Ten years and no arrest in Odd Corner slaying
Greg Peters was a good old hippie, right down to the long hair, beard and his job as a clerk in a head shop.He was a peaceful sort, his friends say, who loved music and friends while letting the good...
View ArticleNew fire chief appointed in Green
GREEN: There was a changing of the guard Monday in the city’s fire division.Jeffrey T. Funai, 44, will take the helm of the 47-member fire department immediately as the new chief, Mayor Dick Norton...
View ArticleAs a student journalist in Washington, retired Beacon editor recalls the...
He was able to walk up and touch the historic caisson planned by Jacqueline Kennedy to carry the body of her husband to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery. Yet it was the unending...
View ArticleShe cried in hospital maternity as John John saluted his dad
The day after John F. Kennedy's funeral, Eilene Harkless Moore came home from the hospital.It had been an arduous five-day stay.On Friday, Nov. 22, she was in labor at Akron City Hospital with her...
View ArticleA Warren Commission staffer slated to talk in Hudson about JFK
Another member of the Warren Commission’s staff will discuss President Kennedy’s assassination with WCPN’s David Molpus at the Hudson Library & Historical Society at 7 p.m. Dec. 4.Attorney, author...
View ArticleWinter storm warnings issued for Akron area
A major winter storm is expected to graze the Akron area Tuesday through Wednesday.The National Weather Service predicts that anywhere from 4 to 10 inches of snow could fall by the time the flakes stop...
View ArticleCanton leaders show support for landmark restaurant Taggarts
CANTON: Members of the City Council and the administration held an informal meeting after their regular session Monday to support a business that was the site of an armed robbery last week.Mayor...
View ArticleJudge willing to consider shorter sentence for man who fatally shot wife at...
A Summit County judge said a proposed six-year prison sentence for a Massillon man convicted in the fatal 2012 bedside shooting of his wife at Akron General Medical Center was “commensurate with the...
View ArticleTwo jailed in theft of vehicles from Stark County businesses
LAKE TWP.: Within weeks of several John Deere vehicles being stolen from two Stark County businesses, Uniontown police have jailed two suspects and are looking for a third.Two of the stolen vehicles...
View ArticleKennedy Assassination Timeline
Friday, Nov. 22, 1963• In the early edition of the Beacon Journal appears a story about some Kent State students petitioning to abolish the 10:30 p.m. curfew for coeds, and another about county jail...
View ArticleJFK assassination inspired abstract artwork by the late artist Bernard Weiner
Deborah Weiner describes her late parents as “far left liberals and activists, socially and politically. To them, JFK was a shining light. …”When she was dismissed early from Case Elementary School on...
View ArticleHistoric pages of Beacon Journal available
The assassination of John F. Kennedy unfolded on the front pages of the Akron Beacon Journal in 1963 as the region mourned the loss of the nation’s president.You can purchase keepsake copies of images...
View ArticleThere was no conspiracy to kill Kennedy, says Shaker Heights attorney who...
Every time Burt Griffin hears a conspiracy theory about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he sighs and shakes his head.It’s been 50 years, he wants to shout in frustration. Fifty years for someone...
View ArticleArea deaths — Nov. 27
MEDINABruce, Violet, 89, of Wadsworth. Died Monday. Hilliard-Rospert. STARKAllen, Florence M., 84, of Massillon. Died Sunday. Paquelet.Bolog, Elizabeth R., 92, of Alliance. Died Monday....
View ArticleArea families adjust Thanksgiving traditions to suit their style
Thanksgiving is a holiday steeped in tradition. Roasted turkey, football games, naps on the couch.Then again, what’s more American than breaking the rules — or making new ones.Like renting a pool and...
View ArticleTeam responds to wild animal control in Summit County
The radio transmission was frantic: A large cat was loose at the Akron Zoo, a staff educator told David Barnhardt, director of marketing and guest services.Barnhardt, who was in charge as one of five...
View ArticlePreschoolers celebrate ‘Thanksgivukkah’ as Thanksgiving, Hanukkah converge
What kind of sound does a “menurkey” make?“Gobble, gobble — like a regular turkey. But it has a menorah with candles to light up the feathers!” said Lily Taylor, 4, a preschool student in the Early...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Nov. 27
AKRONParking lot approvedAKRON: City Council has approved plans for a gravel parking lot that will serve a mountain bike trail that Metro Parks, Serving Summit County plans to build.The 29-space...
View Article‘Turkey Trot’ details
What: Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk plus 1-Mile Fun Run/WalkWhere: Starts at Green Central Administration building on Town Park Boulevard, ends at Green Memorial Stadium, behind the Intermediate School, 1737...
View ArticleRecounts scheduled in four close Summit County elections
The Summit County Board of Elections on Tuesday will recount four results from the Nov. 5 election: Akron Municipal Court judge, Richfield Township trustee, Tallmadge council-at-large and a Manchester...
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