Facebook page calls for Trayvon Martin rally amid Italian festival
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Plans for a rally to protest the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case have some in Cuyahoga Falls concerned.The call on social media sites, including Facebook, asks those upset with the...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — July 18
AKRONHealth-care talkAKRON: Akron and its union leaders met and talked health care Wednesday, but the city didn’t present a proposal for cost savings as anticipated.Instead, the committee continued to...
View ArticleAkron cleanup effort continues
What: My Neighborhood Our Akron, a new local effort to clean parks and other areas of the city. A different neighborhood was targeted each Saturday in April, then on selected Saturdays through the end...
View ArticlePirates prepare to plunder Portage Lakes
NEW FRANKLIN: Fictional pirate and professional scallywag Capt. Jack Sparrow knew that any voyage on the high seas goes smoother with an experienced crew.Likewise, organizers of the annual Portage...
View ArticleP-51 Mustang fighter plane headed to Green military museum landscape
GREEN: A P-51 Mustang fighter plane soon could be part of the landscape near the southern end of Massillon Road.The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday gave approval to the Military...
View ArticleJudge to decide whether to restore driving privileges to woman guilty of DUI...
A Summit County judge told a packed courtroom Thursday “there is no right decision” when she rules whether to grant an Akron woman’s request to restore her driving privileges.In December 2005, under a...
View ArticleAct of kindness by father, son takes fatal turn in West Akron; suspect arrested
Bryan May and his son, Jeremy Putra, were inseparable partners, whether it was rooting for Cleveland sports teams or helping a friend down on his luck.Family members said it appears their generosity to...
View ArticleWadsworth rejects bids for vacant former senior center
WADSWORTH: Service Director Chris Easton told City Council’s Public Ways Committee this week that all offers to lease or sell the former senior center at 138 High St. were rejected.The 90-year-old,...
View ArticleTowpath Credit Union customers report fraudulent transactions from China
Fraudulent debit-card transactions originating in China have hit at least one Akron-area credit union.At least six customers, possibly eight, of the Towpath Credit Union have seen fraudulent...
View ArticleThe Rev. Timothy O’Connor is home at Akron’s St. Vincent Parish
The Rev. Timothy J. O’Connor arrived at St. Vincent Parish in Akron with an open heart and open mind.“This is where the Lord wants me to be. I have told the people that I want to become one with them...
View ArticleFormer Ohio Supreme Court justice visits Norton to campaign against Issue 1
NORTON: A ballot issue that city officials say will cripple Norton if successful drew some high-powered attention Friday.Andrew Douglas, a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court for 18 years until his...
View ArticleLocal Victim Assistance office wins Toshiba national contest
Every year, the Victim Assistance Program in Akron cares for 7,000 crime victims and their families. It’s a difficult task for survivors and those who counsel them.On Friday, the folks at Toshiba tried...
View ArticleTemporary repairs made on washed-out stream bank next to Towpath Trail in Akron
Repairs are nearly complete to a storm-damaged stream bank next to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail north of downtown Akron.The temporary repairs mean the Akron Marathon can use the section of...
View Article7 hurt on Cedar Point water ride
SANDUSKY: A boat on a ride at Cedar Point amusement park accidentally rolled backward down a hill Friday evening, injuring all seven people on it.The park said operators stopped the Shoot the Rapids...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — July 20
AKRONPolice jolt driverAKRON: An Akron man is accused of trying to eat a bag of cocaine while his 14-year-old niece was in the car with him.When officers stopped Antonio E. Johnson, 33, at West North...
View ArticleThe Rev. Steven Lashbrook to be installed as pastor of Akron’s Emmanuel UCC
The Rev. Steven Lashbrook will be installed at 4 p.m. Sunday as the new pastor of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 1480 Eastwood Ave., Akron.Lashbrook came to the church in January, after serving 10...
View ArticleSisters of Charity of St. Augustine’s new leadership team to be formally...
The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine will install its new leadership team July 28 during a congregational prayer service at Mount Augustine, 5232 Broadview Road, Richfield.The officers being...
View ArticleCrime Waves: A periodic series
Nine people were shot in five days in Akron this year. Six died.The rash of violence led Beacon Journal Phil Trexler to explore the reasons for such crime. Today, Trexler tells the story of Carmine...
View ArticleWith faith in God, Akron man turns four-page rap sheet into success story
Anyone can spot Carmine Robinson as he drives through the roughest sections of Akron inside his flashy SUV with its glistening 24-inch rims spinning off sunshine.He could be on his way home, or to the...
View ArticlePipeline to be altered to ship Ohio shale gas to Midwest
One of the largest natural gas pipelines built in the United States will be made bidirectional to transport natural gas from Ohio to the Midwest and potentially to the West.The Rockies Express...
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