Is the door open for a Josh Gordon return? Why the Browns are getting new...
This week on the Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio.com podcast, Browns beat writer Nate Ulrich joins from Arizona and the NFL owners meetings. We cover some of the news that happened at the event,...
View ArticleTrump’s top health official gets bipartisan grilling
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s top health official got strong pushback Wednesday from lawmakers of both parties about deep cuts the White House is pressing in medical research, public health and...
View ArticleKent State, Akron healthcare company get Third Frontier grants
Kent State University and an Akron healthcare company are among the institutions and businesses in the state sharing in $10 million in grants from Ohio’s Third Frontier Commission. The grants are...
View ArticleColantone resigning as head of Greater Akron Chamber
Dan Colantone, who has led the Greater Akron Chamber for the last 17 years, is resigning effective the end of May. Colantone’s upcoming departure provides an opportunity for the chamber to move in a...
View ArticleSumma loses appeal: Medical residency program at Akron City’s ER will end
Summa Health System has lost its appeal with a national accreditation council that abruptly stripped the institution of its ability to train emergency room residents at Akron City Hospital July 1.Summa...
View ArticleNot through being cool: Giant Devo photo will reappear in downtown Akron
Oh No! Where’s Devo?Downtown Akron visitors may have noticed that the life-size art installation of Akron rock legends Devo posing outside the old Chili Dog Mac has disappeared. The installation was on...
View ArticleOhio inmate avoids more prison time in 2nd anthrax hoax case
Associated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio: An Ohio man who was imprisoned for arson and sentenced to more time behind bars for mailing white powder to government offices won’t spend extra time in prison for a...
View ArticleHigher bond, new charges for suspect in Ohio cop’s shooting
CINCINNATI: A man shot by Cincinnati police after authorities say he wounded an officer now faces additional charges concerning the officer’s partner.A Hamilton County magistrate increased bond for...
View ArticleNational Press Club president talks to Akron audience about Trump and media
Journalism is under attack but is not doomed, despite the president of the United States declaring reporters the enemy of the American people, the National Press Club president said Wednesday at the...
View ArticleA. Schulman to pay dividends
Fairlawn plastic compounds and resin maker A. Schulman Inc. will pay a quarterly dividend of 20.5 cents per share on May 1 to shareholders of record on April 14. The company also will pay a quarterly...
View ArticleOhio governor announces new limits on pain prescribing
COLUMBUS, Ohio: New limits on prescribing painkillers announced Thursday by Ohio Gov. John Kasich are part of the state’s continuing effort to fight a worsening drug addiction epidemic.The Republican...
View Article’Angel of Death’ serial killer dies after attack in prison
TOLEDO: A former nurse’s aide dubbed the “Angel of Death” after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky died Thursday, two days after he was attacked and beaten in his...
View ArticlePutin on U.S. election hack charge: ’Read my lips: No’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emphatically denied allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election and said Moscow would maintain hopes of improving relations while...
View ArticleCoroner: London attacker killed by gunshot wound to chest
LONDON: A British coroner’s officer says that the man who attacked Parliament last week before being killed by police died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.A senior police officer who also...
View ArticleTop aide to President Donald Trump leaves administration
WASHINGTON: A top aide to President Donald Trump is leaving his administration.Two senior White House officials said Thursday that Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh is leaving her job.The officials...
View ArticleShots fired at Akron home; no one injured
Several shots were fired into the west side of a home in the 700 block of Caddo Avenue in Akron about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.The residents were home at the time, but no one was injured, according to the...
View ArticleBasket-bawl: LeBron featured as crying baby in new TV ad
CLEVELAND: LeBron James is having a laugh at his reputation for being a “crybaby.”The Cavaliers’ megastar is featured in a new Intel commercial in which he breaks down and cries after making a...
View ArticleFormer teacher assistant at Christian school in Akron charged with sending...
A former teacher’s assistant at Emmanuel Christian Academy in Akron is charged with sending nude photographs of himself via social media last year to five juvenile girls.Chanc A. Baylor, 23, of Bristol...
View ArticleODOT planning nearly $400 million of road and bridge work in Akron area this...
LAKE TWP.: Ohio will work on $2.3 billion worth of new and ongoing road and bridge projects this year, including nearly $400 million worth in the Akron area.State leaders announced Thursday that the...
View ArticleSpeed limits dropping within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
The speed limit on many roads within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park is going down.The limit will drop on county roads in unincorporated areas from 55 mph to 35 mph beginning Tuesday, Summit County...
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