Friday recital at College of Wooster postponed
A recital scheduled for Friday at the College of Wooster has been postponed due to the weather on the East Coast. The performance by Robert Baker (tenor) and Molly Orlando (piano), is expected to be...
View ArticleOhio still looking into fatal overpass collapse year later
CINCINNATI: A state analysis of a highway overpass collapse that killed a construction worker in southwestern Ohio has yet to be completed a year later, and lawsuits over the accident continue as the...
View ArticleOhio troopers seize 123 pounds of marijuana, valued at $615,000
WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO: The State Highway Patrol says Ohio troopers seized 123 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $615,000 during a traffic stop in Madison County.The patrol says the driver...
View ArticleManufacturing-focused staffing agency opens in Green
A Northeast Ohio staffing agency that specializes in placing manufacturing jobs is opening an office this month in Green, with three more offices to open later this year. Alliance Industrial Solutions...
View ArticleOhio native accused of sending al-Qaida money wants release
TOLEDO, OHIO: One of four men with Ohio ties accused of sending money to a prominent al-Qaida leader is asking to be released from behind bars until he goes to trial.Attorneys for the suspect who...
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Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown addresses Johnny Manziel, Josh...
Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown revealed the franchise fined Johnny Manziel at the end of the 2015 season, but he insisted the new regime won't rush to a verdict on the troubled...
View ArticleEx-Ohio officer to appear in court on sexual assault charges
CLEVELAND: A former policeman in suburban Cleveland has pleaded not guilty to charges that include rape, menacing by stalking and misuse of a law enforcement database.A judge on Thursday reduced...
View ArticleAkron group gathering bottle water to ship to Flint
A new group called Akron to Flint is accepting donations of bottled water to send to Flint, Mich.“We’re just coming together as a community to care for Flint,” said minister Kyle Early of Mount Calvary...
View ArticleOfficials: Armed travelers trying to board planes set record
WASHINGTON: Federal officials say a record number of airline passengers were caught last year trying to take guns on planes, and most of the weapons were loaded.The Transportation Security...
View ArticleProsecutors paint Tiffany Powell as planner behind Canton man’s murder;...
Evil schemer or protective mother — the prosecution and defense painted these two very different pictures of Tiffany Powell during opening statements in her murder trial Thursday in Summit County...
View ArticleGov. Kasich calls N. Korean arrest of Ohio university student inexcusable
Associated PressSEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: The latest on the detention of an American student in North Korea (all times local):11:30 p.m.Ohio’s governor has called North Korea’s detention of a U.S. university...
View ArticleOhio’s December unemployment rate increases to 4.7 percent
COLUMBUS: The state’s unemployment rate was up in December compared to the previous month even as the number of jobs in Ohio increased.An Ohio Department of Job and Family Services release says Ohio’s...
View ArticleBlizzard dumps snow in South; thousands of flights canceled
By Ben Nuckols and Seth BorensteinAssociated PressWASHINGTON: A blizzard menacing the Eastern United States started dumping snow in Virginia, Tennessee and other parts of the South on Friday as...
View ArticleNortheast Ohio schools close, village issues water advisory for lead
Associated PressSEBRING, OHIO: An Ohio school district canceled classes Friday after officials issued an advisory that said children and pregnant women shouldn’t drink tap water from a village system...
View ArticleNew book shares how Goodyear pioneered ‘lean’ processes to transform
Norbert Majerus readily admits that English is not his first language. The longtime Goodyear engineer — he’s been at the Akron tire maker since 1979 — was born in Luxembourg. He grew up speaking...
View ArticleSummit County authorities seeking victims of telephone scam
Summit County authorities are looking for victims of a telephone scam seeking donations for the Shop-With-A-Cop program.The sheriff’s office says residents have reported receiving phone calls this...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in death of his brother
Ivory Thomas II pleaded guilty Friday morning to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of his younger brother, Dion.Thomas will be sentenced at 10:15 a.m. March 9 by Summit County Common Pleas...
View ArticleAkron man says he was robbed when he went to meet woman from dating website
AKRON: A 22-year-old Akron man told police he was robbed at gunpoint this week when he went to meet up with a woman he met on a dating website.Christian Ruffin, 20, and a 17-year-old boy were arrested...
View ArticleOhio school district agrees to address civil rights concerns
TOLEDO, OHIO: An agreement between a northwestern Ohio school district and a federal education agency outlines how the district will address questions about the treatment of minority students.Under an...
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