RNC: Kasich, Ohio losing friends for not backing Trump
By Doug Livingston Beacon Journal politics reporter Ohio’s governor squeezed into a dark backroom at a Cleveland steakhouse Monday to speak about strengthening the Republican Party. He did it with a...
View ArticleMan who fatally stabbed girlfriend claims self-defense, jury deliberations to...
After fatally stabbing his girlfriend last June, Michael Huguley testified Tuesday in Summit County Common Pleas Court that the act was in self-defense, claiming she stabbed him first. Huguley, 37, is...
View ArticleState audit says struggling Coventry schools should reduce out-of-district...
The Coventry Local School District should dramatically cut the number of out-of-district students it accepts in order to balance its finances, a state audit recommends.Reducing the number of...
View ArticleThings to Do, July 20: Vans Warped Tour, Music in the Meadow, pizza box...
See Warped Tour at BlossomThe traveling all-day music festival is on the wane since the ’90s heyday of Lollapalooza, Lilith Fair and so many others, but the Vans Warped Tour is still going 21 years...
View ArticleWriter-director Garry Marshall dies at 81
LOS ANGELES: Writer-director Garry Marshall, whose deft touch with comedy and romance led to a string of TV hits that included Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley and the box-office successes Pretty...
View ArticleRNC Wednesday: Schedule and prime-time speakers
The theme for the day is: Make America First Again.The Ohio delegation will have breakfast with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, along with Rep. Pat Tiberi from central Ohio.In the morning, the Republican...
View ArticleTrump children woo donors and, campaign hopes, voters
CLEVELAND: Sometimes the skeptical donors ask Andy Puzder what it is that he sees in Donald Trump, the controversial Republican presidential nominee for whom Puzder is raising money.“The kids,” Puzder...
View ArticleAkron police investigate armed robberies at Family Dollar stores
Akron police detectives and crime analysts are investigating several armed robberies in the past few months — including two this week at Family Dollar stores — to determine if they are related.The...
View ArticleSummit County brings national mental health awareness campaign to Akron
While growing up, Ben Seeley’s image of mental illness was shaped by what he saw on television and in the movies.He saw the extremes. The wild behavior. The psychotic rages.But his attitude toward...
View ArticleIndians reportedly in trade talks involving Milwaukee Brewers catcher...
The Indians are one of several teams looking to add a reliever prior to the Aug. 1 nonwaiver trade deadline to bolster the bullpen. They’re now also connected to one of the game’s best offensive...
View ArticleThings to Do, July 21: Taste of Akron; Louie Anderson in Kent; kids’...
Have a Taste of AkronTaste of Akron has become an enormously popular event, drawing 13,000 noshers last year, and more crowds are expected for the 11th annual event from 6 to 10 p.m. at Hardesty Park...
View ArticleRNC Thursday: schedule and prime-time speakers
HERE Is WHO’LL TAKE BIG STAGE ON FINAL NIGHTThis is the final day of the Republican National Convention, and it finishes with the acceptance speech by candidate Donald Trump.The main program begins at...
View ArticlePolice: 141 overdoses, 14 heroin deaths in Akron since July 5
The number of overdoses and deaths from heroin this month continues to rise in Akron. From midnight July 5 through Tuesday evening, there have been 141 heroin overdoses and 14 deaths from heroin in...
View ArticleLittle sympathy for black shooting victims at GOP convention
CLEVELAND: In the hours after the deadly attack on police officers in Dallas, Donald Trump offered his “thoughts and prayers” for all the victims of the week’s violence — including two black men killed...
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Paladin Brewing celebrates with Cancer Sucks ESB
Cancer sucks. Nobody knows that better than John Chandler, the owner and brewer at Paladin Brewing Co. in Austintown Township. He was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma at the same time he was launching...
View ArticleAkron restarts commission focused on older adults after nearly a decade
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan has re-established the city’s Senior Citizens Commission, which has been inactive for nearly a decade. Nearly 13 percent of Akron’s population is age 65 or older, according to...
View ArticleExtreme heat and severe storms on way to Akron, National Weather Service warns
It will be heated and stormy in Northeast Ohio this weekend and it has nothing to do with the politics in Cleveland. The National Weather Service warns that some of the warmest temperatures of the...
View ArticleSuspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon meets with NFL Commissioner Roger...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell got to look Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon in the eye as they talked about whether the oft-suspended player is worthy of another chance. Goodell and Gordon met...
View ArticleThings to Do, July 22: Flo Rida in Canton; ‘Godspell’ in Medina; ‘Heathers’...
Check out Flo Rida in Canton“Hello, Friday, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time …” Flo Rida comes to Umstattd Performing Arts Hall in Canton at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20-$70 at...
View ArticleRoger Ailes out as head of Fox News, Fox Business
NEW YORK: Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Channel, his career at the network he built from scratch and ran with an iron hand for nearly 20 years over with stunning swiftness following...
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