. Ignatius 24, Powell Olentangy Liberty 14Cin. St. Xavier 29, Pickerington Central 27———Division IIPerry 14, Hudson 3Cincinnati La Salle 35,...
View ArticleWith recounts looming, Trump adds new administration picks
MADISON, Wis.: President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern...
View ArticleMan who set himself on fire at Highland Square is an orphan, veteran, opera...
Margaret Ellen Bradford found herself at the Mustard Seed Cafe in Highland Square on Friday for a second time at the same table.A couple of weeks earlier, she gathered with friends to plan a half-mile...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Nov. 25
FOOTBALLState Semifinals ScoreboardFriday’s ResultsDivision ICle. St. Ignatius 24, Olentangy Liberty 14Cin. St. Xavier 29, Pickerington Central 27——Division IIPerry 14, Hudson 3Cincinnati La Salle 35,...
View ArticleNBA: New York Knicks pull away with win in overtime against Charlotte Hornets
Knicks 113, Hornets 111 (OT)Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 35 points, including the tiebreaking jumper with 3.1 seconds left in overtime, and the host New York Knicks beat the Charlotte Hornets...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: LeBron will cross item off bucket list when Cavs attend...
CLEVELAND: LeBron James is crossing another item off his bucket list Saturday when the entire Cavaliers team travels to Columbus to watch the second-ranked Buckeyes face third-ranked Michigan. Cavs...
View ArticleHigh school football: Hoban, Canton Central Catholic to play in separate...
The Archbishop Hoban and Canton Central Catholic football teams are seeking to make return trips to Columbus.Hoban ventured to Ohio Stadium last year and won the Division III state final over Toledo...
View ArticleCavaliers 128, Mavericks 90: Big Three dominate for three quarters, sit out...
CLEVELAND: Tyronn Lue warned for weeks that the Cavaliers weren’t playing up to their potential, that despite the flashy record there was still room to improve. They were missing too many open looks...
View ArticleHigh school football/Perry 14, Hudson 3: Max Baker, Nick Myers rush Panthers...
LAKE TWP.: The Perry football team is Columbus bound for the second year in a row under veteran coach Keith Wakefield.A combination of hard-nosed rushing on offense and disciplined play on defense...
View ArticleMan, 69, sets himself on fire in Highland Square moments after ranting about...
A 69-year-old Akron man wearing a U.S. Marines uniform doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze on a Highland Square street Saturday morning.Witnesses said the self-immolation occurred moments...
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