Jewell Cardwell: Green football players pass spirit on to younger special ed...
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States An A+ to Joseph “Joe” Anderson, a...
View ArticleProgram helps to resolve, pay for winter heating bills
The Winter Crisis Program for assistance with heating bills is taking appointments and soon will offer walk-in hours for customers whose utility services have been turned off.In Summit County, Akron...
View ArticleCharities invited to submit holiday needs
The Beacon Journal will again help match charities with supporters during the holiday season. Starting Nov. 11, the newspaper will publish People Helping People. The listing lets nonprofit entities...
View ArticleDozens arrested during Halloween revelry in Kent
Kent police made dozens of arrests during last weekend’s downtown Halloween celebration.Exact arrest numbers were not available from Kent police, but Chief Michelle Lee took to the department’s...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Oct. 29
AKRONGunmen rob manAKRON: Two gunmen beat and robbed an Akron man returning to his home Friday afternoon, police said.The man, 26, had just pulled into a driveway on 15th Street Southwest about 1:30...
View ArticleDefense witness questions eyewitness testimony in Prade case
Court testimony Monday from the final defense witness in the effort to free convicted murderer Douglas Prade called into question whether two prosecution eyewitnesses correctly identified him at his...
View ArticleSummit County worker focus of federal lawsuit
A Summit County clerical employee caught masturbating at his desk is at the center of a new civil federal lawsuit filed by a former co-worker.An administrative assistant who since has retired,...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINAAmeer, Jeffrey B., 60, of Medina. Died Wednesday. Waite & Son.Althaus, Imogene E., 83, of Wadsworth. Died Sunday. Hilliard-Rospert.McClure, James J., 83, of Spencer. Died Sunday. Parker &...
View ArticleRafferty jury still deliberating after 3 days
A Summit County jury ended its third day of deliberations without reaching verdicts in the case against a Stow teen accused in the Craigslist shooting deaths of three men.The panel met for about six...
View ArticleGunman fires shot into wall during robbery at FirstMerit in Akron
Akron police said a man walked into a FirstMerit Bank on Monday afternoon and fired a shot into the wall and then demanded money from a teller.Police said the robbery unfolded at the FirstMerit Bank,...
View ArticleCorrections and clarifications
■ Clinton’s fire levy renewal is Issue 43 on the Summit County ballot. An incorrect issue number was included in an article published Sunday. A reporter erred.
View ArticleGreen digs in to prevent flooding from big storm
GREEN: Deputy Service Director Paul Oberdorfer doesn’t hesitate when asked when the city’s worst flooding in recent memory occurred. It was the day a car floated down a street in the city of 26,000...
View ArticleFirstEnergy closely monitoring superstorm Sandy
FirstEnergy Corp. officials are watching superstorm Sandy closely, especially considering that one of its operating companies, Jersey Power & Light, operates directly in the storm’s path, spokesman...
View ArticleRafferty guilty on all murder counts
Jurors say they didn’t believe Brogan Rafferty’s tale that he was forced to help his spiritual mentor kill three men who responded to a bogus Craigslist help-wanted ad.And now, the Stow teen is looking...
View ArticleFive from Akron area deployed to Long Island for disaster response
Five local professionals who are part of the Ohio All Hazard State Incident Management Team (IMT) have been tapped to help in Long Island, N.Y., in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.Headed east are...
View ArticleUniversity aims to give Great Lakes program more scientific credibility
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.: The University of Michigan is establishing a research program designed to bring more scientific credibility to the federal government’s billion-dollar battle to clean up the Great...
View ArticleArea deaths — Oct. 31
MEDINASnell, John E., 87, of Lodi. Died Tuesday. Parker & Son.Sullivan, Jerry E., 91, of Litchfield Township. Died Tuesday. Bauer, Valley City.STARKBartholomew, Don D., 82, of Massillon. Died...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Mail carrier delivers more than the mail
Big beautiful bouquets to Canton mail carrier Anthony Ramos, who recently drew thunderous applause from the staff at Canton’s Lehman Middle School and the undying gratitude of a student and her...
View ArticleMetro Parks approves funding for stream restoration
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County is continuing a major stream restoration project in northern Summit County.The park commissioners on Tuesday hired Kent’s Davey Resource Group for $451,900 to restore...
View ArticleBrown revs up supporters at Road to Ohio Jobs Tour stop in Akron
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown worked his way through Summit County Democratic Party headquarters in Akron on Tuesday, greeting people and shaking their hands on his way to another small room filled with...
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