High school scores, summaries and schedules — March 4
BasketballBOYSFriday’s ResultsWooster Division III District FinalOberlin 56, Waynedale 51Salem Division III District FinalSt. Thomas Aquinas 54, Tuslaw 49Warren Division III District FinalNewton Falls...
View ArticleState to help pair interns with small-to-medium size exporters
The Ohio Development Services Agency is seeking to pair summer interns with small-to-medium sized Buckeye State businesses emerging as exporters.Companies have until March 15 to apply for the program,...
View ArticleClinton, Kasich, Trump plan Northeast Ohio visits this week on presidential...
Several presidential candidates will be making stops in Northeast Ohio this week in advance of the March 15 primary.Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear at a rally...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 7 years in prison for bank robbery
A 52-year-old Akron man was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday for robbing a bank inside a local grocery store.Michael Williams of Sawyer Avenue, whose trial was scheduled for Monday, pleaded...
View ArticleMedina County developmental disabilities board receives $103,000 gift
MEDINA: A registered nurse whose family ran a dairy farm has donated more than $103,000 to the Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities (MCBDD).The gift came from the estate of Dorothy O....
View ArticleWomb transplant recipient in Ohio grateful for chance at pregnancy
CLEVELAND: The recipient of the nation’s first uterus transplant said Monday that she prayed for years to be able to bear a child and is grateful to the deceased donor’s family and surgeons who’ve...
View ArticleStow K-9 police dog takes down Lakeview principal as reward for students’...
Lakeview Intermediate School’s principal was taken down by a police dog in front of all his students Monday afternoon — but not as part of a crime.Instead, the demonstration was the reward for a...
View ArticleHigh school tournament schedules — March 7
BasketballBOYSTournament ScheduleTuesday’s GamesCanton Division IV Regional(At Canton Memorial Fieldhouse)Cleveland Hts. Lutheran East vs. McDonald, 6:15 p.m.Willoughby Cornerstone Christian vs....
View ArticleThings to Do, March 8: Queen concert in theaters, ‘Flashdance’ on stage,...
1975 concert film features QueenFreddie Mercury had one of the great rock ’n’ roll voices and an unforgettable stage presence. See Queen in its heyday with A Night in Bohemia, a concert film from 1975...
View ArticleAkron Zoo plans to renovate its Tiger Valley exhibit, add monkeys and build...
The Akron Zoo is planning to renovate its Tiger Valley exhibit, add monkeys and build a 64-foot Ferris wheel.Zoo President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Piekarz unveiled the wide-ranging project...
View ArticleNFL: Peyton Manning jokes, chokes up during retirement remarks
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.: His voice cracking with emotion, Peyton Manning said goodbye to the game he loved at a news conference packed with friends, family and laughter.He threw in some Scripture, some fond...
View ArticlePedestrian deaths surged in 2015, early data suggest
WASHINGTON: Pedestrian deaths surged by an estimated 10 percent last year as the economy improved, the price of gas plunged and motorists put more miles behind the wheel than ever before, according to...
View ArticleMore than 173,000 ballots already cast in Ohio early voting
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Tuesday that 173,497 voters had already cast their absentee ballots out of 328,620 ballots requested through Friday.Democrats and Republicans are running...
View ArticleNo, ‘The Notebook 2’ is not being made in Akron
A story bouncing around social media this week claims that a new movie, The Notebook 2, will be shot in Akron. Don’t believe it. Any of it.A publicist for Notebook author Nicholas Sparks says the story...
View ArticleHigh school tournament scores, schedules — March 8
BasketballGIRLSState Tournament Schedule(At Schottenstein Center, Ohio State)Thursday’s GamesDivision III SemifinalsGilmour Academy (23-5) vs. Marion Pleasant (26-2), 1 p.m.Ironton (27-0) vs. Columbus...
View ArticleThings to Do, March 9: ‘Mamma Mia!’ at Playhouse Square; songwriters’ open...
‘Mamma Mia!’ in ClevelandTake a chance on Mamma Mia!, running through Sunday at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace Theatre. It’s a goofy story built around the guilty-pleasure music of ABBA, but if...
View ArticleHillary Clinton voters drawn to her experience
It was bittersweet, they say, electing a black man over a woman in 2008.Hillary Clinton backers lined up behind Barack Obama and found comfort in shattering one glass ceiling in the White House.It had...
View ArticleSanders beats Clinton in Michigan
LANSING, Mich.: Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his long-shot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan’s primary Tuesday night, chipping away at Hillary Clinton’s dominance in the...
View ArticleNational Interstate’s majority shareholder offers to buy rest of company for...
The majority owner of Richfield specialty insurer National Interstate Corp. is making another pitch to buy out the entire company for an estimated $293 million.American Financial Group Inc. says it...
View ArticleAkron sets another weather record — fifth to fall since November — as high...
That noise you heard Wednesday afternoon was the sound of another weather record shattering.The high in Akron hit 72 degrees at the Akron-Canton Airport around 1 p.m. breaking the old record high of 70...
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