Bob Dyer: Hostage hero’s Akron connection
How do you go from being an unknown dishwasher living in a ramshackle Cleveland neighborhood to an honored guest on national television?1. You help rescue three young women who were kidnapped and held...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital breaks ground on $180 million addition
Beth Tenda doesn’t normally allow her three young children to play in dirt, but she made an exception Thursday.With colorful plastic shovels in hand, the trio enthusiastically moved earth during a...
View ArticleCorbin Foundation awards $462,500 to area organizations
The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation has awarded $462,500 in grants and gifts to charities and charitable activities, mostly in the Akron and Summit County areas.The largest award, $150,000, went...
View ArticleRacino begins construction in Mahoning Valley
Austintown Twp.: As a young boy, township Trustee Jim Davis got goose bumps as he traveled with his uncle to the Mountaineer racetrack in West Virginia for the first time. He was that excited to watch...
View ArticleAkron faces deadline to fix hacked website
Akron faces a deadline to restore its website to full functionality so it can collect the next round of income taxes from city employers. More than two weeks after the May 16 attack, the city is still...
View ArticleGreat-granddaughter of Confederate soldier laid to rest with Civil War fanfare
COVENTRY TWP.: The roots of families go deep. That was proved Thursday at a funeral home here. Born in Tennessee, Katherine Louise Dooley Seibert moved to Ohio at age 3 but grew up with stories of the...
View ArticleSecurity heavy at injection well meeting at Wingfoot Lake
SUFFIELD TWP.: The 55 activists and citizens worried about injection wells were safe, very safe.They were joined in and around the Pine Tree Lodge at Wingfoot Lake State Park by 30 state staffers,...
View ArticleCuyahoga Valley National Park superintendent leaving for Atlanta post
Stanley Austin is leaving the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.The 54-year-old Austin was selected Thursday to head the National Park Service’s southeast region in Atlanta. He will be one of seven...
View ArticleLocal business makes personal investment in education for Akron kids
Hunter Noe wears a lanyard around his neck most days. When he doesn’t, he’s late for third grade. The lanyard holds the key to a padlock. The padlock secures his new bicycle to a rack. And the rack...
View ArticleMan killed in crash on I-77
Akron police and the Summit County medical examiner are investigating the traffic death of a 65-year-old man early Friday morning.The man was driving southbound on Interstate 77 near Vernon Odom...
View ArticleColorado energy processor expands in Ohio
A Colorado energy company announced that it is enlarging a natural-gas processing facility in Ohio’s Noble County.The announcement came Thursday from MarkWest Utica EMG LLC, a joint venture between...
View ArticleArea deaths — May 31
MEDINAGrubb, Barbara A., 71, of Litchfield Township. Died Friday. Waite & Son, Medina.STARKJames, Janice A., 81, of Perry Township. Died Wednesday. Paquelet, Massillon.Kinsey, David R., 62, of...
View ArticleSummit County Clerk introduces electronic filing to Common Pleas Court
The Summit County Clerk of Courts office has launched a new electronic filing system.The new $1.9 million online program will allow attorneys and those who want to represent themselves in court the...
View ArticleNutter leaves Green schools, search for replacement accelerates
GREEN: The search for a new chief executive of Green schools has been accelerated, as Superintendent Michael E. Nutter has left the district.Nutter, hired in 2009 to succeed Superintendent Wade Lucas,...
View ArticleDiffering opinions on old tree, new business development in Akron show...
Officially, it was an informal meeting at Akron City Hall to discuss a developer’s request for a special zoning permit to allow a retail/residential project on West Market Street at Highland...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: 5-year-old has starring role in fight against leukemia
Here’s a chance to help fight leukemia and other blood cancers by “Giving to Light the Night!”It’s a campaign being advocated by 5-year-old Ava Turner of Munroe Falls and her family.The invitation...
View ArticleLutheran congregation to dedicate new worship space in Stow
STOW: The Rev. Laurel Bobb is committed to building a congregation based on relationships.“We are mission oriented, not building oriented. The people involved in our congregation covenant to be part of...
View Article$2 million fitness, aquatic center at Camp Manatoc ready for Boy Scouts
BOSTON TWP.:The first Boy Scouts to jump into the new pool at Camp Manatoc gave the new facility a thumbs up.First in was Tenderfoot Scout Garrett Hurd, 11, of Troop 101 in Warren. “It’s a lot nicer...
View ArticleUniontown police shoot, kill 210-pound black bear as threat to neighbors
A black bear was shot and killed late Thursday by Uniontown police because officers feared that the bear posed a threat to residents.The bear, a young male, was killed shortly after 8 p.m. with four...
View ArticleNimisila Reservoir drowning convinces avid outdoorsman: No more fishing...
He fished alone, a lot, on his 18-foot Ranger bass boat. And he never wore a life vest because of the bulkiness.That habit, however, is going to change immediately for Sam Sano, 32, of Jackson...
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