Fourteen local park projects to get state grants
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has approved grants for 14 park projects in the Akron-Canton area.The city of Akron is getting two grants totaling $26,880 to acquire 2.5 acres for trails along...
View ArticleLocal history: Old Book Store is a page from Akron’s past
The Old Book Store was a downtown Akron landmark with a lot of character — and a lot of characters.Packed to the rafters with nearly 250,000 volumes, the long, narrow shop stood for decades on South...
View ArticleVolunteers stay busy fixing vintage military equipment, taking it on road
Opening the doors of a half-dozen storage units in Canal Fulton reveals 11 pieces of vintage military equipment and one sparkling surprise that represents a major battle of World War II.The unusual...
View ArticleCanton confronting violence in wake of pizza shop robbery
CANTON: The owner of a pizza shop where an armed robbery occurred early this month is outraged that a rap video posted on YouTube contains lyrics that are a script for the crime.Further, Your Pizza...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Straight17
Chuck Hamad — the owner of Hamad Tire who donated 260 regulation soccer balls to children in earthquake-ravaged Haiti — was incorrectly identified by his wife’s last name in Jewell Cardwell’s Saturday...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Blind law student has life in focus
Seeing is believing.And the reverse — believing is seeing — also is true.You need only learn of 25-year-old Robert Dewayne Campbell, who is legally blind, to know the wisdom of the latter.For...
View ArticleFormer Akron man on death row dies in prison hospital
Ohio death row inmate Donald Lavell Craig died last week after being hospitalized for seven months, prison officials said.Craig, 52, had been sentenced to death for the abduction, rape and murders of...
View ArticleSommerville attends last Akron council meeting, moves on to planning job
Akron City Council President Marco Sommerville will face at least one challenge in his new job as planning director: not always speaking his mind.Sommerville is known for being outspoken, but those in...
View ArticleLongtime Ohio official Jim Petro retiring after 2 years as state higher...
COLUMBUS: Republican Jim Petro announced Monday that he’ll retire next year after a long career in public service that included 12 years as state auditor and attorney general.Petro, 64, will step down...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Dead wallet seeks walking dead
Like many parents with children of a certain age, Kent State PR honcho Eric Mansfield has been spending lots of time searching for scholarship money that might be available for his son, a senior at...
View ArticleLocal news briefs - Dec. 18
AKRONMan robbed, shotAKRON: Akron police are looking for two robbers who stole $61 from a man and shot him in the foot.Authorities say a 28-year-old Akron man told them the incident occurred about 8...
View ArticleHoliday lights contest on Ohio.com
HOLIDAY LIGHTS CONTEST Show off your holiday spirit by uploading a photo of your holiday lights display at Ohio.com. A $100 gift certificate to Lighting by Design is the grand prize. Additional prizes...
View ArticleYoungstown State president to retire
Youngstown State University’s president will retire July 1. “It has been a distinct honor and privilege — and a dream come true — to serve my beloved alma mater as president over the past 2½ years,”...
View ArticleArea deaths — Dec. 18
MEDINAAylard, Paul H., 97, of Medina. Died Sunday. Waite & Son.Ryba, Adrienne L., 19, of Sharon Township. Died Saturday. Hilliard-Rospert, Wadsworth.Wickiser, Marjorie J., 85, of Wadsworth. Died...
View ArticleReclamation project nearly complete at former Summit County dump
BOSTON TWP.: Four bare-bones wetlands have been sculpted in the field off Hines Hill Road. Logs and potholes dominate their landscape. Wetland plants will be planted in the spring. Two trees, one small...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Giving Dolls dispatched to comfort children in Newtown who...
A friend forwarded this quote that is so applicable to the unimaginable tragedy Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six...
View ArticleAkron-area districts react to Friday school massacre with tighter security
Police — some inside buildings, others outside — met many area students on the first day of school since Friday’s shooting at a Connecticut elementary.“It was a tough day for everyone in education....
View ArticleMadCap Brewing to launch in Stow
STOW: The new MadCap Brewing Co. is the epitome of a nanobrewery.Housed in part of a garage — not the full garage, mind you — and tucked behind a yellow house along Graham Road and next door to Stow...
View ArticleCanton approves flat budget for 2013
CANTON: The city’s spending plan for next year calls for no more money than this year, according to Finance Director Joseph DiRuzza.City Council approved 2013 general fund appropriations of nearly $53...
View ArticleArea deaths -- Dec. 18
MEDINAHastings, Frank R. Jr., 86, of Medina. Died Monday. Waite & Son.Reed, Carl L., 73, of Seville. Died Saturday. Armstrong.Turek, Hazel, 81, of Medina. Died Tuesday. Waite &...
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