Police blotter — April 14
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Youngstown man, 37, was charged with aggravated burglary, kidnapping, felonious assault and disrupting public service. Police said he assaulted a woman in the parking lot of...
View ArticleOhio House school funding plan looked good at first, but the numbers show...
With 20 years as one of the state’s most knowledgeable education funding analysts, Howard Fleeter of the Education Tax Policy Institute in Columbus was banging his head against his spreadsheets for...
View ArticleWinners and losers in House budget
How they stack upIn the next school year, these districts in the five-county Akron-Canton area would be the top winners and top losers in the difference between Gov. John Kasich’s funding plan and last...
View ArticleTimeline of events in New Franklin slayings
2012Dec. 17 — Police report that Shawn Eric Ford Jr. entered Nick’s Barber Shop, 405 E. South St., and demanded money at gunpoint. Ford admits to committing the robbery, armed with a BB gun, police...
View ArticleRegion briefs — April 14
AKRONWater advisory liftedAKRON: A boil advisory for Akron water customers in West Akron, Fairlawn and Copley Township was lifted Saturday night following Thursday’s water main break in Akron’s West...
View ArticlePolice blotter — April 14
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Youngstown man, 37, was charged with aggravated burglary, kidnapping, felonious assault and disrupting public service. Police said he assaulted a woman in the parking lot of...
View ArticleCelebrations — April 14
EducationJoseph Smith, a sophomore at the College of Wooster, received the Joseph Albertus Culler Prize in Physics at Wooster’s 43rd annual Recognition Banquet. The prize goes to the first- or...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Slide on ice, pay the price
The State of Ohio has filed a four-figure lawsuit in Summit County Common Pleas Court against a Brunswick woman who bumped into some of the state’s metal.Because of Heather Erdman’s “negligence,” the...
View ArticleCongregations gather to help distribute food and clothes to those in need
People from several congregations gathered at Visitation of Mary Church, formerly Annunciation parish, on Kent Street in Akron Saturday morning with one ministry in mind — to help the needy. In all, 29...
View ArticleTallmadge studying ways to add cemetery space
TALLMADGE: If nothing changes, the city’s only cemetery will run out of room in less than five years.But change is coming.Mayor David Kline has assembled a four-person committee to figure out how to...
View ArticleInvestigation of Schobert slayings involves different worlds, unanswered...
NEW FRANKLIN: Jeffrey Schobert told a friend that he feared for the safety of himself and his wife.Hours later, they both lay dead.Schobert, a wealthy and prominent attorney, and his wife, Margaret, a...
View ArticleOhio Author Day and Book Fair on April 20
More than 40 Ohio writers will participate in this year’s Ohio Author Day & Book Fair on Saturday, the third annual event hosted by the Hudson Library & Historical Society.The event features a...
View ArticleTwo Portage County communities calling attention to century-old flagpoles
The 150-foot-tall steel structure erected in front of the Portage County Courthouse in 1893 was more than a flagpole. Its lattice truss work — inspired by the new Eiffel Tower in Paris — soared over...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Squatting on landlord’s rights
Although Dave and Paula Thomas own 10 rental properties in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, this one is special.This one was built by Paula’s parents, who lived there for 53 years. She grew up in the modest...
View ArticlePlain Township school stops ‘mindfulness’ program after some in community...
The Tibetan bell no longer tolls at Warstler Elementary in Plain Township.The school had adopted a practice called mindfulness, but stopped after some parents and community members raised concerns the...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — April 15
AKRONMan shot in faceAKRON: An Akron man is wanted in connection with a shooting in which a victim was struck in the face.The male victim, 30, was treated at a local hospital and is expected to...
View ArticleSeven students to receive journalism scholarships from Knight, Akron Press...
Six area college students have been selected for scholarships in memory of longtime Akron Beacon Journal Editor John S. Knight and public relations professional Ludel Sauvageot.A seventh student has...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINACooper, Robert Lee “Red,” 75, of Lodi. Died Monday. Parker & Son.STARKColucy Sr., Jeffrey F., 71, of Perry Township. Died Saturday. Paquelet, Massillon.Corbi, Frank A., 61, of Alliance. Died...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists like Great Lakes budget plan, but want cuts to loan fund...
Environmentalists said Monday they are pleased with President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 federal budget for the Great Lakes.But the eco-groups, in a teleconference, also said they want to see money...
View ArticleAnne Firestone Ball, granddaughter of Harvey S. Firestone, dies in Connecticut
Anne Firestone Ball, 79, granddaughter of tire company founder Harvey S. Firestone, died Friday of complications following surgery.Mrs. Ball, a native of Akron who lived in Greenwich, Conn., was in the...
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