High school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 14
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 ArticleMissing man last seen leaving Canton medical facility
Authorities in Stark County are searching for a 73-year-old man last seen leaving a medical facility wearing blue jeans and a maroon jacket with a “Vietnam Veteran” logo on the back.Canton Police have...
View ArticlePolice impersonators target Medina County residents with phone scam
Medina County residents are being reminded not to fall for a telephone scam with growing reports of would-be swindlers impersonating police over the past couple of days.Capt. David Centner with the...
View ArticleGrandmother of children who ate heroin gets jail sentence
WARREN, OHIO: The grandmother of two small children who swallowed heroin at her Northeast Ohio home has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.The Warren Tribune Chronicle reports a judge in Warren...
View ArticleClaims for unemployment benefits fall to 254,000
WASHINGTON: Fewer Americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week, the second straight week that claims have declined.THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly claims for...
View ArticleCourt upholds death sentence of Akron man who killed woman, boyfriend; left...
COLUMBUS: The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing the mother of his two children and her boyfriend.The court ruled 6-1 Thursday to reject arguments raised by...
View ArticleKremlin denies report that Putin was involved in DNC hacks
Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has denied a report that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed how hacked data from U.S. Democrats was used during the U.S. presidential...
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Bob Dyer's podcast: Bobby Awards are on the horizon
Longtime Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer is doing a weekly podcast called Dyer Necessities. The topic this time is the Bobby Awards, which he presents annually in honor of the best and worst, the...
View ArticleThe electoral voters speak, and they’re not out for a revolt
WASHINGTON: Hounded to abandon Donald Trump, Republican electors appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections is...
View ArticleSnow expected Friday night before turning to warm rain Saturday afternoon
Location. Location. Location.Things were bright and sunny Thursday in Akron.But if you ventured a snowball’s throw away in Fairlawn, snow flurries and squalls greeted holiday shoppers at Summit...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 16: ‘Manchester’ at Nightlight; candlelight chorus at St....
See ‘Manchester’ at NightlightBefore the Nightlight Cinema, the Akron area usually had to wait until January for the big Oscar-bait movies. Now we have our own indie theater, and it’s booking movies...
View ArticleJurors convict Dylann Roof on all counts in church slayings
CHARLESTON, S.C.: Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling slaughter of nine black church members who had welcomed him to their Bible study, a devastating crime in a country that was already...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 15
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 ArticleMan suspected as ’Buckeye Bandit’ indicted in Ohio
COLUMBUS: A man who authorities believe is the so-called “Buckeye Bandit” suspected of robbing numerous central Ohio banks since 2013 has been indicted on additional federal bank robbery...
View ArticleObama vows retaliation for suspected Russian hacking
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America’s election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied.As...
View ArticleUPDATE: Akron police seeking son for questioning in death of elderly mother,...
Akron police were searching late Thursday night for an Akron man wanted for questioning in the death of his elderly mother.The 78-year-old woman was discovered dead in her home in the 1100 block of...
View ArticleAkron woman, 22, sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing of boyfriend,...
An Akron woman sobbed from the time she walked into a Summit County courtroom Friday morning until she was led away in shackles, sentenced to spend at least the next 18 years in prison for a crime she...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 17: ‘Nutcracker,’ Mannheim Steamroller in Cleveland;...
Meet ‘Field of Dreams’ actorRemember the last scene in Field of Dreams, when Kevin Costner’s character and his father finally “have a catch?” (We’ll wait while our guy readers wipe a manly tear or...
View ArticleJeffery Conrad convicted in jail stabbing; Conrad to be sentenced in January...
A Summit County jury has once again convicted Jeffery Conrad.A jury found Conrad guilty in October 2015 of the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend.Another jury found Conrad guilty Friday of the...
View ArticleAkron man, 27, describes shooting, killing ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend
Christopher Hunter lifted his 1-year-old daughter in his arms on a warm night in May, moments after emptying a clip of a handgun magazine into a man while she watched.“I pick up my daughter, I give her...
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