Inmate uses ladders to escape Ohio prison
COLUMBUS: Ohio law enforcement authorities on Monday said the inmate who briefly escaped a state prison last week before he was tackled and tied up with rope at a small general store used ladders to...
View ArticleAkron honors Frank Waters with street designation
Without Frank Hyde Waters, Akron’s Waters Park might not exist.Waters, a prominent Akron attorney, left his estate to Akron when he died in 1933 for the city to turn into a park and playground.He also...
View ArticleBackers of gay marriage in Ohio spotlight GOP’s Petro
COLUMBUS: A prominent Ohio Republican and former Cabinet member of Gov. John Kasich’s administration said Monday he supports an effort to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, contending the...
View ArticleHope still floats for model aircraft club on land or water
Landing a small plane by remote control can be a tricky proposition.Landing a small plane by remote control on water is another matter altogether.The art of factoring in variables from wind to waves is...
View ArticleValor Home shelter for vets opens
Three moved in Monday.By the end of the month, all 30 beds are expected to be occupied, and a few weeks later there will be a waiting list.This is Valor Home in South Akron.The new residents are...
View ArticleBrother of Hannah Hill found dead in Akron home
The brother of Hannah Hill, the Akron woman slain in 1999, was found dead Sunday inside his Kenmore neighborhood home.Justin Hill, who served as a family spokesman during last year’s trial of his...
View ArticleSummit County Council OKs raises for workers in 2015
Summit County Council approved a fact-finder’s report that will give 1.5 percent raises to service and maintenance workers in the engineer’s office in 2015 but no raises in 2014. A special county...
View ArticleBarberton asks voters to hike income tax
BARBERTON: The City Council has opted to ask voters to increase Barberton’s income tax rate to help pay for road improvements.The council voted unanimously Monday to put a proposal on the Nov. 5 ballot...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
■ An article Sunday should have said that a natural gas well in Hiram Township has been permitted. It has not been drilled. A reporter erred.■ The phone number published Tuesday to subscribe to the...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls councilman to resign
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Ward 4 Councilman Mark Ihasz will resign, effective Friday. Ihasz, a Democrat who served nearly three two-year terms, is moving out of state. He began his council service when he won...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: New Franklin mother hosting yard sale to benefit ALS research
Helpless to do much else, dedicated and loving mother Judi Loomis is sponsoring her second annual “ALS Yard Sale” 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday at 994 Center Road, New Franklin, with all proceeds...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — July 10
AKRONSuspect surrendersAKRON: An Akron man wanted on charges of domestic violence and cruelty to animals has surrendered to police.Patrick Palmer, 28, was being held in the Summit County Jail. He is...
View ArticleOhio Amish weigh tradition and temptation in debate over fracking
BALTIC, OHIO: In parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania where horse-drawn buggies clip-clop at the pace of a bygone era, Amish communities are debating a new temptation: the large cash royalties that can come...
View ArticleArea deaths —July 10
MEDINASecrist, Robert P., 79, of Wadsworth. Died Tuesday. Hilliard-Rospert.STARKBrady, Frances M., 94, of Massillon. Died Friday. Paquelet & Arnold-Lynch.McPherson, McKinley Roy, 78, of Massillon....
View ArticleReservoir amendment illustrates concerns over budget process in Columbus
You can’t mow your neighbor’s property, no matter how unsightly, without permission. And your neighbor can’t mow yours.But property owners who live next to reservoirs that supply drinking water almost...
View ArticleCompany plans to burn natural gas for electricity at $800 million plant in...
A private company on Tuesday unveiled plans for an $800 million electric power plant in Carroll County.Carroll County Energy LLC intends to build a 700-megawatt plant that would be powered by natural...
View ArticleGarrettsville native to share her research into great train robbery from 1935
GARRETTSVILLE: Julie Thompson hadn’t given a lot of thought to why her alma mater’s nickname is the G-Men.It was an unusual name, to be sure, but she did live in Garrettsville and attended James R....
View ArticleMan beaten by teens dies less than year later
COLUMBUS: Authorities say the Ohio man who was badly beat by six teens almost a year ago in a Cincinnati suburb has died.The Hamilton County prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Julie Wilson says...
View ArticleJehovah's Witnesses going door to door with personal invitations to convention
Jehovah’s Witnesses will put forth a special effort in the coming weeks to knock on doors throughout Northeast Ohio and extend a personal invitation to its district convention.The three-day convention...
View ArticleFlood help announced for Barberton residents
Barberton has announced the following emergency flood relief help for residents:• A program will help owner-occupied homes in flood areas in the assessment, repair and/or replacement of furnaces, hot...
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