With Tillerson, Trump keeps betting big on business leaders
WASHINGTON: In selecting Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, President-elect Donald Trump is making the same bet he asked voters to make on him: that a track record of business...
View ArticleMedical examiner: Man shot, killed by Hudson police officer was struck five...
An unarmed man who was shot and killed by a Hudson police officer last week was struck with bullets five times, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office.The autopsy performed on Saif...
View ArticleOhio governor OKs 20-week abortion ban, nixes heartbeat bill
COLUMBUS: Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the first...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Dec. 14, 2016
AKRONWounded man found in carAKRON: Police are investigating after a man was found seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head inside a Chevy Trailblazer on Tuesday afternoon.The Akron man, 26, was...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Dec. 13
Trump entrusts business leadersBelieving corporate success will translate into government achievements, the president-elect taps Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state.More Republican...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 14: ‘Rudolph’ at Civic; author at Kent State; Alex Bevan...
Experience a ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ classicSee Rudolph, Clarice, Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius and the Abominable Snow Monster on the Akron Civic Theatre stage with a live-action adaptation...
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Stoney Pointe discourse spurs broader conversation about homeless, disabled
Mark Foertch of Ingersoll Drive in West Akron figures the public looks down on him for fighting the construction of a 68-unit, four-story apartment building for the homeless and disabled. When he...
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Cavs 103, Grizzlies 86; Jason Lloyd's 29 thoughts on rest, rematches and...
CLEVELAND: Twenty-nine thoughts for 29 points from Kevin Love in Tuesday’s 103-86 Cavs win over the Memphis Grizzlies… 1. There will be plenty of angry fans in Memphis Wednesday night. A number of...
View ArticleBurger chain Walburgers to open restaurant in Cleveland
CLEVELAND: A burger chain founded by actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their brother Paul Wahlberg is expanding to Cleveland.A release from Jack Entertainment says the first Wahlburgers restaurant in...
View ArticleTurkey links Russian envoy’s killer to U.S.-based cleric
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey’s president on Wednesday implicated a U.S.-based Muslim cleric in the killing of Russia’s envoy to Turkey, saying the policeman who carried out the attack was a member of his...
View ArticleTrump’s first campaign chief won’t take White House job
PALM BEACH, Fla.: President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national security adviser in the aftermath of violence abroad as the process of filling top jobs in his...
View ArticleAuthorities found blood in Lafayette Township hall and in missing trustee’s...
Blood was found in Lafayette Township Hall and inside missing trustee Bryon Macron’s sport utility vehicle, authorities said Wednesday.The Medina County Sheriff’s Office, which is conducting the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Dec. 21
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 ArticleAnother step toward new visitor center for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park is one step closer to getting a new central visitor center.This week, the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s board of directors authorized the purchase of...
View ArticleCavs 113, Bucks 102; Jason Lloyd's 21 thoughts on LeBron's load, Bucks'...
CLEVELAND: Twenty-one thoughts for 21 fourth-quarter points in Wednesday’s 113-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks… 1. Nine games into his partnership with David Blatt, LeBron James sounded the...
View ArticleAshtabula man killed in truck accident in Wayne County
SUGAR CREEK TWP.: An Ashtabula man died following an accident involving two trucks at 4:12 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Route 30 just east of state Route 94 in Wayne County.Richard M. Thompson Jr., 46, was...
View ArticleMan paroled in I-80 rock-throwing case that critically injured Stark County...
LEWISBURG, PA.: A Pennsylvania man is in jail two months after he was paroled for his role in a rock-throwing incident on Interstate 80 that left a Stark County teacher critically injured.Authorities...
View ArticleKasich approves guns on Ohio campuses, in day care centers; UA and KSU hold firm
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill this week that will allow concealed handguns to be carried at colleges, day care centers and airports.Senate Bill 199, which takes effect in 90 days, lifts the...
View ArticleDeath-row inmate Tyrone Noling wins right to appeal denial of DNA test; Ohio...
Death-row inmate Tyrone Noling won the right Wednesday to appeal the denial of DNA testing he thinks could exonerate him of the 1990 murder of an Atwater Township couple.The Ohio Supreme Court, in a...
View ArticleAkron man issues desperate plea for thief to return boxes of family heirlooms...
The thieves who stole boxes from Kyle Barron’s porch last week probably thought they were taking Christmas gifts ordered from online retailers.What they actually took was a smattering of family...
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