Man wounded in accidental shooting at Medina Gun Show
Medina police late Saturday were investigating an accidental shooting at a gun show at the Medina County Fairgrounds.The shooting occurred when a dealer was checking a semiautomatic handgun that he had...
View ArticleMacedonia has record-breaking carryover; may still need voters to extend...
MACEDONIA: For the second year in a row, this northern Summit County community — struggling to make ends meet three years ago — ended the year with a record-breaking carryover.The nearly $6.3 million...
View ArticleArea deaths — Jan. 19
StarkGambrill, Ellen L., 95, of Alliance. Died Thursday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian.MedinaNeptune, Larry C., 73, of Lodi. Died Thursday. Parker & Son.WayneBriggs, Jonathon A., 48, of Orrville. Died...
View ArticleTips for dealing with aftermath of violent crime
Tips for dealing with the aftermath of violent crimeLeanne Graham, the new executive director of Victim Assistance Program in Akron, is a native of Whitman, Mass., in the state’s South Shore area.She...
View ArticleCity to plant 40 new cherry trees along Ohio & Erie Canal in downtown Akron
Forty new Yoshino cherry trees will be planted along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in downtown Akron this year.The tree plantings are made possible by a recent $10,000 donation from the...
View ArticleSometimes victims just need comfort, new director of Victim Assistance...
Leanne Graham vividly remembers what a 9-year-old needed in the moments after her parents died violent deaths.The little girl’s father had just killed her mother and himself in a dramatic and highly...
View ArticleGay Community Endowment Fund awards $26,900 to local programs
The Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $26,900 to nine greater Akron nonprofit organizations at its fourth-quarter meeting of 2012.Several grants were...
View ArticleStudents hopeful race relations will get better
They know that Monday is more than just a day off, but University of Akron students asked about the confluence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the second inauguration of America’s first black...
View ArticleWelty Family Foundation awards grants
The Welty Family Foundation has awarded $219,000 to 44 local nonprofit organizations at its 2012 year-end meeting. Recipients and their programs are:• Access Inc., for hunger relief program, $5,000.•...
View ArticleNew construction oversight board in Copley to begin work in February
COPLEY TWP.: A new five-member board charged with oversight of new commercial, industrial and residential construction in Copley Township is scheduled to begin work in February.To start, Architectural...
View ArticleCharity events — week of Jan. 21
This WeekFridayThe 37th Annual Sugartown Express — 4:30-8 p.m. at the Quaker Station, 135 S. Broadway, Akron. Family-friendly event with celebrity servers, silent auction, raffles, music and...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Last stop for popular Metro bus operator
Understandably, veteran and award-winning Akron Metro RTA bus driver Sheryl Symons is having a difficult time putting it in park.“It’s breaking my heart,” an emotional Symons said about her recent...
View ArticleThe Chapel says farewell to its senior pastor
Sunday was an emotional day at The Chapel in Akron as hundreds of well-wishers lined the hallway outside the sanctuary after two morning worship services to bid farewell to their senior pastor and his...
View ArticleArea deaths — Jan. 20
WAYNEReed, Robert, 56, of Wooster. Died Friday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek.Sheppard, Robert W., 92, of Wooster. Died Friday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek.Weber, Ralph B., 96, of Rittman. Died...
View ArticleInauguration Day a time to celebrate, remember
The Rev. Otis Moss Jr. believes the nation will witness an epic moment in history when President Barack Obama publicly takes his oath of office on the day set aside to commemorate the life of the Rev....
View ArticleBuchtel middle school teacher faces potential firing for Facebook photo posting
The Akron Public Schools Board of Education has given Melissa Cairns, a middle school math teacher at Buchtel Community Learning Center, until Jan. 26 to respond to allegations that she had posted a...
View ArticleMilestones of the civil rights movement in 1963
KEY DATES in THE MOVEMENTApril 16: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail, one of the classic documents on civil rights and civil disobedience. It is written in...
View ArticleArea meetings - Jan. 21-25
MONDAYMedina CountyWestfield Township trustees — 7 p.m., Township Building, 6699 Buffham Road, 330-887-5562.Portage CountyBrady Lake Village Council — 7:30 p.m., Village Hall, 2123 Merrill Road,...
View ArticleThe Rev. King inspired people to do their best, Dorothy Jackson recalls
Dorothy Jackson, retired deputy mayor of Akron, got to meet the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after a civil rights rally in 1962 at the University of Akron. Jackson, Sunday afternoon’s keynote...
View ArticleLocal history: Akron woman’s burial a grave concern in 1962
Akron resident Anna E. Wasler didn’t intend to be a civil rights pioneer.But then she died.When the beloved, 83-year-old grandmother passed away in 1962, her heirs made funeral arrangements and...
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