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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. Let your athletic director and coach know if you...
View ArticleThings to Do, Feb. 26: Mardi Gras party, Joni Mitchell tribute, Ariana Grande...
Time to celebrate Mardi GrasThe Polish American Citizens Club will host its annual Mardi Gras dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the club at 472 E. Glenwood Ave. in Akron. Dinner includes Polish...
View ArticleNorton company employee up for state safety award after using spare parts to...
he pressurized foam would spray across the floor of the Akron factory, causing a slippery mess and exposing workers to chemicals.“It created a large spill situation many times. ... It was always a bad...
View ArticleIndians continue to look at Mike Clevinger as starting pitcher; Jason Kipnis...
Barring something unforeseen, Mike Clevinger’s long-term development continues to follow the path of a starting pitcher. This is something the Indians have maintained since last season, when Clevinger...
View ArticleBulls 117, Cavaliers 99: No LeBron, no victory as Cavs fall to Jimmy...
CLEVELAND: Sooner or later, the Cavaliers will make the psychological breakthrough of winning a game without their leader, LeBron James.As the numbers of futility mount, the task could seem more...
View ArticleBeyond the arc: Korver's 'scary' banged knee, LeBron's strep throat tests...
In my debut as Cavs' beat writer, sights, sounds and observations from the Cavs' 117-99 loss to the Chicago Bulls Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena: 1. Glass half empty fans, take a few deep...
View ArticleMcArthur’s Brew House set to open March 3 in Cuyahoga Falls
It wasn’t the most pleasant of signs. But it was a sign nonetheless.When Abbey McArthur was laid off from her position at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores in late 2015 — a job she had held for 14 years —...
View ArticleGood News — Feb. 27
Talk about going the extra mile to help his furry friends. When truck driver Dan O’Grady of Akron recently passed a little dog abandoned on the side of a highway in Jacksonville, Fla., he couldn’t just...
View ArticleOhio town wins top U.S. tap water prize at tasting contest
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va.: The small Ohio community of Montpelier has won the top prize for U.S. tap water at an international tasting contest.Ohio towns took two of the top three prizes for Best...
View ArticleArea deaths — compiled Feb. 27
MEDINAWelsh, Dana A., 70, of Chatham Township. Died Friday. Parker, Lodi. STARKHerban, Dorothy B., 85, of Alliance. Died Sunday. Cassaday-Turkle-Christian. Schmidt, Barbara, 96, of Alliance. Died...
View ArticleWorld War II Navy officer who helped rescue John F. Kennedy dies at age 97
MOUNT AIRY, N.C.: The World War II Navy officer who guided his warship into Japanese territory to rescue future president John F. Kennedy and his crew has died at age 97, his daughter said...
View ArticleOhio police must collect data on suspect race under plan
COLUMBUS: A state certification process will require that all Ohio police departments for the first time collect data on the race and gender of people they pull over in traffic stops or take aside for...
View Article‘Apollo 13,’ ‘Titanic’ and ‘Aliens’ actor Bill Paxton dies at 61
LOS ANGELES: Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as Apollo 13 and Titanic while also cherishing his work in One False Move and other low-budget...
View ArticleJoseph Wapner, star of ‘The People’s Court,’ dead at 97
LOS ANGELES: Joseph Wapner, the retired Los Angeles judge who presided over The People’s Court with steady force during the heyday of the reality courtroom show, died Sunday at age 97.Son David Wapner...
View ArticleCopy this: Vatican stakes out rights to Pope Francis’ image
VATICAN CITY: God’s love may be free, but the Vatican says it has a copyright on the pope.Unnerved by the proliferation of papal-themed T-shirts, snow globes and tea towels around the world, the...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Feb. 26
SyriaRebels under pressure Government warplanes pounded a rebel-held neighborhood in the central city of Homs on Sunday, killing at least three and wounding dozens, Syrian opposition activists said,...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Feb. 26
PHILADELPHIA Jewish headstones damaged More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri,...
View ArticleNew Democratic Party chairman Tom Perez pledges to repair, unite party
ATLANTA: Newly elected Democratic National Chairman Tom Perez pledged on Sunday to unite a fractured party, rebuild at all levels from “school board to the Senate” and reach out to chunks of rural...
View ArticleTrump’s choice to be Navy secretary withdraws
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s choice to be secretary of the Navy, businessman Philip Bilden, said Sunday he was withdrawing from consideration for the post, citing concerns about privacy and...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Feb. 27, 2017
COVENTRY TOWNSHIPCircus offers free event COVENTRY TWP.: The public is invited to meet Hamid Circus performers at Tadmor Shrine Center, 3000 Krebs Drive, from 4 to 6 p.m. March 21.The free event will...
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