Area deaths — July 17
WAYNEBurden, Geraldine, of Wooster. Died Tuesday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek.Phillips, Keith, 55, of Apple Creek. Died Monday, Murray, Creston.
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Midsummer Night’s Dream to help those caught in domestic...
The Kappa Foundation and the Zeta Theta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., both of Akron, are again hosting “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Aug. 3, at the...
View ArticleAkron Zoo welcomes new octopus
The Akron Zoo has a new giant Pacific octopus to replace Cora, who died July 6.The new octopus has taken up residency in the zoo’s popular Journey to the Reef exhibit.Zoo officials said the results of...
View ArticleNeighborhood Watch groups aiding police in the Falls
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The Quirk Cultural Center Neighborhood Watch was formed in May and it has already helped Cuyahoga Falls Police nab a suspected drug abuser and juveniles who had been vandalizing...
View ArticleIraq veteran Hugh Martin of Macedonia is nationally recognized poet
MACEDONIA: Hugh Martin never expected to be where he is today.A so-so student in high school who joined the Ohio Army National Guard in hopes of making his life better, Martin had never written a poem...
View ArticleBarberton woman dies from injuries suffered at PPG Industries
A 51-year-old Barberton woman died of injuries suffered in an industrial accident Monday evening.Wendy Breiding, an employee of PPG Industries in Barberton, died about 8:30 p.m. after becoming...
View ArticleAkron offers extended hours at community centers for reprieve from heat
Akron is urging residents without air conditioning or fans to seek shelter and stay cool.The city will provide cold water and extended hours in several community centers for those who need a break from...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — July 17
AKRONSuspect wantedAKRON: Police were looking for an Akron man believed to be involved in a shooting Tuesday morning.Officers responded to a call shortly before 11 a.m. in the 800 block of Lakewood...
View ArticleGreen schools fill assistant superintendent post, name two principals
GREEN: After four years without an assistant superintendent, the Board of Education on Monday reinstated the position with one of its own and also promoted two others from assistant principals to the...
View ArticleMosquito spraying schedule
Here’s the mosquito spraying schedule from the Summit County Public Health:• Today: Mogadore, northern and middle Springfield Township, Lakemore, West Akron and Northfield Village.• Thursday: North...
View ArticleBasketball coach’s breach of contract leads to $1.2 million award for Kent State
A Portage County judge has awarded Kent State $1.2 million because its former men’s basketball coach breached his contract.The Ohio Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday that Portage County Common...
View ArticleRains, high temperatures triggering new swarms of blood-thirsty mosquitoes
It is coming: itchy, scratchy time in Northeast Ohio.Swarms of blood-hungry mosquitoes are coming, and they will be here any day, according to the Summit County Public Health.“We’re looking at a very...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Akron skies will be full of blimps
A few weeks from now, the skies over Akron will be more congested than the streets of Manhattan.Snoopy’s blimp (aka MetLife) will be here Aug. 1-4, helping to cover the Bridgestone Invitational golf...
View ArticleCleaning out blight begins in southern Summit County communities
SPRINGFIELD TWP.: People living in the Sawyerwood neighborhood of Springfield, some whose family ties to the historic area go back generations, watched as demolition unfolded Wednesday on five homes...
View ArticleDoughboy statue shining again at Summit County Courthouse
Word for word, Michele Sandridge remembers what her maternal grandfather told her just before he died in 1969 at the Veterans Administration hospital in Brecksville. And those words come back to...
View ArticleHousing growth at standstill in Ohio
Ohio ranked 44th in the nation in housing growth, with nearly three-quarters of its counties, including Summit and Stark, losing homes between July 2011 and July 2012, according to a census...
View ArticleSummit County communities target blighted properties
Blighted propertiesDemolition funding includes local and county money along with state-federal grants made available through the Moving Ohio Forward program.• Coventry Township has identified 11...
View ArticleWadsworth clamps down on nuisance properties
WADSWORTH: City Council adopted a nuisance ordinance with teeth Tuesday.The ordinance is an outgrowth of a letter of concern to city officials from more than 50 residents in the southwest section of...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — July 17
AKRONAssailant convictedAKRON: An Akron man faces a lengthy prison sentence following his convictions Tuesday on three felonies related to an attack April 6 on a female acquaintance.Hermaine D. Powell,...
View ArticleArrest warrants issued in Akron double homicide
Akron police are investigating the stabbing deaths of two men found in an apartment on South Rose Boulevard.The men, ages 53 and 20, were found with fatal stab wounds after officers were called to the...
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