New Ohio hazmat containers to aid meth lab cleanup
JACKSON TWP.: Law enforcement agencies on Monday announced plans that will allow officers to store the chemical remains of meth labs in five new storage units around Ohio.The regional storage sites...
View ArticleImprovements coming to senior apartments in Wadsworth
WADSWORTH: Improvements are expected next year at Menwa Apartments, a nearly 40-year-old building for senior citizens at 531 High St.Debra Kubena-Yatsko, deputy director of the Medina Metropolitan...
View ArticleAkron schools get $466,000 in grants, pays $450,000 in lease agreement
The Akron school board voted Monday to accept $466,000 in grants for after-school and STEM programming, then deliberated behind closed doors for nearly an hour before ironing out the details of an...
View ArticleOhio revenue down from July to August at 3 casinos
COLUMBUS: Regulators say monthly revenue fell at three of Ohio’s four, voter-approved casinos in August compared with July but was up slightly at the fourth facility in northwest Ohio.The Ohio Casino...
View ArticleFeds to monitor vote in Northeast Ohio county
CLEVELAND: Federal civil rights observers will monitor polls in a Northeast Ohio county during the upcoming primary election to make sure bilingual ballots are used under a 2010 agreement between the...
View Article25-year-old testifies against friend in Kent beating death
RAVENNA: Glenn Paul Jefferson Jr. admitted Tuesday that he punched and kicked someone who confronted him on the night that 23-year-old Kent State student Christopher Kernich was fatally beaten in a...
View ArticleEco-group to hold Akron meeting on curtailing emissions from coal-fired power...
An eco-group is seeking recruits as it gears up a new grass-roots campaign to limit global warming.Environment Ohio is holding a kickoff meeting in Akron Sept. 18. The session, one of six in Ohio, will...
View ArticleAs they become adults, the children of Sept. 11 understand the horror through...
They are the children of Sept. 11.Now college students, these four young adults in a University of Akron speech class were too young to understand the implications of a terrorist attack on American...
View ArticleAkron City Council at-large members prevail in primary; Kilby out of council...
Akron City Council’s three at-large members won in the Democratic primary Tuesday, leaving Councilman Bruce Kilby without a seat.Kilby, who represents Ward 2, opted to run at-large rather than...
View ArticleAuthorities: Human remains, clothing found in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
BOSTON TWP.: Authorities are trying to identify decomposed human remains hikers found in an isolated area near a Cuyahoga Valley National Park trail.The unidentified skeletal remains were scattered...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINAMcDonagh, John J., 87, of Medina. Died Friday. Parker & Son, Lodi.Reynolds, Betty Jane, 70, of Lodi. Died Sunday. Parker & Son.Ross, William Albert, 51, of Chatham Township. Died Monday....
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: National talk-show host helps Akron girl
Big, beautiful bouquets to Tom Joyner, host of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show (heard locally on WZAK 93.1-FM). Upon learning about an 8-year-old Akron girl with a rare and severe...
View ArticleStevenson, Milkovich on November ballot for Barberton clerk race
BARBERTON: A loaded ticket for the Barberton clerk of courts race featured two high-profile Democratic contenders, with state Rep. Zack Milkovich moving on to the general election in November.He will...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Sept. 10
CAMPAIGN TRAILLevy campaignAKRON: The Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board will kick off its levy campaign at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Child Guidance & Family...
View ArticleCivility projects to influence politics launched by Akron-area groups
If you cringe at the thought of another political season, with all of its ugly barbs, you might be comforted to know that three community groups and some politicians are working for civility.A former...
View ArticleTwinsburg man seeks to educate taxpayers on government finances
TWINSBURG: Loren Sengstock is passionate about government finances.His eyes light up. His hands begin moving. And he starts going on about revenue, expenses and fund balances.Sengstock, 60, a retired...
View ArticleBioInnovation Institute exec honored at White House
A local medical leader was recognized during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday for her efforts to improve the health of Akron-area residents.Dr. Janine E. Janosky, vice president of the Austen...
View ArticleOhio Department of Natural Resources settles with two companies over Utica...
Gulfport Energy Corp. will pay a $250,000 fine, after the Ohio Department of Natural Resources discovered leaking brine and other fluids at seven drilling pads in eastern Ohio.The Oklahoma-based...
View ArticleResearcher: Healthy dogs as well as sick ones can shed virus
A retired Ohio State University veterinary immunologist and pathologist who 15 years ago helped identify a deadly pig virus is praising a former student for raising concerns about dogs dying of a...
View ArticleAuthorities: Taylor Robinson dead; bones found in park match missing Akron woman
After four months, Carmilla Robinson got her answer. It was a conclusion the Akron mother did not want.Pathologists on Wednesday determined that skeletal remains found in the Cuyahoga Valley National...
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