Charity events — week of Aug. 12
This WeekFridayChild Guidance & Family Solutions Growing Up Akron Celebration — 6-9 p.m. at the Thirsty Dog Brewery, 529 Grant St., Akron. Benefits Child Guidance & Family Solutions, a mental...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Golfers putting on the dog for little boy with seizures
At 3 years old, Silas Mozingo doesn’t know anything about golf. Yet those close to him are hoping the Charity Golf Outing honoring him Sept. 8 at Turkeyfoot Lake Golf Links will make a monumental...
View ArticleHow to find out more on starting a block watch
How to find out more to start a block watchYou may contact John Valle at Akron’s Department of Neighborhood Assistance at 330-375-2345 or jvalle@akronohio.gov or police Sgt. Mike Lugenbeal at...
View ArticleArea deaths — Aug. 12
PortageJacobs, Mark A., 72, of Ravenna. Died Saturday. Shorts-Spicer-Crislip.StarkBreit, Lee, 80, of Minerva. Died Friday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian, Alliance.Freed, Paul L., 76, of Alliance. Died...
View ArticleFuneral home celebrates 50th anniversary
Tori Crews never took her eyes off her 2-year-old son, Elijah Crews, as he bravely climbed to the top of the 30-foot-high inflatable sliding board.The crowd below shouted encouragement as his sister,...
View ArticleAkron, community leaders trying to build block watches in Forest Hill, other...
As Cathy Franklin recovered from surgery, she looked out of the windows of her Forest Hill home and didn’t like the view. She saw people dealing drugs across the street, in front of her house and in...
View ArticleSummer Safari a walk on wild side for guests
Honorary chairs Bill and Becky Considine, attired in safari ensembles, greeted more than 500 guests as they took a Summer Safari at the Akron Zoo Friday evening. Special guests from the Columbus Zoo...
View ArticleTallmadge police find bodies of woman, child in woods
The decomposed bodies of a woman and a young child were discovered over the weekend in a wooded residential area in Tallmadge, authorities said Sunday night.The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office...
View ArticleAutism Family Foundation closes
The nonprofit Autism Family Foundation of Northeast Ohio has closed.The Copley Township group issued a four-paragraph statement Monday saying the board had voted to dissolve the foundation effective...
View ArticleAkron Bar Foundation awards $37,500 in grants
The Akron Bar Foundation recently issued grants totaling $37,500 to programs whose mission is to improve the justice system.Receiving the grants were:• Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Aug. 12
AKRONNext-of-kin soughtAKRON: Investigators are trying to locate family members for a Kenmore man who died earlier this month.An investigator with the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office said the...
View ArticleTax holiday set for Thursday at select Hartville-area businesses
Shop at participating businesses in the Hartville-Lake Township area Thursday and on many items you won’t pay the 6.25 percent sales tax.The 26 Stark businesses (as of Monday) participating in the...
View ArticleSummit County Council boosts dog license fees, decreases number of ADM board...
The next time Summit County residents renew their dog licenses, it will cost a few bucks more.Summit County Council voted Monday to boost annual dog license fees from $14 to $18.County officials say...
View ArticleArea deaths — Compiled Aug. 12
MEDINAEnsor, Carol J., 75, of Medina. Died Friday. Waite & Son.Feehely, Irene D., 85, of Medina. Died Sunday. Waite & Son.Gray, Lynette R., 92, of Lodi. Died Sunday. Parker & Son.Machamer,...
View ArticleThirsty Dog expands its Akron brewery
Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. is expanding. The Akron brewery, located on Grant Street near the University of Akron, is busy rehabbing and adding a roof onto an adjacent building that will be used for...
View ArticleAnswers sought after bodies found behind home of missing Tallmadge woman, child
A witness who lives near the home of a missing Tallmadge woman said she heard her neighbor’s child cry out “Mommy, get up” several times one day last month.The 5-year-old boy and his mother, Wendy...
View ArticleCooking Classes — week of Aug. 14 and beyond
Fishers Foods, North Canton, 440-729-1110, www.lpscinc.com. Finger Food Feast, with chef Loretta Paganini, 6 p.m. Monday. $45.Hot and Spicy Baja Bash, with chef Brad Miller, 6 p.m. Aug. 21. $45.Island...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Friends of Akron couple trying to help family after flood
Friends of Jim and Traci Williams of West Akron are busy trying to find ways to help the couple whose home was severely damaged in a massive July rainstorm that destroyed two basement walls.“Unable to...
View ArticleArea deaths — Aug. 14
STARKBennington, Ronald, 77, of Canton. Died Monday. Spiker-Foster-Shriver.Marteney, Wilma, 82, formerly of Beloit. Died Friday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian, Alliance.WAYNEBurkhart, Virginia L., 86, of...
View ArticleNorth Canton movie ‘Underdogs’ getting extended local run
It’s time for more Underdogs.The movie, made in North Canton, had a short trip into Northeast Ohio theaters back in April, when it was shown during the Cleveland International Film Festival. That...
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