Schools, police sort out fact from rumor in gun threats
Many area students took a day off school Friday.Districts reported the usual seasonal absenteeism, fueled by holiday fervor and illness, but some experienced even more empty desks than expected as...
View ArticleMuseum officials announce pledge of seven-figure gift for planned sculpture...
Planning for an outdoor sculpture garden at the downtown Akron Art Museum began taking shape Friday when officials announced the pledge of a “seven-figure gift” by Rick and Alita Rogers of...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Mogadore man believes he was touched by angels
It doesn’t matter whether you believe in angels.Just don’t try to dissuade 86-year-old Francis Shannon. Wouldn’t do any good anyway.The Mogadore man was blessed, not once but twice, to be visited by...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Hospital receives $1.6 million grant to help kids deal with...
Whether a child is touched by a personal tragedy or mass terror like the recent school shootings in Connecticut, Akron Children’s Hospital is making sure the community is ready to help.The pediatric...
View ArticleGun control may be coming, local politicians, others say
Local politicians and those on each side of the gun control issue expect reforms in the wake of the shooting deaths at a Connecticut elementary school.What the changes will be, though, is unclear.U.S....
View ArticleMore rural, suburban Ohioans turning to government for help with food
Ohioans living in rural and suburban counties are turning to the government for food assistance in record numbers — and demand has grown even after the Great Recession ended.The number of people...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Their phone takes a hike on its own
Anne Anderson and her family have lived in the same West Akron house for more than 19 years.They have had the same telephone company for all of those 19 years.They have had the same telephone number...
View ArticlePolice blotter — Dec. 22
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Byers Avenue man, 23, was charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated menacing and assault after he allegedly broke into a woman’s home through a bedroom window and chased...
View ArticleTwinsburg to close jail, send prisoners to Solon
Twinsburg has operated a city jail for at least 33 years, but starting in January, it will send its prisoners to Solon.Police Chief Chris Noga said a three-year contract with Twinsburg’s neighbor to...
View ArticleCelebrations — Dec. 23
CommunityFour Akron-area residents received Impact Awards from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation of Hudson. Mark Mayle of Mayle Homes in Minerva; Linda Tucci Teodosio, Summit County Juvenile Court...
View ArticleFormer Wayne County judge turns down position on Pacific island’s highest court
Northeast Ohio winters with family or collecting a paycheck while living year-round in tropical sunshine on a Western Pacific island?It’s not a real either-or choice for most people — outside of their...
View ArticleAbout Palau
• Palau is a Western Pacific island archipelago with a tropical climate.• English is the official language.• Governmentally, it is a presidential republic of 16 states and has a constitution pattered...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Akron’s TubaChristmas played to another full house
Brass to the left of me. Brass to the right of me. And brass behind me.Nearly 500 tuba-family instruments were on stage Saturday at the University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall for the 33rd annual Akron...
View ArticleRegion briefs — Dec. 24
AkronNightclub shootingAKRON: A 26-year-old man died during surgery early Sunday morning after apparently being shot inside a nightclub off Romig Road in Akron.Police said the male was found collapsed...
View ArticleArea deaths
STARKJacobs, Gladys Allene, 97, of Alliance. Died Friday. Walton-Schrader.Popa, Ann, 94, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Alliance. Died Friday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian, Alliance.
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Soldier reaches back to help domestic violence victims
Terri Heckman, executive director of Battered Women’s Shelter and Rape Crisis Center, shared an unusual request from a Northeast Ohio soldier serving in Afghanistan, whose heart’s desire was to have...
View ArticleLocal history: Santa Claus house an Ellet icon for baby boomers
Every kid in Ellet knew who lived in that house.No bigger than a shed, a brightly decorated cottage stands tall in the memories of Akron baby boomers.Visiting the Santa Claus house at Eastgate Plaza...
View ArticleElves surprise Akron neighborhood with 1,000 free bicycles
Children living around Lane Field in Akron got a pleasant surprise Sunday: Free bicycles.Elves & More Northeast Ohio, which makes one unannounced visit each year to give away about 1,000 new...
View ArticleJordan’s Christmas wish: Healing for all
STOW: The young man in a wheelchair sat at the front of the church quietly, often with eyes closed.As children around him practiced their parts for a Christmas play at Crestview Baptist Church,...
View ArticleArea deaths
MEDINACawley, John P., 83, of Medina. Died Saturday. Waite & Son.Surrena, Shelley D., 53, of Medina. Died Saturday. Waite & Son.PORTAGEPatrick-Cunningham, Anna, 78, of Edinburg Twp. Died...
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