Number of wealthy taxpayers in Ohio increases
DAYTON: The number of wealthy taxpayers in Ohio is on the way back up after a decline during the recession, according to a newspaper analysis of state tax information.Nearly 6,300 taxpayers who lived...
View ArticleE-book retells chilling story of Craigslist killings
Craigslist killings e-bookOne was a con man.One was a high school student.What they did together grew into one of the most disturbing murder cases in the history of Summit County. The details of the...
View ArticleJudge rules suspect in bomb plot fit for trial
The last of five bridge bomb-plotting suspects is mentally competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Monday after hearing testimony on the man’s two-decade history of mental health issues.U.S....
View ArticleGrand jury seated in Steubenville rape case
COLUMBUS: An eastern Ohio grand jury will begin work in about two weeks to investigate whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players last...
View ArticleLakemore aims to fight against blight
LAKEMORE: The rental property was in such bad shape that firefighters fell through rotted flooring as they worked to make their way to the person suffering a medical ailment.The home’s only toilet sat...
View ArticleCascade history
CASCADE HISTORY■ The Cascade Plaza complex was once downtown Akron’s urban renewal centerpiece.■ One Cascade Plaza was built in the late 1960s, the first building in a project that eventually included...
View ArticleAkron-area runners unhurt; blast rattles nerves
Several Akron-area runners were close enough to the Boston Marathon finish line to hear the bomb blasts Monday, signaling the start of a day full of anguish, fatigue and frustration.Runner Beth Bugner...
View ArticleFirstMerit to receive city, state tax credits; Cascade Plaza to get makeover
Akron will invest an estimated $3.2 million to spruce up the aging Cascade Plaza and the parking lot below it — a request of FirstMerit Corp., which is keeping its headquarters and expanding in the...
View ArticleCounty honors Copley policeman, boy
Summit County Council presented commendations Monday to Copley Township police officer Ben Campbell and Dae’Shawn Bagley for their bravery in the 2011 Copley shootings.Township trustees Helen Humphrys...
View ArticleOhio Army National Guard officer runs to support Boston victims
Tuesday morning provided a living demonstration of patriotism and the power of social media.A lone man, running east on West Market Street while carrying a large American flag caught the attention of...
View ArticleArea deaths — April 17
MEDINAZarlengo, Marylynn, 74, of Lodi. Died Monday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek, Wooster.PORTAGEMarcum, Pearl A., 77, of Garrettsville. Died Monday. Mallory-DeHaven-Carlson.McNeil, Francis Arthur...
View ArticleAkron probing cause of water main break that flooded West Akron roads, nearby...
The water is back on, the boil alert is lifted and the pressure is back to normal. Akron is now trying to determine what caused a water main break Thursday in West Akron that caused a flood, damaging...
View ArticleProposed Ohio Utica shale land deal collapses, EV Energy Partners seeking new...
A Texas-based energy company has scrapped a proposed deal to sell nearly 104,000 acres in Ohio’s Utica shale.EV Energy Partners Executive Chairman John B. Walker, in a Tuesday teleconference from New...
View ArticleAkron City Council approves TIF for FirstEnergy project
Akron City Council has approved Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for improvements to the Ohio Edison/FirstEnergy Corp. campus in West Akron. Council previously approved plans for FirstEnergy’s project,...
View ArticleTeamsters engaging in sympathy strikes
Trash pickups have been delayed in several area communities because of a strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste.A company representative said Republic could not provide a list of the communities it...
View ArticleMother says her son saw New Franklin slayings, was coerced by older teen
Jamall Vaughn was sleepless, nervous and vomiting what little food he had eaten.For a seventh-grader, he held a lot of adult worries. In mid-March, he became a father for the first time, shortly after...
View ArticleUA gives employees the chance to cut their work schedules
The University of Akron is encouraging some employees to reduce their work schedules voluntarily to help close a budget shortfall. That is one step Provost Mike Sherman and Chief Financial Officer...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Everybody likes Mike. At 95, he has personality in the bag
Sometimes it’s OK to put all of our eggs in one basket. That is, if you turn over the chore to the nattily dressed, dapper-looking fella with the full head of hair and the exceptional physique who bags...
View ArticleOhio House budget offers Masons property-tax relief
COLUMBUS: Charitable fraternal organizations more than a century old could avoid paying property taxes under a narrowly crafted budget proposal that’s headed to a vote in the Ohio House.Groups eligible...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — April 17
AKRONRight-to-work fightAKRON: City Council passed a resolution this week opposing a statewide push to get a ‘‘right to work’’ amendment on the November ballot.“This is union busting,” Councilman Jeff...
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