Kentucky Derby Gala raises money for Victory Gallop
Derby Day was a win-win for participants and children at the 12th Annual Victory Gallop’s Kentucky Derby Gala on Saturday night at the Fairlawn Country Club. The event provides scholarships for the...
View ArticleBlooming Brunch supports GriefCare Place
Flowers were blooming inside and outside at the Silver Lake Country Club, where the 11th annual Blooming Brunch took place on Saturday. Lauran Burden Weber chaired the annual brunch, “Planting the...
View ArticleHigh school graduates entering military service to be honored
More than 460 Northeast Ohio high school seniors who will enter military service after their graduations will be honored Tuesday.In a ceremony at Cleveland State University, young men and women who...
View ArticleTransportation costs squeezing school districts
Mogadore, Cuyahoga Falls, Akron and Barberton schools have more in common than interconnecting county highways. Each community has a school district that buses fewer than one in four students and...
View ArticleAkron academic all-stars get MVP experience with LeBron
When LeBron James was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the fourth time on Sunday, 10 young academic all-stars from his hometown were by his side.The fourth-graders from Akron Public Schools...
View ArticleMissing teenager’s mother says she’s at a loss
The last time that Carmilla Robinson saw or heard from her daughter was Friday night. She had dropped Taylor Robinson, 19, off at a home on Kipling Street, where her daughter was working as a home...
View ArticleLocal history: Underwater stripper’s act makes waves in 1950s
When a mermaid stripper performed her act in Akron, nightclub patrons enjoyed getting tanked.Her name was Divena and she was a breathtaking sight.She undulated behind glass in a 600-gallon tank of...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Google games
Got to wondering the other day how Google comes up with the suggestions it offers when you start typing into the search box.For instance, as soon as you hit the letter “A,” you get this list of...
View ArticleSummit County elections board increases number of voting precincts
Summit County now has more precincts than it had last November — when voters complained of long lines and extended waits — but not as many as it had before money-saving reductions were made last year....
View ArticleLocal news briefs — May 6
AKRONCar chaseAKRON: Akron police apprehended two women early Monday morning after they abandoned a stolen car they were riding in.Two men who also ran from the vehicle escaped capture.Police pursued...
View ArticleSummit County worker fired for making online comment
The Summit County Board of Elections fired a longtime employee Monday after he wrote an anonymous comment on the Beacon Journal’s website saying he hoped a judge and prosecutor would be the next...
View ArticleNew natural gas pipeline could run from Utica shale region through Akron area...
A large pipeline proposed for transporting natural gas from eastern Ohio’s Utica shale through Detroit and into southern Ontario would run under several communities in the Akron-Canton area.The...
View ArticleAkron prepares to raze school buildings, construct classrooms for STEM...
The Akron school board approved a renovation project Monday to make room for the first sophomore class of STEM school students at the National Inventors Hall of Fame High School.The board also accepted...
View ArticleArea deaths — May 6
PORTAGEWise, Margaret C., 89, of Kent. Died Sunday. Bissler & Sons.WAYNERobertson, Linda L., 70, of Rittman. Died Sunday. Gillman.Seiwert, Robert E., 92, of Wooster. Died Friday. McIntire, Bradham...
View ArticleEx-justice’s JobsOhio link spurs queries
COLUMBUS: A former Ohio Supreme Court justice’s new state job is raising unique ethical questions in the ongoing legal battle over Gov. John Kasich’s nonprofit job-creation agency.The former justice,...
View ArticleAcross the board raises are recommended for nonunion county employees
Summit County Council is recommending approval of an across-the-board salary increase of 1.5 percent for nonunion employees of several departments.The resolution was reviewed at a county personnel...
View ArticleHudson school board approves new superintendent
HUDSON: The Hudson school board voted unanimously Monday to name Phillip Herman as the district’s new superintendent.Herman currently serves as assistant superintendent for the district, and has been...
View ArticlePneumococcal vaccine promoted for heart patients
A group of local heart specialists has joined with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to boost pneumonia vaccination rates among at-risk patients.Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists...
View ArticleFamily clinging to hope over missing Akron woman
Jeff Rucker has spent the past several days walking West Akron, just hoping like so many others that all is well with his stepdaughter.Taylor Robinson, 19, has been missing since last talking to her...
View ArticleNoise-making efforts fail to scare cormorants from West Reservoir nesting site
Efforts to harass double-crested cormorants away from a nesting site in the Portage Lakes have failed.That assessment was offered Monday by James Seikel, manager of Portage Lakes State Park.Reports...
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