An eyesore, 1883 home for veteran services demolished by county
The former Veterans Service Commission headquarters on Park Street in downtown Akron has been demolished because of safety issues.It is now a parking lot and will be used by employees at the county’s...
View ArticleFederal judge hires Oregon law professor at $450 an hour to review Akron’s...
A federal judge in Akron has hired an environmental law professor in Oregon to help analyze the City of Akron’s sewer system and the proposed $837 million remedy.U.S. District Judge John R. Adams hired...
View ArticleBackground on Professor Craig N. Johnston
ABOUT CRAIG N. JOHNSONCraig N. Johnston has been a law professor at the Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Ore., since 1991, where he won a best-professor award from students.Courses:...
View ArticleTales form the track feature family, hope
Beacon Journal staff writersFamily and community came together this week to celebrate the All-American Soap Box Derby, where a financially strapped family found help and another rooted in racing...
View ArticleFormer captive Amanda Berry makes first public appearance at Cleveland concert
CLEVELAND: One of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade made her first public appearance at a concert featuring rapper Nelly a day after her abductor pleaded guilty to kidnap and...
View ArticleOhio gallery pays homage to baseball
MONTGOMERY: Shoeless Joe Jackson might have asked if THIS is heaven.Here was one of his thick-handled bats, being gripped lovingly and studied for cleat nicks and baseball smudges from games he played...
View ArticleUnited Steelworkers reach tentative agreement with Goodyear
Beacon Journal staff reportThe United Steelworkers said Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with Goodyear on a new four-year labor agreement.The pact covers 8,500 of the company’s hourly...
View ArticleLocal history: Legend of lost airplane resurfaces at Nimisila Reservoir
Legends aren’t born overnight. Sometimes they take a good day or two.Perhaps you’ve heard about a World War II airplane resting on the bottom of Nimisila Reservoir in Green. The story has been handed...
View ArticleCharity events — week of July 29
This WeekFridayFriends of Akron Children’s Hospital Harness Race Rally — 7 p.m. at Northfield Park, 10705 Northfield Road, Northfield. Raffle tickets on sale around the area for $1 each. Winners are...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Popular female OB-GYN retiring sooner than she had hoped
Dr. Linda A. Parenti — who became an obstetrician/gynecologist at a time when Akron had few females in the profession — has had a “mostly joyful career,” delivering upward of 4,500 babies. That’s...
View ArticleFather, son use shoe leather, thumbs to discover America in 16-day odyssey
RITTMAN:Michael Gibson and his 18-year-old son, Scott Fritts, walked out of their home at 5:09 a.m. on June 15 with nothing more than $105 and 60 pounds of possessions split between two backpacks.“See...
View ArticleSummit County benefits as playground for hall of fame, Bridgestone...
Former Ohio Gov. James Rhodes used to reproach people complaining about dirty, stinky factories by declaring, “That’s the smell of jobs and progress.”If the late governor came to Summit County in July...
View ArticleAkron Komen race-goers share triumphs and trials
After a mammography, ultrasound, biopsy, chemotherapy and mastectomy, Darlene Owen was delighted at her newest challenge — washing pink-colored cornstarch out of her short hair.The New Franklin...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — July 28
MASSILLONAssailant killedMASSILLON: An assailant was shot and killed by police after a two-hour hostage situation at a Great Clips Sunday evening.The Canton Repository reported that the standoff at the...
View ArticleKnight Foundation gives $750,000 to Akron Art Museum
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a multi-year gift to the Akron Art Museum to help organize a series of six exhibits over the next three years, which will include programming...
View ArticleWarren rally told Portage County ranks No. 1 in Ohio for drilling waste disposal
WARREN: Nearly 7.9 billion gallons of drilling waste have been injected under Ohio since 1978.This includes 27 million barrels under Portage County, making Portage County No. 1 in Ohio for such wastes,...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Gold rush continues in Seattle
I want a cut of the royalties.In April 2012, I wrote about an unusual connection between an Akron resident and a popular mystery novelist from Seattle.Four years earlier, Bob Gold had shot an email to...
View ArticleArea news briefs — July 29
AKRONRapist sentencedAKRON: A 28-year-old Akron man was sentenced Monday to life in prison after pleading guilty to rape and gross sexual imposition in a 2012 case involving a girl who was under the...
View ArticleAkron sewer rates could reach $150 a month, mayor tells council
Akron sewer customers could see their rates rise 300 percent, but not as high as $300, with the improvements the city must make to its system, Mayor Don Plusquellic told council members...
View ArticleSummit County Council passes panhandling laws for townships
Panhandlers in Summit County townships will now have regulations to follow or face fines and possibly jail time.Panhandlers will still be allowed to stand near street corners, but have to be 25 feet...
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