Familiar downtown building coming down today
The demolition of the familiar round building with a white roof in downtown Akron will begin today.It will make way for parking as Akron developer Anthony Manna describes the area as a hub for...
View ArticleResidents get a chance to meet the president
When President Barack Obama’s campaign called Carla Davis last weekend to ask whether she’d sing the national anthem during his visit to Akron, her first thought was: I hope I don’t sing off-key or...
View ArticlePresident Obama greets supporters at Akron-Canton Airport
It was probably one of the most anticipated arrivals in quite some time at Akron-Canton Airport.Politicians and supporters were on hand to greet President Barack Obama on the tarmac as Air Force One...
View ArticleKent voters to decide on income tax increase
KENT: Voters will decide in November whether to increase the city’s income tax from 2 percent to 2.25 percent to fund construction of a police department.At a special council meeting Wednesday, council...
View ArticleLocal news briefs - Aug. 1
AKRONLoan for groceryAKRON: Akron is in line to receive a $3.8 million federally guaranteed loan to build a two-story grocery store in the Highland Square neighborhood.U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon...
View ArticleDrought affecting some local lake levels
Parts of Ohio are suffering from severe drought, but Akron has plenty of water in its reservoirs.“We’re in good shape,” said Ray Flasco, acting water plant superintendent for the city. “The reservoirs...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Pro golfer and wife blanket Akron Children’s Hospital
PGA Tour golfer Martin Laird and his wife Meagan, in Akron for this weekend’s World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, put a different spin on living in a material world when they made their...
View ArticleLong lines outside Akron-area Chick-fil-As
Lines were long for much of the day outside many Akron-area Chick-fil-A restaurants as many residents stopped by to make a political statement and grab a bite to eat.The eatery has been embroiled in...
View ArticleArea deaths - Aug. 1
MEDINAMcKenzie, E. Irene, 90, of Lodi. Died Monday. Parker & Son.PORTAGEBlocher, Jean, 80, of Atwater. Died Wednesday. Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke, Alliance.STARKFagen, Maryanne, 54, of Alliance....
View ArticleSeven area school districts on Aug. 7 ballot
Students in the Buckeye school district would end their days around 1 p.m. if voters reject a property tax increase on Tuesday’s ballot.The district, which has lost tax increases a dozen times in a...
View ArticleTests indicate DNA not from former Akron police captain in murder case
Attorneys representing former Akron police Capt. Douglas Prade say they have new genetic tests that exclude him as the male source of DNA found on the lab coat of his murdered ex-wife, Dr. Margo...
View ArticleBody identified as missing Lockheed Martin engineer
Family members confirmed Thursday that a body found inside a wrecked car in a remote Trumbull County swamp is that of a missing Lockheed Martin engineer.Further tests are being conducted in an effort...
View ArticleRickie’s Rounds (Bob Dyer): A first-round rally at Firestone for Rickie Fowler
(Editor’s Note: Throughout the Bridgestone Invitational, pro golfer Rickie Fowler is teaming up with the Beacon Journal’s Bob Dyer to write a daily column. This is the second installment in their...
View ArticleHistorical moments create today’s Cuyahoga Falls
CUYAHOGA FALLS: This city of 51,000 souls bears little resemblance to the settlement established 200 years ago, when a handful of pioneers mingled with Indians still living along the banks of the...
View ArticleRecycling center opens in Copley
COPLEY TWP.: Township recycling services have expanded with the opening of a 24-hour drop-off center.A Summit County Solid Waste Management Authority grant will pay the $18,000 cost for the site at...
View ArticleAuthor to visit Garrettsville, setting of his new children’s novel
After Scott Starkey graduated from Hiram College in 1993, he returned to his roots in Long Island, N.Y.But when he decided to become a children’s author, his imagination sailed back to Northeast...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINAGerspacher, Vennetta, 86, of Medina. Died Wednesday. Waite & Son.PORTAGECrooks, Thomas P., 75, of Deerfield. Died Tuesday, Shorts-Spicer-Crislip, Ravenna.Tiller, Garner, 78 of Streetsboro....
View ArticleClosing date on Portage Crossing sale extended to Oct. 31
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The date the city was to turn over ownership of the former State Road Shopping Center to a Cleveland developer has been extended because of a proposed zoning change.Stark Enterprises...
View ArticleAuthor to read from kids book
What: New York author Scott Starkey will read from his novel How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying (Simon & Schuster, $15.99). Starkey, a Hiram College alumnus, set his book in the Portage...
View ArticleDrought, frost hurt Green Farmers Market producers
GREEN: This year’s drought — as well as a night of devastating frost — have created some “growing pains” for some vendors at the Green Farmers Market.The market is in the parking lot behind the Summa...
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