A day before National Signing Day, Ohio State football recruiting class Texas...
In what looks to be one of the best football recruiting classes in school history, Ohio State dipped heavily into the state of Texas to add talent. Of the 20 players committed to Ohio State, five come...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers eye statewide immigration sanctuary
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: The California Legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would provide statewide sanctuary for immigrants by restricting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal...
View ArticleU.S., Louisiana schools reach pact in 1965 desegregation case
NEW ORLEANS: Renewed efforts to desegregate three nearly all-black elementary schools and recruit a diverse faculty and staff are part of a new agreement between a south Louisiana school district and...
View ArticleDix Communications newspapers sold to Gatehouse Media
Gatehouse Media, owner of the Canton Repository, Massillon Independent and Columbus Dispatch, announced Tuesday that it has purchased Dix Communications, a chain operated by its founding family since...
View ArticleWho is Trump’s high court pick? Announcement Tuesday night
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was poised Tuesday to announce his choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, one of the most consequential moves of his young administration and a decision...
View ArticleFBI arrest woman, boyfriend on charges that they enticed her teen daughter...
Canton police aided in the FBI arrest of a Mansfield woman charged alongside her boyfriend with allowing her teenage daughter to be photographed while engaging in sex acts.In addition, 41-year-old Amy...
View ArticleNo longer taking ‘the high road,’ LeBron fires back at Charles Barkley; Cavs...
After the Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson fired subtle jabs at LeBron James during last season’s NBA Finals, calling the NBA “a man’s league” and insinuating that James had his feelings hurt by...
View ArticleMedical examiner says body appears to be missing teen girl from Cleveland
CLEVELAND: A medical examiner says the body found in a vacant Cleveland home during a search for a 14-year-old girl is “consistent” with that of the missing teen.Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas...
View ArticleCanton man, 69, charged with downloading child pornography
A 69-year-old Canton man has been charged in federal court with downloading 24 files of child pornography from the internet that were monitored by the FBI.Marshall Belden Jr., of Market Avenue South,...
View ArticleAfter Akron man is shot, friend waves down paramedics to get help
An Akron shooting victim and his friend flagged down paramedics to get help Wednesday morning.The man who was shot reported he was exiting a house in the 200 block of West Miller Avenue in the city’s...
View ArticleBarberton High School teacher placed on leave over reported comment
A teacher at Barberton High School has been placed on paid administrative leave over reports of an inappropriate comment to a student. Parents received a broadcast alert by phone on Tuesday afternoon...
View ArticleAkron man guilty of raping 3 children, giving them a sexually transmitted...
An Akron man was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of raping his live-in girlfriend’s three daughters at the close of 2015.Delacey Walters, 27, was convicted of nine counts of raping a child under...
View ArticleCleveland mayor announces plans to seek fourth term
CLEVELAND: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says he plans to seek a fourth term that would make him the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history.The 70-year-old Jackson said at a Tuesday night news...
View ArticleWeary Browns fans can find former orange and brown greatness at Pro Football...
After enduring a 1-15 season, Browns fans have little to be excited about as the Super Bowl hype reaches a feverish pitch. Adding insult to injury, the Patriots are once again in the big game on...
View ArticlePolice seize heroin at Ohio home, arrest trafficking suspect
LEBANON, OHIO: Authorities say they seized heroin at the southwestern Ohio home of a woman accused of being in a group that sold drugs linked to a spike in overdoses.The Warren County Sherriff’s Office...
View ArticleMedical examiner identifies body found in home as missing Cleveland teen
CLEVELAND: A medical examiner has positively identified the body found in an abandoned house as the 14-year-old Cleveland girl who went missing last week.The body of Alianna DeFreeze was found Sunday...
View ArticleSummit County Internal Audit to examine Oriana House
Summit County Internal Audit agreed Wednesday to conduct a financial audit of Oriana House, the Akron-based drug treatment and jail services provider that is facing increased scrutiny.The city of...
View ArticleJudge blocks Ohio law that would ban some local hiring rules
CLEVELAND: A judge has blocked an Ohio law that would have barred local hiring regulations for public projects, such as Cleveland’s requirement that city residents get to work on certain...
View ArticleWadsworth may be getting its hospital back in legal settlement with Summa
A full-service community hospital may be returning to Wadsworth.Summa Health System today announced it has reached a settlement with the Wasdworth-Rittman Area Joint Township Hospital District, which...
View ArticleProsecutor: Police justified in fatal shooting of Ohio man
CINCINNATI: A prosecutor says the fatal police shooting of a man who authorities say raised a gun at two officers when they responded to a domestic violence call in suburban Cincinnati was...
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