Browns re-sign 'the Pierogi Prince of Parma' Jamie Meder
"The Pierogi Prince of Parma" will return to his hometown team. The Browns announced they re-signed defensive lineman and Parma Heights native Jamie Meder on Tuesday. He was an exclusive-rights free...
View ArticleSenate, White House pass on House push to revive health bill
Senate Republicans and the White House sounded ready to abandon efforts to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law, at least for now, even as House Republicans insisted on Tuesday they were not...
View ArticleTrump tosses Obama’s ’clean’ energy plan, embraces coal
WASHINGTON: Declaring “the start of a new era” in energy production, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would revive the coal industry and create jobs.The move makes...
View ArticleToby Keith to headline Hall of Fame concert in August
CANTON, Ohio: The Pro Football Hall of Fame is going country again.Toby Keith will headline the hall’s concert on inductions weekend in August. It’s the third such concert, with Tim McGraw appearing...
View ArticleJohn Dorfman: Junior high student wins stock-picking contest
Rex Ramm, a junior high school student in Omaha, Nebraska, won my tenth annual stock-picking contest.The contest ran for nine years from 1998 through 2006 and then was revived in 2016. At the time of...
View ArticleKasich to return to New Hampshire in late April
MANCHESTER, N.H.: Ohio Gov. John Kasich is returning to New Hampshire in April to promote his new book on the road ahead for America.A Kasich spokesman says the governor will speak April 27 at Saint...
View ArticleKisling, Nestico and Redick accused in lawsuit of kickback schemes,...
Former clients of personal injury law firm Kisling, Nestico and Redick have sued, alleging the firm took kickbacks from other companies and charged clients for investigations that never happened.The...
View ArticleErotic stories found in professor’s research for Ohio agency
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio: Bowling Green State University has suspended a construction management professor after erotic stories were included in computer files he returned to the Ohio Department of...
View ArticleParents’ lawsuit says son was baptized against their wishes
CLEVELAND: The parents of a developmentally disabled boy in Ohio have sued his former court-appointed guardian, a minister and the child’s mentor claiming he was baptized at an evangelical church last...
View ArticleAkron man sentenced to 14 years for shooting death of his wife; man says...
Prosecutors say Phillip Battle and his wife were using cocaine and drinking on the night before her death when they called police to report hearing noises and voices in their Goodyear Heights...
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee member wants review of Russia-Trump relationships
Associated PressWASHINGTON: The Latest on congressional maneuvering around investigations into Russian meddling into United States politics (all times local):10:45 a.m.A Democratic member of the Senate...
View ArticleAkron man pleads guilty to charges for carfentanil death
A 24-year-old Akron man pleaded guilty this week to felony charges for supplying carfentanil to a woman who died of an overdose in New Franklin last summer.Jonathan Becker pleaded guilty to involuntary...
View ArticlePakistan halts extradition of U.S. man accused of terror plot
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has temporarily barred the extradition of a U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin accused of planning a terror attack in New York with help from the Islamic State group, a...
View ArticleSomalia’s drought once again has thousands on the move
GARASBALEY, Somalia: Tears fill Sahra Muse’s eyes as she stares at her severely malnourished son, his thin arms crossed over his bloated stomach.Before he succumbed to hunger, 7-year-old Ibrahim Ali...
View ArticleFamily and close friends say goodbye to George Michael
LONDON: Singer George Michael’s publicist says his funeral has been held in London.The private funeral ceremony took place Wednesday at Highgate Cemetery in north London. Michael’s publicity agency,...
View ArticleUkrainian president condemns attack on Polish Consulate
MOSCOW: Ukraine’s president on Wednesday condemned the overnight shelling of the Polish Consulate in a western city and vowed to track down those responsible.Petro Poroshenko also ordered extra...
View ArticleFugitive accused of shooting 59-year-old man in the head arrested in Akron
The alleged killer of a 59-year-old man in Cleveland last year was arrested Wednesday in Akron.Kurtis “Dirt” Fields, 33, faces charges of aggravated murder and a parole violation. He’s accused of...
View Article’Angel of Death’ serial killer badly beaten in Ohio prison
TOLEDO, Ohio: Authorities say a serial killer who admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky during the 1970s and ‘80s has been badly beaten inside his prison cell.A...
View ArticleWoman gets probation for striking 2 with car, killing them
PARMA, Ohio: A 74-year-old Ohio woman has received probation for accidentally striking two people with her car at an outdoor concert last summer, killing them.Cleveland.com reports Donna Chidsey...
View ArticleTrump administration seeks delay in ruling on climate plan
WASHINGTON: Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to undo his predecessor’s efforts to curb climate change, his administration has asked a federal appeals court to...
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