Three shot at Akron barbershop
A man about to get his hair cut in an Akron barbershop pulled out a gun from under his cape and started firing after being confronted by another man, then fled the scene, running down the street with...
View ArticleAs execution date nears, 3-year-old victim’s family fights Ronald Phillips’...
COLUMBUS: The family of 3-year-old victim Sheila Marie Evans urged the Ohio Parole Board on Thursday not to recommend sparing the life of her rapist and killer.Akron native Ronald Phillips, 43, is set...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘thank you’ tour gets off to raucous start
CINCINNATI: Donald Trump returned to his campaign roots Thursday in his first major public appearance since Election Day, resembling the pugnacious, brawling campaigner more than the traditional...
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FOOTBALLState Finals(All Games at Ohio Stadium, Columbus)Thursday’s ResultDivision IICincinnati La Salle 14, Perry 7Scoring SummaryDivision II State Final CINCINNATI LA SALLE 14, PERRY 7La Salle 0 0 7...
View ArticleClippers 113, Cavaliers 94: Complacency kills Cavs in blowout home loss to...
CLEVELAND: The complacency Tyronn Lue railed against this week apparently wasn’t cured with one embarrassing road loss or one public example made out of J.R. Smith’s antics.Identifying the problem and...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Naming new Akron school won’t be easy
Some interesting feedback on choosing a name for Akron’s new high school, which will merge Garfield and Kenmore at a location yet to be determined.As I wrote last Sunday, a handful of readers contacted...
View ArticleGreen mayor vetoes City Council pay raises
GREEN: Mayor Gerard Neugebauer has cast his first veto since taking office Jan. 1, killing the just-passed large pay raises for new and re-elected City Council members starting in 2018 and 2020.The...
View ArticleTwo adults and two children killed in North Akron fire on East Tallmadge Avenue
Two adults and two children were killed in an overnight house fire on East Tallmadge Avenue in Akron, firefighters said.A 12 year-old was also severely injured and a third adult jumped to safety from...
View ArticleCelebration Church to hold prayer vigil Sunday for Akron house fire victims,...
Celebration Church in North Hill will hold a prayer vigil at 6 p.m. Sunday for the Akron family in the fatal fire on East Tallmadge Avenue.Church leaders also invite people who want to send well wishes...
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FOOTBALLState Finals(All Games at Ohio Stadium, Columbus)Saturday’s ResultsDivision VIIWarren JFK 24, Minster 6———Division IIIArchbishop Hoban 30, Trotwood-Madison 0———Division VCanton Central Catholic...
View ArticleHigh school football / Canton Central Catholic 16, Coldwater 13: Crusaders...
COLUMBUS: The third time proved to be the charm for Canton Central Catholic.After finishing as Division V state runner-up to Coldwater in each of the last two seasons, the Crusaders got over the hump...
View ArticleHigh school football / Archbishop Hoban 30, Trotwood-Madison 0: Knights blank...
COLUMBUS: Archbishop Hoban senior Todd Sibley rushed through the Trotwood-Madison defense on Saturday, and then went for a stroll all around Ohio Stadium.Sibley rushed for a touchdown, accepted the...
View ArticleNorth Hill fire tragedy: Four killed, one critically injured in rental house...
With no smoke detectors in the North Hill rental house, a deadly fire spread quietly.Neighbors said their security cameras showed smoke beginning to seep from the East Tallmadge Avenue home’s second...
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How the 20-year-old Barberton Community Foundation is transforming a city
BARBERTON: At last month’s annual meeting of the Barberton Community Foundation, Executive Director Jim Stonkus asked 300 attendees to slip on the sunglasses that had been placed at each seat. The BCF...
View ArticleUnrelated overnight shootings kill 3 in Ohio’s capital city
COLUMBUS: Police say unrelated shootings killed three people in Columbus and two other people were injured in two more shootings.The Columbus Dispatch reports the fatal shootings were called in between...
View ArticleOhio smoking rate barely changed 10 years after indoor ban
COLUMBUS: Since Ohio voters approved a statewide indoor smoking ban in 2006, experts can point to a host of resulting benefits — but a significantly reduced adult smoking rate isn’t one of them.The...
View ArticleFederal government blocks Dakota Access oil pipeline route
CANNON BALL, N.D.: The Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux...
View ArticleWarehouse fire death toll climbs to 33, and includes teens
OAKLAND, Calif.: The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party climbed to 33 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others...
View ArticleTrump threatens payback for U.S. companies that move abroad
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose heavy taxes on U.S. companies that move jobs overseas and still try to sell their products to Americans.But the plan could drive up...
View ArticleMan dead following officer-involved shooting in Hudson
A man is dead after he was shot by a Hudson police officer Sunday afternoon on Hudson Aurora Road.A news release from the city reports that around 2:45 p.m., the suspect was traveling at a high speed...
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