Ohio uninsured number drops; Canton ranks worst among state’s major cities
Less than two weeks before uninsured Ohioans can begin exploring their options for federally mandated health-care coverage, the percentage of people who need the help is showing improvement, according...
View ArticleAkron is “hidden gem” market for buying rentals
The Akron area is among 25 “hidden gem” markets when it comes to investing in single-family rental property.So says a report with Summit County No. 11 nationwide. The report was released Thursday by...
View ArticlePenguin Point population at Akron Zoo expands by two
The Akron Zoo’s endangered Humboldt penguins have welcomed two chicks into their Penguin Point exhibit, increasing the penguin population at the zoo to 23 birds.Bisnieto and Regalo, born June 8 and...
View ArticleIdentity theft prevention workshop at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
An educational workshop to explore how to prevent identity theft is at noon Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron.The free session is being co-sponsored by Thrivent...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Compiled Sept. 20
AKRONStolen cars foundAKRON: Six cars stolen from a downtown BMW dealership have been recovered and one teenage suspect has been arrested, police said.The six privately owned cars were at Dave Walters...
View ArticleArea deaths — Sept. 21
MEDINABrown, Maria, 55, of Medina. Died Friday. Waite & Son.Gibson, Phillip R., 49, of Brunswick. Died Thursday. Carlson.Janis, Ruth, 84, of Brunswick. Died Thursday. Carlson.Lutz, Audrey H., 79,...
View ArticleAkron to add transportation for kids in charter schools after cuts to its own...
The Akron school board in its meeting Monday will consider spending an additional $300,000 to transport children not in its schools — charter school students that the state says it must bus.The...
View ArticleMeth forum to be held Wednesday
Lisa Hamilton-Green, community educator at Summit County Children Services and the driving force behind Wednesday’s Meth Lab Community Forum, calls meth “a serious and destructive community issue” that...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Local woman off meth, breaking bad no more
It’s hard to imagine that Apryl Miller’s 10-year, love-hate relationship with methamphetamine — a powerfully addictive drug that robbed her of her dignity and so much more — could possibly have a happy...
View ArticleAgricultural charter school in Akron opens
Outside the former Holy Trinity United Methodist Church, west of Buchtel High School and across Copley Road, a sign announces limited seating available for the city’s newest charter school.As the...
View ArticleBody found in in Cuyahoga River in Kent
The body of an unidentified man was discovered Saturday afternoon in Kent, floating in the Cuyahoga River near Stow Street.It was discovered by kayakers at about 12:20 p.m.Kent police said an...
View ArticleFormer adviser at Archbishop Hoban to receive award for work with mock trial...
The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education will honor Jeffrey Schobert of New Franklin with an award for his exemplary work as a volunteer coach for the Hoban High School mock trial team, officials...
View ArticlePolice blotter — Sept. 15
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Nanuala Drive man, 19, was charged with robbery and felonious assault after he allegedly punched another man several times and knocked him to the ground, causing multiple...
View ArticleReunions
The Akron East High Class of 1973 and 1974 reunion will be Oct. 4 and 5. Contact Donna Boyles Kinney at 330-212-7364 or Nancy Border Schafer at 330-633-0339.The St. Paul’s Elementary Class of 1945 will...
View ArticleAppeal seeks to overturn Fair Finance convictions
INDIANAPOLIS: A former Indianapolis businessman who prosecutors say masterminded a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors in an Ohio company of $200 million says jurors at his trial last year should not...
View ArticleFamily, friends, many in purple, remember Taylor Robinson at Saturday service
Most dressed in purple, Taylor Robinson’s favorite color, offering a glimmer of brightness in contrast to Saturday’s otherwise darkened late morning sky.They came to Akron’s Mount Calvary Baptist...
View ArticleZips host Barberton boy with leukemia as a ‘Special Spectator’
Nathan Stephens played a soccer match Saturday morning, but his biggest round of applause — by a mile — came at a football game later in the day played by a bunch of guys five times his size.The...
View ArticleRain doesn’t dampen patriotic spirit in Brimfield Township
BRIMFIELD TWP.: Charles Gowen of Alliance is still suffering more than four decades since leaving the Army and his service in Vietnam. He took a few more steps toward recovery Saturday morning when he...
View ArticleKent State athletic director gets 18 percent raise, making him highest paid...
KENT: Kent State University’s Joel Nielsen’s 18 percent raise makes him the highest paid athletic director in the Mid-American Conference.The university raised Nielsen’s base salary to $308,000 and...
View ArticleAkron Marathon runner who collapsed last year returns to race; relay...
He’s not ready to run past the spot where he died last year.But the two women responsible for him being alive intend to get him to the finish line this year.If that sounds a bit like a riddle, it’s...
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