AKRON
Man shot
AKRON: An Akron man was shot multiple times but survived the injuries, police said.
The victim, 34, was near Tonawanda Avenue and Montgomery Street about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when he was shot. He is being treated at an area hospital.
No suspect has been identified, and no detailed description of the gunman is available.
Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2490.
Anonymous tips may be left at http://akronohio.gov/asp/tip.html.
Charges filed
AKRON: An Akron woman wanted on felonious assault charges is accused of stabbing a man during an argument early Saturday.
Akron police are searching for Maria N. Woodall, 26.
Officers say she fled Avon Street after stabbing a man, 31, during their quarrel about 4:30 a.m. Saturday.
The man was treated for a chest wound at Summa Akron City Hospital.
Subway robber
AKRON: Workers inside an Akron sandwich shop were robbed Saturday.
The robber went inside the Subway at 436 E. Waterloo Road about 4 p.m. and handed the clerk a note demanding money.
He left with $44, police said.
The robber is described as a white man in his mid-20s with medium-length brown hair.
He was wearing a white thermal long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, white shoes and a green baseball hat.
Wine theft
AKRON: An Akron teen is accused of breaking into a Plaza Boulevard store and stealing two bottles of wine.
The boy, 17, was arrested early Saturday morning after officers reviewed video of him breaking inside the RSVP store about 3:30 a.m.
Police said they had spoken to the boy earlier in the night and recognized him in the video.
At the boy’s home, the teen’s mother and brother were uncooperative and could face obstruction charges, police said.
The teen was being held at the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center.
Double stabbing
AKRON: Two men were stabbed during a fight inside an Akron home Sunday afternoon.
The men, ages 47 and 59, were being treated at a local hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.
The fight broke out about 1 p.m. Sunday inside a home in the 400 block of North Hawkins Avenue.
Police said the dispute centered on money.
The older man went to the kitchen to grab a knife and cut the hand of the younger man, police said.
The younger man then began wrestling with his foe and eventually stabbed him in the chest, police said.
No charges have been filed as the investigation continues.
Woman robbed
AKRON: An Akron woman punched another woman in the face, then stole $400 from her, police said.
The victim, 49, told police she was in a parking lot at the corner of Stanton Avenue and South Main Street about 3 a.m. Saturday when the assailant asked for change.
The victim said she only had a $20 bill and then was assaulted, she told police.
While on the ground, the robber took cash from the victim’s pants pockets.
The victim suffered a bloody nose but declined medical treatment.
She told police the robber was in her late 40s and wore gray pants and a gray shirt.
Prison sentence
AKRON: A Stow man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for two bank robberies this past summer, authorities said.
Ralphel Antonio Penn, 25, of Cox Drive, pleaded guilty last week to one count of aggravated robbery and one count of robbery in Summit County Common Pleas Court.
Prosecutors said Penn robbed the Charter One bank in Northfield on Aug. 6 and another bank in Akron on Aug. 17.
In both holdups, Penn gave the teller a note threatening a mass shooting if the teller did not give him money, prosecutors said.
He was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer.
Ward 1 meeting
AKRON: Jim Hurley, the Ward 1 councilman, will have a ward meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Patterson Park Community Center, 800 Patterson Ave.
The topic will be the new ward boundaries approved by the council.
Trash service
AKRON: The city will have normal trash service this week through Wednesday.
There will be a one-day delay of trash and recycling collection on Thursday and Friday, with no pickups on the Thanksgiving holiday and service resuming Friday and Saturday.
ALLIANCE
Fatal fire
ALLIANCE: Authorities say a man died in a house fire and a woman was injured jumping out of a second-floor window to escape.
The Canton Repository reported that firefighters responded to the blaze in Alliance at about 3:30 a.m. Monday.
The body of the man was found by firefighters on the second floor during a search of the house.
The woman who jumped from a window was taken to a hospital.
No names were released.
The cause is under investigation.
BATH TOWNSHIP
Contract vote
BATH TWP.: Trustees Monday unanimously and retroactively approved clarifications to the labor agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local No. 348 for the union employees in the Bath Township Road Department.
The agreement, which was essentially approved earlier this year and which is effective from Jan. 1, 2012 through Dec. 31, 2014, includes clarifications of a number of issues, all of which, interim Township Administrator Bill Snow defined as “minor changes.”
Those changes include employee pay on a bi-weekly instead of bi-monthly basis; zero percent increase in pay for 2012 and 1 percent increases in each of 2013 and 2014; payment derived on an hourly basis with the exception of the sick-buyback program; and a revision from 150-day written notice to 90-day written notice for changes to wages in 2014.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Ryan’s future
AKRON: U.S. Rep Tim Ryan will make a decision in the next few months about whether he will consider a run for Ohio governor in 2014.
Ryan, D-Niles, who easily won re-election this month, told the Beacon Journal in an interview Monday afternoon that he wants to see what happens in Washington, D.C., and what committee assignments he receives.
He expects to be reappointed to the House Appropriations Committee, which decides on the budget.
“I want to be in the position to be the most help,” he said. “It’s a big decision. I want to try to be mindful.”
Ryan was alluding to a recent book he wrote, A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance and Recapture the American Spirit, that details a meditation technique called mindfulness he is using to cope with the stress of being in Congress.
Ryan, who is on a short list of potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates, visited the Beacon Journal to discuss his book and how he thinks the “mindfulness” approach could help others in and out of Congress.
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP
Trail closed
DEERFIELD TWP.: The Berlin Lake Trail will be closed during deer hunting season.
The trail will be closed to the public from Nov. 26 through Dec. 2 and again from Dec. 15-16 and Jan. 5-8.
The trail is leased from the Portage Park District by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife.
GREEN SCHOOLS
Nominations sought
GREEN: The Green Schools Foundation is accepting nominations through Dec. 1 for Outstanding Educator, Outstanding Community Members and Outstanding Alumnus.
The Outstanding Educator and Outstanding Community Member awards will be presented at the group’s silent auction in February.
The Outstanding Alumnus award will be presented at the alumni banquet in the spring.
To submit a nomination, go to www.greenschoolsfoundation.com/home or visit the group’s Facebook page.