Things to Do, June 15: ‘Phantom’ arrives in Cleveland; Andrew Dice Clay at...
‘Phantom’ returns to ClevelandThe ingenue. The mask. The chandelier. The Music of the Night. The longest-running show in Broadway history, The Phantom of the Opera, returns to Cleveland at 8 p.m., with...
View ArticleBody of missing Ohio 16-year-old swimmer found, identified
CONNEAUT, OHIO: Officials have identified the body of a teen boy pulled from the water near a northeast Ohio beach.Authorities say 16-year-old Jakub Hess had been missing since Sunday. His body was...
View ArticleTallmadge boy, 6, hit by car while riding bike in Akron in April dies from...
Authorities say a 6-year-old boy who was hit by a car while he was riding a bicycle in Akron in April has died.WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported Tuesday that the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office...
View ArticleMan dies in Coventry highway crash; 3 others injured
One man was killed and three people were injured, two critically, early Wednesday in a one-car accident on Interstate 77 in Coventry Township, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and the...
View ArticleResidents not happy about Barberton’s decision to remove downtown trees
BARBERTON: It’s rare for a suburb to have a traditional downtown, and city officials say they just wanted to show off the historic facades of their century-old business district.But social media...
View ArticleAuthorities search for boy dragged into water by gator in Florida
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA.: Walt Wildlife officials pulled four alligators from a lagoon at Walt Disney World after a 2-year-old boy was dragged into the water by an alligator near the upscale Grand...
View ArticleNew Ohio law extends foster-care eligibility age to 21
COLUMBUS: Foster-care eligibility in Ohio has been extended to age 21 under a bill signed into law by Gov. John Kasich that’s intended to provide more support for young people as they move into...
View ArticleTwice-caught Akron fugitive, 80, is out of Ohio prison on parole
COLUMBUS: An 80-year-old fugitive from Akron who disappeared from an Ohio prison camp in 1959 while serving time for manslaughter and was captured last year in Florida walked away from an Ohio prison...
View ArticleAttorney in fentanyl manslaughter case: Drugs, not drug dealer, to blame for...
A defense attorney on Wednesday compared a Barberton man’s charges of selling drugs that led to a woman’s overdose death with charging gun manufacturers when firearms are used to kill.“Smith &...
View ArticleOrlando gunman raged against ‘filthy ways of the west’
ORLANDO, Fla.: Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the “filthy ways of the west” and blaming the U.S....
View ArticleThings to Do, June 16: ‘Tintypes’ at Actors’ Summit; Civil War music in...
Enjoy patriotic tunes, standards of ‘Tintypes’It’s the last weekend to catch Tintypes at Actors’ Summit, the professional company in Greystone Hall, 103 S. High St., Akron. The revue offers popular...
View ArticleKasich says he can’t yet embrace Trump as GOP nominee
WASHINGTON: Gov. John Kasich says he’s still not ready to endorse Donald Trump as the Republican Party presidential nominee.Kasich says, “I’m not making any final decision yet but at this point I just...
View ArticleGrandmother uses perfume, swift kick to get rid of kidnapper in Ohio
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO: A 61-year-old Ohio grandmother says she used a bottle of perfume and a swift kick to get rid of a kidnapper.The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports a masked man approached Joyce...
View ArticleWoman dies in Stark County crash
A woman was killed on Wednesday in a two-car accident in Stark County’s Lawrence Township, according to the Canton Repository.The victim’s identity has not been released.The accident occurred about...
View ArticleClinton to stop in Columbus in visit to swing state Ohio
COLUMBUS: Hillary Clinton plans to make a campaign stop in Columbus next week as part of a three-state trip that includes battleground Ohio.The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate is expected...
View Article3 arrested on heroin charges in Brunswick
The Medina County Drug Task Force has made three arrests on heroin charges in Brunswick.Arrested were Daniel Hoisington, 23, of Medina Township, on charges of possession of heroin and tampering with...
View ArticlePublic viewing to be held for former Ohio Gov. George Voinovich
CLEVELAND: A public viewing will be held in the rotunda of Cleveland City Hall on Thursday for George Voinovich, the former U.S. senator, Ohio governor and Cleveland mayor.Voinovich died in his sleep...
View ArticleTeachers in Cleveland suburb vote to go on strike
WESTLAKE, OHIO: Teachers in a Cleveland suburb have voted to strike if it cannot agree on a contract with the school district.The Westlake teachers’ union voted Wednesday afternoon following more than...
View ArticleOhio prisons agency to pay $2.6 million to provide milk for inmates
COLUMBUS: After selling off its herd of dairy cows, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will now pay $2.6 million to provide milk for the state’s roughly 50,000 inmates.The Columbus...
View ArticleOrlando gunman apparently searched Facebook during attack
ORLANDO, FLA.: While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay...
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