Pipelines succeeding trucks in Bakken shale region
Pipelines continue to replace trucks in the Bakken shale region of North Dakota, the Bismarck Tribune reports: "The buildout of a pipeline system that likely spells the end of the truck and train boom...
View ArticleBig increase in crude oil prices is coming, energy exec believes
$60 a barrel crude oil is coming, a top energy executive says. While some question the timing, analysts say prices will rise eventually. The Houston Chronicle reports: "Growing demand for petroleum...
View ArticlePolice: Shots fired at Columbus sergeant on special duty
COLUMBUS: Columbus police say someone shot at a sergeant working special duty at an apartment complex, and the officer returned fire.Police say the sergeant suffered a superficial wound that was not...
View ArticleReimagine Middlebury of Akron this weekend at Better Block event featuring...
Beacon Journal staff reportThe intersection of Arlington and East Market streets in Akron’s Middlebury neighborhood will be reimagined and recreated this weekend, with pop-up businesses, food vendors,...
View ArticleSummit County Executive Russ Pry will not seek re-election
Summit County Executive Russ Pry is expected to announce today that he will not run for re-election in November. Sources said Pry, who has been in office for nine years, will officially pull his name...
View ArticleState Highway Patrol: Trooper hit by car during traffic stop in Northeast Ohio
CHARDON, OHIO: The State Highway Patrol says a trooper was injured when he was hit by a car while he was outside his cruiser conducting a traffic stop in northeast Ohio.The patrol says the trooper was...
View ArticleBrowns close first practice of training camp to public because of inclement...
The Browns announced their first practice of training camp will be closed to the public Friday because of inclement weather. Thousands of fans were turned away because of lightning in the area. The...
View ArticleDiversity in the workplace is focus of Greater Akron chamber talk Aug. 12
Alfreda Brown, vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Kent State University, will speak on Diversity in the Workplace on Aug. 12 as part of the Morning Buzz monthly speaker breakfast...
View ArticleThings to Do, July 30: Harry Potter events; Scene Ale Fest; community fair;...
Harry Potter magically appearsIt’s a red-letter day for Harry Potter fans, with lots of events around the area to mark the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the script of a stage play that...
View ArticleI-77, I-76, Route 8 construction starts Monday, will affect tens of thousands...
Car-mageddon is coming to Akron.The Ohio Department of Transportation will unleash a slew of major highway ramp and lane closures next week that will inconvenience tens of thousands of motorists, in...
View ArticleIndians activate RP Zach McAllister, place RP Jeff Manship on disabled list;...
The Indians on Friday swapped out relief pitchers, activating Zach McAllister and placing Jeff Manship on the 15-day disabled list. McAllister had been on the disabled list since July 7 with right hip...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Relief pitcher Zach McAllister activated, reliever Jeff...
CLEVELAND: The Indians on Friday swapped out relief pitchers, activating Zach McAllister and placing Jeff Manship on the 15-day disabled list. McAllister had been on the disabled list since July 7 with...
View ArticleIndians put together four-run seventh, top Oakland A’s 5-3
In baseball, there’s nothing wrong with getting a little lucky in the middle of a rally. The ball bounced the Indians’ way a couple times in a seventh-inning rally and, combined with some timely hits,...
View ArticleWork begins on Smith Road crossing Tuesday; detours posted
Beacon Journal staff reportThe National Park Service is replacing six railroad crossings along the Valley Railway, between Peninsula and Akron, and traffic detours will be posted. The closings —...
View ArticleTraveling to Miami? Some mosquitoes there appear to be carrying Zika virus
Northeast Ohioans who travel to Florida, or spend part of the year there, should know mosquitoes in the Sunshine State appear to be responsible for a handful of Zika virus cases there. The four cases...
View ArticleSolar car rally takes competitors from Cuyahoga Valley National Park to South...
BRECKSVILLE: Starting early this Saturday morning in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, solar-powered cars designed and built by international teams of college students begin a dayslong rally that ends...
View ArticleIndians 5, Athletics 3: Four-run rally in seventh lifts Indians to victory...
CLEVELAND: There’s nothing wrong with getting a little lucky in the middle of a rally. The ball bounced the Indians’ way a couple times in a seventh-inning rally and, combined with some timely hits, it...
View ArticleWith conventions in rearview mirror, presidential candidates motor back to Ohio
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, her Republican counterpart, are promptly revisiting the battleground Buckeye State over the next few days with their parties’...
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