School levies asking for new money on rise
All but two of the 15 school districts in the five-county Akron-Canton area with an issue on the May 7 ballot are proposing tax hikes for homeowners — a request that’s increasingly frequent as...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Love Medina is service day for churches
“Boston Strong,” the rallying cry after the Boston Marathon bombings, speaks to an emotionally devastated community committed to moving forward with an even stronger sense of solidarity.Medina, with...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — May 4
AKRONShots firedAKRON: Shots were fired just before two vehicles collided Thursday night on Copley Road, police said.Those inside the vehicles fled the scene before officers arrived on Copley Road near...
View ArticleOne-man plays to explore homosexuality and the Bible
Peterson Toscano — a playwright, actor, blogger, stand-up comedian and gay activist — is coming to Akron and Cleveland on Monday and Tuesday for two performances.Toscano, of Sunbury, Pa., spent nearly...
View ArticleState association backs Maier in Stark County sheriff dispute
CANTON: The Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting appointed Stark County Sheriff George T. Maier in a suit former sheriff Timothy A. Swanson filed against...
View ArticleSummer youth employment offered through Summit County Job and Family Services
Summit County will offer summer jobs for youths through a temporary job-assistance program for needy families.The county’s Department of Job and Family Services has received a $1.6 million state grant...
View ArticleSummit County jobs program for youths based on ZIP code
Program based on ZIP codeThree community organizations will operate Summit County’s youth summer jobs program: the Akron Urban League, Jobs for Ohio Graduates and Youth Employment for Success (YES).Job...
View ArticleLeBron James will build again on his Bath Township property
LeBron James’ property in Bath Township is about to undergo a small makeover.James has sought — and received approval — from Summit County Council to combine the two adjoining properties he owns in...
View ArticleFormer Ravenna fire chief dies; served as guardsman at Kent State
RAVENNA: Larry Shafer, a longtime Ravenna public servant who was a guardsman at Kent State University during the 1970 deadly shootings, died Friday, his family said.He was 67.Shafer’s death came a day...
View ArticleIconographer paints images to inspire faithful
COPLEY TWP.: A plain white wall rose above the altar in the sanctuary at St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church.That was before its transformation.Now that wall is covered in a brilliant blue that...
View ArticlePolice blotter — May 5
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Sunsetview Drive man, 18, was charged with aggravated robbery after he allegedly pulled a gun on a Herman Avenue resident and demanded money. While fleeing, he fired several...
View ArticleTwo killed in crane accident at Timken steel mill in Stark County
Two workers outside Timken’s Faircrest steel mill in Perry Township were killed instantly early Saturday afternoon when a massive piece of a crane fell on them.The Stark County coroner’s office...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Wealthy arrogance isn’t so amusing at park
Jack Scheatzle has detected a growing trend at amusement parks, and he doesn’t like it one bit.The New Franklin man first wrote to me two years ago to complain about his experience at the Universal...
View ArticleSummit County jail officials sued for neglect in 2011 inmate death
Even to an untrained eye, it should have been plainly evident a 30-year-old Summit County jail inmate was in need of urgent medical care in the hours before his life began slipping away on a jail...
View ArticleFrom Counseling to Gardening
Staff and board members of Greenleaf Family Center described Judy Joyce as a hands-on leader dedicated to her work, a mentor to her staff and someone who left the agency better than she found it.After...
View ArticleBill Ayers defends Weather Underground bombings
KENT: Bill Ayers says people can’t equate the bombings that he and others in the Weather Underground did 40 or so years ago with the April 15 twin bombings in Boston that killed three people.Ayers, a...
View ArticleTransportation disparities put many students walking to school on dangerous path
Anise Moore had mixed feelings about safety in the rough neighborhood where her kids walk to school.She sat on her porch one warm spring afternoon, looked at the well-kept homes and nice sidewalks on...
View ArticleRegion briefs — May 6
WAYNE countyMan dies in crashBAUGHMAN TWP.: The State Highway Patrol is investigating a one-car crash on Church Road east of state Route 94 early Sunday morning that killed a Wooster man.Earnest L....
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Motorcycle-riding officers host fundraiser for those in need
Big, beautiful bouquets to the Blue Knights Chapter VI, whose members are active-duty and retired police officers who ride motorcycles for leisure, but also are involved in charitable causes of all...
View ArticleArea deaths — May 5
MedinaFoecking, Clyde R., 83, of Valley City. Died Saturday. Bauer.WayneBrewster, Theresa M., 54, of Wooster. Died Sunday. Murray, Creston.Dague, Katie-Lou, 84, of Rittman. Died Sunday. Gillman.
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