Amended contract for Portage Crossing development in hands of Cuyahoga Falls...
CUYAHOGA FALLS: City Council will decide Monday whether to approve an amended contract between the city and Portage Crossing developer Stark Enterprises.If council approves the contract, the project is...
View ArticleMissing Cleveland women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight found alive
CLEVELAND: One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home’s doors and noticed plastic bags...
View ArticleArea deaths — May 8
MEDINABrooks, Harmon “Nick,” 72, of Medina. Died Monday. Waite & Son.STARKAdore, Freda L., 84, of Massillon. Died May 1. Paquelet.Good, Donald J., 77, of Jackson Township. Died April 28. Paquelet...
View ArticleAuthorities say human-trafficking crimes happening ‘in our midst’
Human sex-trafficking crimes, many similar to the cases of the Cleveland women found alive Monday after disappearing as teens more than a decade ago, are occurring all around the area.That was the main...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — May 7
AKRONJudge oppositionAKRON: Akron City Council has added its voice against installing a second juvenile court judge in Summit County.Council approved a resolution Monday urging the Ohio Senate and Gov....
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Tribute letters to moms filled with passion
Memories of our mothers are forever anchored in our hearts for myriad reasons: their laughter, their laser-like stares that stopped us cold from doing something we shouldn’t, and their hugs that...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls police chief seeks to restore ‘Ticket City’ reputation
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Police Chief Tom Pozza has no problem admitting that traffic enforcement officers must meet ticket quotas. Pozza recalls when the Falls was nicknamed “Ticket City.” He wants to...
View ArticleSuspect in New Franklin slayings makes court appearance
Attorneys told a Summit County judge Tuesday they plan to meet with medical experts before deciding whether a competency evaluation is needed for an 18-year-old indicted on capital murder charges in...
View ArticleMixed results for money issues in surrounding counties
Two countywide issues for new money and two income tax increases appeared on ballots Tuesday. Here’s how they fared:• For the first time in at least 36 attempts, voters said yes to new money for the...
View ArticleCoventry voters pass contested school levy
COVENTRY TWP.: Parents who attended a levy support rally at Coventry High School joined the majority of township voters who approved a 5.99-mill bond issue and permanent improvement levy for the...
View ArticleBarberton passes levy; Cuyahoga Falls issue fails
With the passage of an 8.45-mill levy Tuesday, Barberton schools enjoyed a favorable outcome at the polls. Leading up to the May 7 ballot, Barberton Schools Superintendent Patti Cleary had considered...
View ArticleMother hoping for Akron miracle
Carmilla Robinson looks out from the front porch of her Akron home, waiting for her own miracle to arrive: the homecoming of her missing 19-year-old daughter.She first saw the surreal news of...
View ArticleJuvenile court hearing postponed in New Franklin murder case
A juvenile court hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the case of a 14-year-old Akron boy charged as an accomplice in the April 2 bludgeoning slayings of a prominent New Franklin couple was...
View ArticleNorth Canton watchdog says mayor should be more available to residents
NORTH CANTON: Voters might be asked to decide in November if they want to change the city charter to make the mayor’s job full time.Former councilman and city hall watchdog Chuck Osborne, who filed a...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — May 9
AKRONA.A. home plaqueAKRON: A plaque from the U.S. Department of the Interior designating the home of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and his wife, Anne Smith, as a national...
View ArticleOfficers’ names added to Akron police memorial
In 1965, the lives of three Akron police officers and their families were forever changed in a spray of gunfire.Patrolman Eugene Hooper was killed.Patrolman Frank Mancini and reserve Officer Harold...
View ArticleCleveland man charged with kidnap, rape as women found
CLEVELAND: A Cleveland man arrested after three women missing for a decade were found alive at his run-down home was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and raping them. Prosecutors brought no charges...
View ArticleGulfport aggressive on Ohio drilling prospects
Gulfport Energy Corp. has big plans for Ohio’s Utica shale.The Oklahoma energy company said Wednesday that it intends to add four drilling rigs in eastern Ohio by the end of June and expects to invest...
View ArticleWalking Whale strolls into spotlight
Rootstown: Every photographer in Northeast Ohio who wasn’t standing in front of Amanda Berry’s house on Wednesday was on the campus of Northeast Ohio Medical University.That would be four people.But...
View ArticleUA raises standards to avoid costly remedial work
University of Akron trustees unanimously approved a renewed effort to reduce the number of students taking remedial coursework that does not count toward a degree.The university wants to implement a...
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