Indians notebook: Rookie Tyler Naquin still rolling; Michael Martinez traded...
CLEVELAND: Indians rookie outfielder Tyler Naquin has had to survive at the major league level this season — in more ways than one. Aside from adjusting to major league pitching, he’s also had to deal...
View ArticleIndians 10, Yankees 2: Indians snap two-game skid behind Mike Napoli’s...
CLEVELAND: Three home runs in the first inning and five total. A prodigious blast that nearly hit the scoreboard. An ace performance.Friday night had just about everything for the home sellout crowd in...
View ArticleAkron, Bath and Summit County will provide extra protection in Cleveland at...
Despite the recent turmoil involving police nationwide, several local law enforcement agencies still are helping with security during the Republican National Convention July 18 through 21 in...
View ArticleRepublican platform subcommittees begin work in Cleveland, hold firm on...
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerThe Republican National Convention began in earnest in Cleveland Monday as 112 delegates said a prayer and sang the national anthem before launching into...
View ArticleLeaky toilet? Burst pipe? Akron creates new policy to make sure unexpectedly...
Akron unveiled a new policy Monday to provide some financial relief to utility customers socked with high, unexpected bills caused by everything from toilet leaks to clerical errors.The policy comes at...
View ArticleHusband of Ohio mother accused in sons’ deaths admits to sex charge
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO: The husband of a woman accused of killing their three sons has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for having sex with his wife before they were married when she was...
View ArticlePolice: Driver in Northeast Ohio crash that killed 3 was driving about 80 mph...
CLEVELAND: Police officers estimate the car that crashed and killed three teenage passengers in Cleveland had sped past the officers at 80 mph prior to the wreck.Cleveland.com reports the 20-year-old...
View ArticleOhio to promote attractions at RNC using virtual reality
CLEVELAND: State tourism officials want visitors to the Republican National Convention to see more than just what Cleveland has to offer.Guests at next week’s political shindig can ride on a Cedar...
View ArticlePolice: Gunfire into Ohio home injures 2 girls and man
COLUMBUS: Police say a 12-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl were among three people shot and injured when someone repeatedly fired into a home in Ohio’s capital city.Columbus police were called to...
View ArticleObama pays tribute to Dallas officers shot in racial attack
DALLAS: At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has appeared to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy.” But...
View ArticleOhio couple gets 10-year term for locking up adopted kids
JEFFERSON, OHIO: A husband and wife in Ohio have been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges related to keeping their adopted children locked inside bedrooms for all but a few hours a day.The...
View ArticleHillary Clinton receives long-awaited endorsement from Bernie Sanders
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.: Bernie Sanders, whose calls for a “political revolution” energized millions of voters across the nation, offered a long-awaited endorsement of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleRNC: Should LGBT community be named specifically as victims?
Republicans Tuesday struggled with specifically naming LGBT victims in a recent attack in Florida as targets of Islamic terrorism — and chose to be non-specific.A month after Republicans condemned...
View ArticleOhio casinos have generated $1 billion in tax revenue, agency says
COLUMBUS: Ohio’s casinos have generated more than $1 billion in tax revenue since the first one opened in 2012, and just over half that money has gone to cities and counties.The Columbus Dispatch...
View ArticleAfter 10 overdoses in 9 hours, an arrest in Ohio heroin case
COLUMBUS: Columbus police who dealt with 10 heroin overdoses within nine hours say a suspect was arrested in connection with at least one case.The department says 10 people overdosed Sunday at eight...
View ArticleOhio online charter school loses bid to block state audit
COLUMBUS: A judge has rejected an effort by Ohio’s largest online charter school to block the state’s audit of its attendance that the school says could affect millions of dollars it gets in state...
View ArticleWhere’s Marla Ridenour? Don’t skip the “Believeland” credits
Regular readers here should have seen complaints that the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Believeland lacked women among its expert commentators on the travails of Cleveland sports teams and fans for 50...
View ArticleFaced with likely Trump coronation, some GOP delegates quit
PROVIDENCE, R.I.: Running out of options to voice displeasure with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, some delegates who oppose him have flirted with a movement to try to upend...
View ArticleAbuse victim: Callous Paterno ignored ’76 Sandusky complaint
HARRISBURG, PA.: A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Paterno...
View ArticleCedar Point’s Iron Dragon takes a virtual turn, roller coaster to have VR...
Virtual reality has finally landed at Cedar Point. Starting Friday select riders on the Iron Dragon can don virtual reality headsets for a new ride experience on one of the park’s classic roller...
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