Stained-glass windows and gospel concert shine light on black history
One local church has quite a window on black history.Many, many windows in fact.Fairlawn Lutheran Church, a predominantly white congregation, is preparing to fling open its doors during Black History...
View ArticleChinese culture permeates local classrooms
Highland High School Principal Dana Addis leans against a table on the fifth floor of Infocision Stadium at the University of Akron. He’s chaperoning a tour of the campus for 15 students from Nanwu...
View ArticleRetired UA English professor helped others with multiple sclerosis
Geoffrey Chaucer and King Arthur were part of the world of Sally Pitts Kennedy Slocum.So were thousands of English students over 30 years of teaching at the University of Akron, as well as countless...
View ArticleNew vinyl records store in Canton
The history of pop music is riddled with obsolete formats from cylinders to eight tracks, to cassettes and now CDs. Technology is always finding new mediums to deliver music.But vinyl records — one of...
View ArticleConversations with Columbus seem to be one-sided
A feeling of being ignored by legislators in Columbus might not be an overreaction.Editors at the Akron Beacon Journal along with their counterparts at the Vindicator in Youngstown asked the News...
View ArticleLocal news briefs — Feb. 2
AKRONWoman robbedAKRON: Police were looking for a burglar who knocked over an elderly woman when she confronted him in her home.The incident occurred at 3 p.m. Thursday in the 900 block of Concord...
View ArticleKent bookstore to showcase Vacation Bible School materials
Logos Bookstore will present a Vacation Bible School Preview Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to noon next Saturday in Kent.The free workshop will give Christian educators and others an opportunity to review...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: Local liver cancer patient hits New York runway
Big beautiful bouquets to local cancer patient Lisa Craine, the subject of many prayers during her countless hospitalizations and treatments. She’s on her way to New York to model in the Plitzs NYC...
View ArticleArea deaths — Feb. 1
STARKCoates, Jo Ann H., 60, of Canton. Died Wednesday, Spiker-Foster-Shriver.Halco, Kenneth E., 86, of Massillon. Died Wednesday. Paquelet.Hudson, Richard, 71, of Alliance. Died Friday....
View ArticleBiographical background of UA professor Ira Sasowsky
UA professor’s career backgroundUniversity of Akron professor of geology and environmental sciences Ira Sasowsky grew up in Queens, N.Y., and graduated from high school in Newark, Del.After a year of...
View ArticleOff-duty police can carry concealed guns at Stow school events
STOW: Active and retired police officers from the Stow and Munroe Falls police departments will be permitted to carry concealed weapons on school grounds at after-hours events.The Stow-Munroe Falls...
View ArticleYoung professionals tout Green
GREEN: Message to high school seniors: It’s not OK to wear flip-flops when interviewing for a job.That is just one of the mistakes young people make when looking for employment or even when trying to...
View Article‘Caveman’ UA geologist: ‘I just want to know what’s in there!’
When Ira Sasowsky was 7 or 8 years old, his parents took him to see Ice Caves Mountain in upstate New York.Initial fascination has turned into a continuing career for Sasowsky, 53, a cave expert and...
View ArticlePolice blotter — Feb. 3
Summit CountyAkronArrestsA Work Drive man, 36, was charged with breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools. Police said the man was found inside a vacant house.A Herkender Avenue man, 49,...
View ArticleDrive under way to replace Army veteran’s home
Drive under way to replace homeState Rep. Zack Milkovich, D-Akron, is leading a fundraising drive to help find a new home for Army veteran Larry Modic, whose Manchester Road house will be demolished...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Peppy Omar brightens winter night
A 45-year-old man came to town last week to talk about his Major League Baseball career, which ended way back in ... 2012.Omar Vizquel might not have located the magical waters sought by Ponce de Leon,...
View ArticleArmy veteran Larry Modic gets time he needs to move out of condemned home
U.S. Army veteran Larry Modic and his friends spent nearly five hours in blowing snow and 15-degree temperatures Saturday removing belongings from his Manchester Road home, which the city of Akron has...
View ArticleAkron council studying paperless option
Twenty-two.That’s the number of packets of legislation an employee in the Akron City Council Clerk’s Office prepares every Friday for meetings the following Monday. Often it’s an all-day task, with...
View ArticleCoventry school bond, levy measure contested again
A regional construction group is renewing its criticism of the Coventry Local School District’s management of taxpayers’ money, urging voters to shoot down a $28.3 million bond issue and 1.1-mill...
View ArticleJewell Cardwell: NICU staff hosts birthday bash for little hero
Big beautiful bouquets to an amazing team of nurses and doctors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Akron Children’s Hospital for their day-to-day efforts in helping the littlest and most fragile of...
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