Police blotter — May 12
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Duane Avenue man, 33, was charged with felonious assault and aggravated burglary after he allegedly assaulted a man, knocking him unconscious and breaking his jaw.A Hart...
View ArticleProposals would change Ohio deer-hunting rules
COLUMBUS: The Ohio Wildlife Council will consider proposals next week allowing deer-gun hunting in early January.Ohio’s Division of Wildlife Chief Scott Zody says the proposal would result in a total...
View ArticleAkron teen remains missing
Mother’s Day won’t be the same this year. No handmade card, no poem to add to her lifelong collection.Instead, Carmilla Robinson holds hope that her 19-year-old daughter, Taylor, will just come home....
View ArticleTECHudson needs new funding source, or its days are numbered
HUDSON: It’s a do-or-die year for TECHudson.The city-sponsored business incubator was launched two years ago with the hope of helping entrepreneurs grow their software technology into job-producing...
View ArticleRacers step up to help ACCESS
With temperatures in the 40s, rain in the forecast and the sun blocked out by dense clouds, Sean Fremon still found a way to kick up his heels and have fun Saturday morning at Akron’s Lock 3. He put...
View ArticleAnti-gambling groups keep up the fight
Rob Walgate hasn’t given up the fight against gambling in Ohio.The vice president of Strongsville-based American Policy Roundtable — perhaps the most vocal anti-gambling group in the state — continues...
View ArticleKent State is dripping with “sugar babies”
One of our local universities appears to be on the cutting edge of a significant social trend.Romance is dead. The populace wants to brush aside all of those time-consuming social niceties and get...
View ArticleHudson-based megachurch growing in Highland Square
Stefany Noble joined Christ Community Chapel (then Hudson Community Chapel) in 2006 because she liked it. She liked the music. She liked the preaching. She liked the people. “Everything was good. But...
View ArticleKent poised to return income tax request to Nov. 5 ballot
Kent city officials said they’ve heard the voters who turned down a quarter-percent income tax increase last November, and they hope a revised version this fall will be more palatable. City Council is...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — May 12
AKRONK-9 competitionAKRON: Law enforcement officers and their K-9 units will participate in the city’s annual K-9 Challenge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Lock 3 Park downtown.The event is open to...
View ArticleMusical diversity key in worship experience
The Rev. Marshall Brandon knows that music is an essential part of worship.And he knows that it takes the right kind of person to lead a music ministry that appeals to a diverse group of...
View ArticleSurrounding states losing money as many Ohio gamblers opt to stay home
Her bus trips used to foray into Pennsylvania once a month.Now, Columbus and Toledo are the primary destinations for the gambling excursions Akron resident Donna White organizes.The Ohio casinos are a...
View ArticleOhio’s gambling industry turns 1
The Akron Beacon Journal is taking a three-day look at Ohio’s gambling industry as it celebrates its first birthday this week.TodayOhio’s effort to legalize gambling has been greeted enthusiastically...
View ArticleCasino revenue helping governments and schools, but less than expected
In the 12 months since Ohio opened its first casino, the five-county region has received nearly $15 million in new tax revenue. Counties, public schools and the cities of Akron and Canton have all...
View ArticleDr. Moms multiplying at Akron Children’s Hospital
The baby doctors at Akron Children’s Hospital Pediatrics are facing a baby boom of their own.Nearly one in five physicians at the practice is expecting or recently gave birth.Fourteen of the practice’s...
View ArticleOhio gaming industry celebrates first birthday
Happy birthday, Ohio casino industry. You turn 1 this week.What a crazy year it’s been as you took your first baby steps.There’s been plenty of excitement. Ask the gamblers who wagered $5.5 billion on...
View ArticleCar hits bikes; 2 juveniles hurt
Two juveniles were hurt Saturday evening when a car hit their bicycles at state Route 82 and Colton Road.The Ohio Highway Patrol said the two rode into the path of a car driven by Mary Leggett, 85, of...
View ArticleMessage for Boston Marathon victims from Akron: “Persevere and never give up!”
Akron connected to Boston and the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings Sunday morning, sending a message to those killed and hurt and runners around the world.About 80 people — runners and...
View ArticleArea deaths
STARK COUNTYBrendlinger, Lesley, 60, of Sebring. Died Friday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian.Miller, Harry E., 86, of Alliance. Died Saturday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian.Snider, Paul J, 95, of Alliance. Died...
View ArticleBattle ahead over whether Coughlin can run as nonpartisan for Stow clerk
Former state Sen. Kevin Coughlin is trying for a political comeback, but is facing a battle to even get on the ballot.Coughlin filed last week to run nonpartisan in the Stow Municipal Court clerk’s...
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