Body at trash site may be missing Cleveland toddler
CLEVELAND: A body in a trash bag at a suburban Cleveland waste processing site has been tentatively identified as a 3-year-old boy who disappeared from a park on the city’s east side. A county medical...
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MEDINADetwiler, Fern, 88, of Seville. Died Sunday. Murray, Creston.Huntley, Beatrice L., 106, of Seville. Died Sunday. Waite & Son, Medina.Zbaeren, Bernice, 88, of Hinckley Township. Died Sunday....
View ArticleSummit County Council approves purchase of van, jail food contract
The Summit County Veterans Service Commission will be able to purchase a wheelchair-accessible van for $37,200. County Council on Monday confirmed the approval by the board of control to purchase the...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Nov. 26
AKRONMan is found shotAKRON: Akron police are investigating a shooting Sunday night near the intersection of Lane and Campbell streets.Officers responded to a reported shooting about 10 p.m. and found...
View ArticleAll city employees receive raises; council approves legislation giving...
All Akron employees will receive raises next year and the two years after that.Akron City Council approved legislation Monday that ratified a historic tentative agreement with all four of the city’s...
View ArticleHistorical Akron cemetery adds a new twist on burial with space for ashes
Your loved ones can now rub elbows with Akron’s elite — figuratively speaking.Glendale Cemetery’s Millionaire’s Row — the drive of mausoleums that are the final resting places of some of the city’s...
View ArticleLawyer to seek 5-year sentence for Fair Finance co-owner
INDIANAPOLIS: The attorney for an Indianapolis financier convicted of swindling thousands of Ohio investors in the $200 million Fair Finance Co. scandal will ask for a five-year sentence for his...
View ArticleAbortions fall to historic low in Ohio
Ohio women are having fewer abortions in the state.Induced abortions dropped 12 percent last year, hitting an all-time low since the Ohio Department of Health started tracking them more than 35 years...
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THE LIEBERTH FILEPersonal: Age 65. Wife, Lynne, and two daughters, Emma and Kate.Title: Akron’s deputy mayor of administration/chief of staff since May 2002.Salary: $122,800.Education: Bachelor’s and...
View ArticleDave Lieberth, Akron’s deputy mayor and go-to guy, retiring
Anna Wilson had an unusual request.She wanted to share a candlelight dinner on a parking deck in downtown Akron with her boyfriend, who soon would be moving out of state for a new job. The couple had...
View ArticleSummit County formalizes five adoptions in special ceremony
As Holly and Michael Schafer were finalizing the adoptions of two children, a 7-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, they were not alone.The Schafers, who live in Macedonia, had their entire family —...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Don’t tell anyone, but we raise great spies
Greater Akron has given birth to more top spies than Ian Fleming.If you’re not up to speed on the inner workings of the Central Intelligence Agency, you might not realize our area can lay claim to...
View ArticlePart-time ‘road scholars’ teaching more classes at Ohio universities
When Rob Balla left advertising to teach college, he though it would take two or three years to land a full-time job.Nine years later, he’s still stringing together part-time jobs, even though he has...
View ArticleFirstEnergy to build $45 million transmission center in Akron
FirstEnergy Corp. will build a $45 million transmission control center at its West Akron campus, replacing an existing center in Wadsworth Township.The Akron-based electric utility announced plans...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty to attack on girlfriend
An Akron man pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of felonious assault on the second day of his Summit County trial for an August attack on his girlfriend.Kevin D. Harrison, 35, will be sentenced Jan. 3...
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MEDINASnell, David A., 41, of Valley City. Died Friday. Bauer.STARKAdorjan, Mary K., 85, of Navarre. Died Saturday. Paquelet, Massillon.Eddy, Lola, 76, of Alliance. Died Tuesday....
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Goodyear blimp, Marines team up for toy collection special
The elves behind the Goodyear Blimp’s “Santa Claus Express” and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s holiday joint maneuver are inviting area residents to the third annual benefit for the Toys for Tots...
View ArticleInvestigators in Jackson waiting to view more videos
JACKSON TWP.: Police viewing videos showing Jackson High School basketball players in a locker room shower have identified 74 current or past students who could be potential victims of crimes involving...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Nov. 27
AKRONLeaf pickupsAKRON: The city has revised its leaf pickup schedule.“We have been working as fast as possible but are running two to three days behind,” said Public Service Director Rick Merolla....
View ArticleAs Great Lakes plummet, towns try to save harbors
ONEKAMA, MICH.: For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself...
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