Portage County Tea Party leader says IRS targeting was to help Obama re-election
Information gathered by Internal Revenue Service agents who targeted conservative groups was used to further the re-election of President Barack Obama, Tom Zawistowski, leader of the Portage County Tea...
View ArticleUtica shale analyzed in Ohio
Ohio’s Utica shale is generating big production numbers, although it’s been a slow process and some experts were hoping for even bigger numbers.The state on Thursday released production data from 87...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — May 16
AKRONRally for studentAKRON: A rally for missing Akron resident Taylor Robinson will be held Saturday at the Summit Lake Community Center, 380 W. Crosier St.The event will start at 2 p.m., and the...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINACristallo-Carleton, Dobrinka, 87, of Medina. Died Wednesday. Carlson.Honeycutt, Florence, 88, of Brunswick. Died Thursday. Carlson.STARKDockery, Mae Helen, 79, of Jackson Township. Died Tuesday....
View ArticleOther leadership changes at NE Ohio colleges
Tom Chema’s announcement that he is stepping down at Hiram College follows news of leadership changes at three other institutions of higher education in Northeast Ohio in recent days.• Kent State has...
View ArticleChema, president of Hiram College, to step down in 2014
Tom Chema said Thursday he will step down as president of the small, private Hiram College in June 2014.Chema said in a media release that “there is a natural ebb and flow in any executive leadership...
View ArticleNew proposal for gourmet restaurant, winery heads to Green council
GREEN: A new proposal from a different prospective buyer to create a gourmet restaurant and winery at the city-owned Belden Lodge is now in the hands of the City Council.Entrepreneur Ted Swaldo,...
View ArticleMedina County mother promotes teen driving safety in children’s memory
WESTFIELD CENTER: Laura Ehrbar DePiero lost her two children in a car crash three years ago. It happened right outside the family’s Granger Township home when a passing car struck the vehicle her...
View ArticleCity of Akron tax files hacked by Turkish group
Thousands of files — including names, addresses and Social Security and credit-card numbers — have been compromised in a cyber attack on the city of Akron. The city’s website and internal systems were...
View ArticleDaughter of man fatally shot by UA police officer says he was trying to turn...
A 64-year-old Akron man, whose daughter says was trying to turn over a pellet gun during a traffic stop, was shot to death Thursday morning by a University of Akron police officer just south of the...
View ArticleAkron Zoo celebrates diamond anniversary of opening
Akron Zoological Park officially opened its doors 60 years ago on May 17, 1953. Originally known as Perkins Woods at the turn of the 20th century, the park was a favorite picnic place for generations...
View ArticleClarifications & Corrections
• Ohio’s Utica shale wells are projected to produce 146 billion cubic feet of natural gas by early 2015. An incorrect number was used in Friday’s edition. Reporters erred.
View ArticleCanadian earthquake felt in Akron area
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake about 450 miles away near Ottawa, Canada, at 9:43 a.m. Friday was felt by some people in the Akron-Canton area, according to reports to the Beacon Journal.According to the...
View ArticleFive men to become priests in Cleveland diocese
Five men will receive the sacrament of Holy Orders to become new priests in the Cleveland diocese today.Four of them have connections to the Akron area. They either grew up in the Akron area or have...
View ArticleNorthfield to add two traffic lights on Route 8 to handle racino traffic
Northfield Village will add a couple of traffic lights to state Route 8 to handle the thousands of new motorists expected when the Hard Rock Rocksino opens later this year.Lights will be added at...
View ArticleMuskingum district sells more water from reservoir for use in fracking
Gulfport Energy Corp. is buying more water from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.The district is also looking into whether water could be sold to natural gas drillers from six more of its...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Girl’s business savvy soars in face of illness
Big, beautiful bouquets for Emmeline Schumacher, 10, and her entrepreneurial spirit in the face of a horrible foe.This incredible, can-do girl — the daughter of Jeff and Julia Schumacher of North...
View ArticleRevere eighth-graders give exit interviews
BATH TWP.: Neil Roseberry usually vets candidates applying for a six-figure superintendent position. Those articulate folks have two or more college degrees and are well versed in the art of the...
View ArticleUA students in field at NASA robotics competition
Fifteen University of Akron engineering students will compete next week in NASA’s fourth annual Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center.The students’ robot — called a lunabot — will...
View ArticleArea deaths — May 17
MEDINABlevins, Anna M., 82, of Medina. Died Thursday. Waite & Son.Borso, Jerome A. “Jerry,” 78, of Medina. Died Sunday. Bauer, Valley City.Manning, Jeanne S., 91, of Wadsworth. Died Friday....
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