Woman pleads guilty in Ohio case of fatally beaten boy
HAMILTON, OHIO: A woman faces up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to obstructing justice in the fatal beating of a 5-year-old boy at an Ohio motel.Fifty-six-year-old Ramona Bostian...
View ArticleGOP leaders approve convention rules, block insurgents
CLEVELAND: Over angry and prolonged objections from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for their national convention on Monday and rejected a demand for a state-by-state...
View ArticleIndians C Yan Gomes out 4-to-8 weeks with AC joint separation; Roberto Perez...
The Indians will be without Yan Gomes for the next month or two. Gomes was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Monday with an AC joint separation in his shoulder. He’s expected to mis 4-to-8 weeks....
View ArticleRNC 2016 live updates: Small Canton restaurant says RNC’s reach has reached them
After all of the preparation and anticipation, the Republican National Convention finally started Monday in Cleveland.The Beacon Journal has reporters and photographers in and around Cleveland to...
View ArticleIndians catcher Yan Gomes out 4-to-8 weeks with AC joint separation; Roberto...
The Indians will be without catcher Yan Gomes for the next month or two.Gomes was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Monday with an AC joint separation in his shoulder. He’s expected to miss 4-to-8...
View ArticleMan shot dead at anti-violence rally; boy, 12, hospitalized
EUCLID, Ohio: A man has been fatally shot during an impromptu anti-violence rally at a lakeside park in suburban Cleveland.The Cuyahoga County medical examiner says 19-year-old Phillip Banks was killed...
View ArticleSummit County Democrats offer media access to Akron-area people affected by...
She’s got a contagious smile, her grin revealing braces like many of her peers.She’s spent half of her 17 years of life in America, and it’s hard to detect any of the accent brought with her from...
View ArticleDeveloper pitches turning Rolling Acres into youth sports complex
A Columbus financial services and real estate development firm wants to turn the former Rolling Acres Mall into a massive youth sports complex.AES Development LLC is proposing to create the AP23 Sports...
View ArticleFirstEnergy board declares dividend
The board of directors of Akron-based electric utility FirstEnergy Corp. today declared an unchanged quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable...
View ArticleQueen: Trump wasn’t authorized to use ’We Are the Champions’
NEW YORK: Another musical act is telling Donald Trump to stop using their music.The classic rock band Queen posted a statement on Twitter on Tuesday saying they never approved Trump’s use of “We Are...
View ArticleBear that escaped zoo had climbed trees with electric wires
COLUMBUS: A young black bear that escaped its Ohio zoo enclosure by scaling a fence with electrified wires previously climbed trees wrapped with “hot wires” intended to jolt animals as a deterrent,...
View Article#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes dominate social media after speech
Associated PressParts of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech and the Gettysburg Address are among the quotes mockingly attributed to Melania Trump on social media following her speech to the...
View ArticleOhio’s Coney Island to have new Christmas lights attraction
CINCINNATI: One of the nation’s oldest amusement parks is offering something new this holiday season in Southwest Ohio.Coney Island says it will feature “Christmas Nights of Lights” from Nov. 11...
View ArticleCalifornia couple claims prize in record Powerball jackpot — six months...
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: A California couple has claimed a $528.8 million share of a record Powerball jackpot from January and pledged to give much of it to charity.Flanked by security, Marvin and Mae...
View ArticlePolice across U.S. patrolling in pairs after ambush attacks
DENVER: Police departments across the country are ordering officers to pair up after ambush attacks left eight officers dead in Texas and Louisiana, a precaution that could slow response times to...
View ArticlePolice working to find out details surrounding death of woman whose remains...
Associated PressHAMILTON, OHIO: Investigators are working to determine what led up to the death of a 30-year-old mother whose skeletal remains were recently uncovered at a southwestern Ohio farm.The...
View ArticleRNC media notes: Will news organizations never give it up on Melania’s speech?
If things had gone just a little differently, we might have spent today talking about Rick Astley.The big convention story, beginning late Monday evening and continuing well into Tuesday, was about...
View ArticleEl Nino is gone, but Earth’s record heat is sticking around
WASHINGTON: Federal scientists say Earth’s record 2016 heat is now dancing near levels that a world agreement is trying to avoid.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says globally, June...
View ArticleMan’s shooting death outside Akron bar ruled homicide
Akron Police have labeled as a homicide the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Leonte Hobdy outside an East South Street bar after midnight on Sunday.Hobdy, of La Croix Street, was shot several times in the...
View ArticleNew York to host 1st presidential debate after Ohio bows out
CINCINNATI: An Ohio college cited rising security worries and costs Tuesday as it withdrew as host of the first presidential general election debate, which will move to New York’s Hofstra...
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