Lawyers spar in challenge to Ohio racetrack slots
COLUMBUS: A court heard competing arguments Thursday on whether an anti-gambling group should be allowed to go forward with its challenge to Gov. John Kasich’s decision authorizing slots-like video...
View ArticleBeacon Journal might sell warehouse property to developer planning more...
Another new student housing development may be coming to downtown Akron.The Akron Planning Commission approved plans Friday for a $20 million, four-story student housing development on the south side...
View ArticleBrewing icon to visit Cleveland
When the New Albion Brewing Co. — considered the first microbrewery in the U.S. — went out of business in 1982, pioneering owner and brewer Jack McAuliffe slid into obscurity.And that was fine with...
View ArticleJob and Family Services closing some state offices
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will consolidate facilities by shutting down 13 of its 28 state offices and transferring 570 employees to other locations.“By consolidating offices we...
View ArticleDistrict has lease with Colorado driller on 6,700 acres at Seneca Lake
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District announced Friday that it has negotiated an oil-gas lease for 6,700 acres at Seneca Lake in Guernsey and Noble counties.The lease with Colorado-based Antero...
View ArticleEx-astronaut from Summit touts Ohio energy possibilities
Ronald M. Sega’s talk Thursday to the Akron Roundtable was a bit of a homecoming.Sega, a former astronaut who twice flew in a space shuttle, was born in Northfield and graduated from Nordonia High...
View ArticleUniversities facing drop in future enrollees
The heady days of surging enrollment might be over for now at Ohio’s colleges and universities.The number of high school graduates are on a decade-long-plus decline, and already some institutions are...
View ArticleChardon administrators share yearlong hindsight after high school shooting
PLAIN TWP.: Late February will mark the one-year anniversary of the Chardon High School shooting.“There’s not a night that I go to bed and wake up and don’t think about it,” Joseph Bergant II,...
View ArticleFamily suffers through aftermath of crash with suspected bank robber’s car
She didn’t feel like a hero when she stopped a fleeing bank robber in his tracks.Fact is, the stay-at-home mother says she didn’t feel much at all. The crash left her arm and leg numb and her head...
View ArticleStow mayor appoints leaders to safety group
STOW: Mayor Sara Drew has appointed community and school leaders to a new safety task force.The group will investigate ways to enhance security in Stow-Munroe Falls schools and other public areas of...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Start the New Year by joining the kindness revolution
The National Random Acts of Kindness Foundation with Hudson’s long-running and well-organized chapter is inviting all of us to participate in 2013 Random Acts of Kindness Week — Feb. 11-17.Hudson’s...
View ArticleStudy shows Akron Marathon adds $6 million to economy
The Akron Marathon added about $6 million to Akron’s economy in 2012, creating the equivalent of 60 full-time jobs.That’s up $2 million from two years ago, according to an economic impact study...
View ArticleFirst Friday Club hosts students at luncheon Feb. 1
Four students from local Catholic high schools will share reflections on “Encountering God” during the First Friday Club of Greater Akron luncheon on Feb. 1 at the University of Akron’s Quaker Station,...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Jan. 19
AKRONWeapons chargesAKRON: A Clinton man faces a variety of charges after officers discovered weapons in his car during a traffic stop Friday in Akron.Aaron Von Bradford, 23, was charged with improper...
View ArticleCloverleaf levy would fund police in schools
LODI: Cloverleaf school district will place an armed officer in each building if voters approve a levy request on the May 7 ballot.Currently, one deputy, who serves as the D.A.R.E resource officer and...
View ArticleArea deaths — Jan. 18
STARKRosler, John W., 91, of Alliance. Died Wednesday. Walton-Schrader. Gambill, Ellen L., 95, of Alliance. Died Thursday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian.
View ArticleOhio to launch arson regisry
Ohio is launching a statewide registry this year to keep track of convicted arsonists.Arsonists — just like sex offenders — will be required to register annually with the county sheriff where they live...
View ArticleFootball name game is wrong cause
The news that FirstEnergy is paying $6 million a year to slap its name on the stadium where the Cleveland Browns play has rubbed plenty of people the wrong way.FirstEnergy’s thinking is obvious: By...
View ArticleCelebrations — Jan. 20
CommunityJennifer Bheam, director of the Child Support Enforcement Agency, was elected president of the Ohio CSEA Directors’ Association, a professional organization that aims to strengthen the state’s...
View ArticleCrime blotter — Jan. 20
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Georgia Avenue man, 28, was charged with burglary. Police said the man’s blood was recovered and matched from a door frame of a Georgia Avenue home that was burglarized.A...
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