Cuyahoga Falls council extends Portage Crossing deadline, deal closes
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The sale of the former State Road Shopping Center was completed Tuesday with the transfer of $3.7 million to the city. The money will go into a special fund from which Stark...
View ArticleCanton, Stark County added to Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force
CANTON: Several Stark County law enforcement agencies on Tuesday officially joined the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force.Pete Elliott, the U.S. marshal for the Northern District of Ohio, made...
View ArticleCanton schools hire 12 administrators to help meet new state evaluations mandate
CANTON: New state rules requiring annual teacher evaluations have led the Canton Board of Education to create a new job category in the district: assistant elementary principal.The board on Monday...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Aug. 14
AKRONPedestrian robbedAKRON: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and another suspect remains at large following a robbery in Akron late Monday.According to Akron police, a 28-year-old man was walking...
View ArticleEvidence enough to take teen to trial as adult in double slaying, judge says
A Summit County juvenile judge ruled Tuesday there was sufficient evidence to transfer the aggravated murder case against a 14-year-old Akron boy to adult court.But that transfer is not automatic.Under...
View ArticleWhitey’s Army-Navy stores for sale in Medina, Berea: ‘It’s time,’ says...
MEDINA: For as long as Jim Thwaite can remember, he has spent nearly all his time, six days a week, at the family’s Whitey’s Army-Navy stores.Even at the age of 7, Thwaite worked in the family store in...
View ArticlePolice collect evidence as they investigate deaths of mother, 5-year-old son...
TALLMADGE: Tallmadge police are in the throes of a double-homicide investigation focusing on the deaths of a mother and child whose bodies were dumped behind their home, apparently several weeks...
View ArticleSummit County elections board hires former Ohio secretary of state as expert
Summit County Republican Chairman Alex Arshinkoff voted Thursday to hire the former Ohio secretary of state who once ousted him from the elections board to serve as an elections expert to the...
View ArticleOne man dead, one wounded in West Akron shooting
Less than 24 hours after city officials joined a rally calling for tighter restrictions on gun ownership, police said one man is dead and a second wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in West...
View ArticlePolice asking for help in early morning shooting death in Canton
CANTON: Authorities are looking for help in an investigation of a shooting that left one person dead early Friday.Police did not identify the victim of the shooting found at Seventh Street Northeast...
View ArticleSumma, CHP deal still awaiting bishop’s blessing
The leader of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland still is deciding whether to give his blessing to a proposed partnership between Catholic Health Partners and Summa Health System.Bishop Richard Lennon...
View ArticleArea deaths — Aug. 16
STARKBeran, Margaret A., 83, of Alliance. Died Wednesday Cassaday-Turkle-Christian.Converse, Frances J., 92, of Canton. Died Wednesday. Paquelet, Massillon.Rosser, Gareth D., 78, of North Canton. Died...
View ArticlePolice reports — Aug. 18
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Lake Street woman, 40, was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of an open container in a motor vehicle after a traffic stop at South Main Street and West Miller...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Aug. 17
AKRONFree legal helpAKRON: University of Akron law professors will offer free information today for those seeking to have a criminal record eliminated through expungement.The event will be hosted by...
View ArticlePrayer walk at Malone University
The Multicultural Alumni Association of Malone University will host its annual prayer walk from 10 a.m. to noon today on the university campus, 2600 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton.The goal of the walk,...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Spare prayers, lucky strikes needed for Lake Township couple...
Support has been pouring in since May in the form of prayers for Tom and Marie McNeill of Lake Township and their family.The situation, frantic then, has become even more urgent in recent weeks.Marie,...
View ArticleAkron native chosen to lead St. Joseph Parish in Cuyahoga Falls
CUYAHOGA FALLS: At age 18, Jared Orndorff opted for culinary school because he didn’t think he was college material.After he completed his associate degree at the Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary...
View ArticleLithuanian Scouts end 10-day jamboree
BOSTON TWP.: The wayside cross that campers at the Boy Scouts of America’s Camp Manatoc made serves as a symbol of home far away.The cross — made of two small tree branches found in the camp — reminds...
View ArticleExecutive director resigns from Barberton Community Foundation
Larry Lallo, executive director of the Barberton Community Foundation, will resign Feb. 15 to lead a religious charity he helped found.Lallo became director of the foundation in 2010, taking over for...
View ArticleAkron man identified in Thursday’s fatal shooting
By Ed MeyerBeacon Journal staff writerA man fatally shot in West Akron Thursday afternoon has been identified by authorities as Bryce D. Ellis, 24, of Aberdeen Avenue in Akron.Ellis, who had a series...
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