Authorities: Ohio officer shoots man at fire station
ASHVILLE, OHIO: Authorities say a central Ohio police officer shot a man after an altercation at a fire station.It happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when police responded to the Harrison Township Fire...
View ArticleGun control advocates to march Saturday in downtown Akron
A “March Against Weapons and Fear” is planned at 2 p.m. Saturday in downtown Akron.The march, organized by the Rev. John Beaty and Robert Grow, both gun control advocates, will begin in front of the...
View ArticlePortage County getting new voting machines
Portage County is getting new voting machines.The county, which has used touch-screen technology for the last decade, is investing in an optical scan system that means voters will fill out paper...
View ArticleRolling Acres Mall deal moves county closer to end of eyesore
Summit County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise hopes an agreement she has reached with the owners of Rolling Acres Mall will stop what essentially has been a nearly two-year game of Whack-a-Mole. That’s...
View ArticleMistletoe Madness: Deadline looms in top-eight holiday song vote
The search for the best holiday song ever wraps up the round of eight at noon Thursday, setting up the Frosty Four in the Christmas competition.Among the remaining songs are a Bing Crosby classic and a...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 17: Holiday concerts in Bath, Cuyahoga Falls, Canton;...
Buzz into funny ‘Spelling Bee’For a non-Christmas option (and a good laugh), check out Weathervane Playhouse’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which has its final shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday...
View Article‘Star Wars’ fan isn’t just in the house; he booked it
Kent resident Craig Foreman does not have to worry about getting a ticket to Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Thursday. Neither do dozens of his friends.Foreman, director and co-founder of the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 16
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800.NOMINATE ATHLETESCoaches are encouraged to submit...
View ArticleMedina man posthumously honored with Carnegie Heroes medal for swimmer’s rescue
A Medina father of four who died last year while trying to save a 16-year-old girl from drowning in Lake Erie is among 24 people being honored with medals and cash from the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie...
View ArticleOhio man charged with trafficking 2 teenage girls for sex
CLEVELAND: A Cleveland man has been charged in federal court on two counts related to human trafficking for employing two 14-year-old girls as prostitutes.Twenty-two-year-old Ronnie Pratt Jr. was...
View ArticleCouncilman’s campaign conduct under review in Munroe Falls
A Munroe Falls councilman is under investigation for using publicly funded materials to promote a mayoral candidate.Multiple councilmen have asked city law director Jack Morrison to determine whether...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 18: Scintas at Tangier, choral Christmas at St. Bernard,...
Scintas return to TangierThe ever-popular Scintas bring their Christmas show to Tangier Restaurant at 9 p.m. Friday, 6:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tangier is at 532 W. Market St., Akron;...
View ArticlePreventing heart disease start may start deep inside your gut
Cleveland Clinic researchers in recent years discovered the key to heart disease may be churning in our guts, or at least in a chemical process unfolding there.Now those same researchers say they may...
View ArticleMistletoe Madness: Only four songs remain
From 65 to a Frosty Four. Mistletoe Madness is nearing its final confrontation. Four songs remain in the battle to pick the best Christmas song ever. Facing off are White Christmas against Silent Night...
View ArticleGroup protesting FirstEnergy’s controversial rate plan sing custom carols...
FirstEnergy Chief Executive Charles “Chuck” Jones might be on critics’ “naughty list,” but they definitely won’t be leaving him a lump of coal this Christmas.Carolers gathered outside FirstEnergy’s...
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Cavs 104, Thunder 100; Jason Lloyd's 29 final thoughts on lobs, babies,...
CLEVELAND: Twenty-nine thoughts for 29 3-point shots in a 104-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday… 1. Iman Shumpert delivered a baby and LeBron James sent the wife of a PGA golfer to...
View ArticleCuyahoga Valley sharpshooters to shoot 350 white-tailed deer for the first...
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park will start shooting white-tailed deer for the first time, beginning in early January.The park will rely on federal sharpshooters to shoot 350 deer in its effort to...
View ArticlePolice: Man arrested, alligator removed from Cleveland home
CLEVELAND: Police say they’ve arrested a man who barricaded himself inside his Cleveland home with an alligator.Officers responded to the home Thursday for a reported domestic disturbance.Police called...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 17
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleWife of golfer Jason Day released from hospital after LeBron James plows into...
CLEVELAND: The wife of PGA champion Jason Day has been treated and released from a hospital after star LeBron James crashed into her during the Cavaliers’ win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on...
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