University Park Alliance’s $6 million grant, $1.8 million loan is canceled by...
A grant and low-interest loan for a total of $7.8 million, awarded to the neighborhood development group University Park Alliance has been canceled by its major funder, less than three months after it...
View ArticleMoody Bible Institute distant learning classes to begin soon at local sites
Moody Bible Institute distant learning undergraduate classes will begin this month at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Cuyahoga Falls, The Chapel in Marlboro and Hope Alliance Bible Church in Maple...
View ArticleMan facing potential death sentence in killing of Akron father, son
An Akron man is facing a potential death sentence in connection with the stabbing deaths last month of a father and son.Robert Thomas Pitts Jr., 19, is indicted on multiple counts of aggravated murder,...
View ArticleSummit County program will help get kids ready for kindergarten
They might have different reasons, but parents and young children share apprehensions about the first days of school coming later this month.For the parents, it could be concerns they might not have...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Kathy Giller gets foot solider support from Komen
Akron’s Kathy Giller is laser-focused on raising research dollars for breast cancer — for women, yes, but also for men, like her husband, Lee.Lee, a successful businessman, was diagnosed in 2005 after...
View ArticleArea briefs — Aug. 3
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIPVandalism chargeSPRINGFIELD TWP.: An Akron man is accused of writing anti-Semitic slurs on a mausoleum at Hillside Memorial Park.Slavko Mazibrada, 56, is being held in the Summit...
View ArticleCrowd of 3,200 sees latest fashions at hall of fame show in Canton
CANTON: “This is a fashion show within a fashion show,” Betsy Kling observed as smartly attired guests arrived Friday at Canton Memorial Civic Center for the Hall of Fame Fashion Show.Kling, chief...
View ArticleMessiah's Mansion, model of ancient Hebrew tabernacle, visiting Barberton
BARBERTON: For the next week, the Rev. Howard Russell will be able to look out his office window and find inspiration.That encouragement will be in the form of Messiah’s Mansion, a life-size model of...
View ArticleReunions
• Akron South High School’s Class of 1953 will reunite Aug. 17. For more information, call 330-794-8901 or 330-666-1916.• Akron Buchtel High School’s Class of 1968 will reunite Aug. 16-17. For more...
View ArticlePolice blotter — Aug. 4
Summit CountyBarbertonBurglarySomeone entered a fenced-in cellphone tower and a control room on East State Street on July 28 and stole $3,000 worth of copper wiring.TheftsJewelry valued at $6,200 was...
View ArticleNational Night Out events include 16 sites in Akron
An estimated 15,000 communities across the country will participate in National Night Out, and Akron will host more events Tuesday than any other city in Ohio.National Night Out is an anti-crime and...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls steps up traffic enforcement
CUYAHOGA FALLS: After three months of a special traffic enforcement program, Cuyahoga Falls police say arrests are up and traffic crashes are down.Police Chief Tom Pozza said the program is doing what...
View ArticlePublic invited to discuss two new Summit County parks planned for Hudson
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, will share its plans for two new metro parks in Hudson at a special event Monday.Park representatives will be available at the Hudson Library and Historical Society,...
View ArticleNational Night Out events scheduled in Akron
Here are details for Akron’s 16 scheduled events Tuesday that are associated with National Night Out:• Arlington Plaza area: Gateway Plaza parking lot, 1035 Rosemary Plaza, 5 to 7 p.m.• Cascade...
View ArticleUrban hunters collect Akron salvage, repurpose
Micah Kraus and Jason Horinger go to places the world has walked away from in search of Akron treasures.On a sweltering morning in July, the two worked for 20 minutes just to remove the boards from a...
View ArticleTwinsburg draws festival-goers, two by two
TWINSBURG: They came in twos, carbon-copy sets of fairies, knights, princesses, gnomes and even just average folks in matching clothes.They were the twins who overran this community in northeastern...
View ArticleCity not privy to pipeline locations inside own borders
NEW FRANKLIN: It didn’t take long for New Franklin’s fire chief to know his community was in danger.The force of the natural gas spewing from the transmission line sounded like a freight train and was...
View ArticleArea deaths — Aug. 3
WAYNEAgnes, Dawn M., 92, of Wooster. Died Saturday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek.
View ArticleSummit County Council to consider Rothrock Road legislation and increase in...
Legislation will go before the Summit County Council tonight that would remove Rothrock Road, Rothrock Loop and Springside Connector from the county highway system. In light of a recent court ruling...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Akron family has annual reunion that dates back to 1938
’Tis the season for reunions — school, camp and family. Without question, the greatest of these is family.“Annual family reunions, I guess, are perishable things, like people,” Ellet High School...
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