U.S.: Pause Hawaii travel ban lawsuit while appeal plays out
HONOLULU: U.S. government attorneys want Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban paused while a ruling blocking key sections is appealed.The Department of Justice filed a...
View Article2nd of 3 escaped inmates from Ohio prison captured
NELSONVILLE, OHIO: The second of the three inmates who escaped from a community-based corrections facility in southeast Ohio has been captured.An official at SEPTA Correctional Facility in Nelsonville...
View ArticleMan charged in Ohio State student’s slaying pleads not guilty
COLUMBUS: A man charged with aggravated murder, rape and other counts in an Ohio State University student’s slaying and with separate counts related to several armed robberies has pleaded not...
View ArticleJohn Dorfman: Transocean and Essendant are on the Casualty List
Not every stock that gets banged up deserves it. Finding injured stocks that have recovery potential is the point of my quarterly Casualty List.The list you are about to read is my 56th Casualty List....
View ArticleOhio boy, 13, dies of suspected heroin overdose; dad jailed
DAYTON: Authorities say a 13-year-old Ohio boy died of a suspected heroin overdose, and his father has been jailed in a previous drug-related case.Nathan Wylie’s father and another man brought the...
View ArticleCoroner: Woman found dead in western Lake Erie drowned
PORT CLINTON, OHIO: Authorities in northwest Ohio say a woman found dead in western Lake Erie apparently drowned in the water.The Ottawa County Coroner’s Office confirmed the drowning after an autopsy...
View ArticleWhite House woos GOP lawmakers with revised health care bill
WASHINGTON: Republicans entertained a fresh White House offer to revise the party’s failed health care bill Tuesday as the GOP tried to resuscitate the measure that crashed spectacularly less than two...
View ArticleObama aide Susan Rice denies using intel to spy on Trump advisers
WASHINGTON: Susan Rice, the top national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, says it is “absolutely false” that she and other Obama administration officials used intelligence reports to...
View ArticleAmerichem Inc. hires new CEO, Matthew Hellstern
Cuyahoga Falls-based polymer company Americhem Inc. has a new chief executive officer. Americhem on Tuesday said it has appointed Matthew Hellstern as CEO of the Americhem Group of companies,...
View ArticleBeware of new twist to utility scam; calls not coming from Dominion
Consumers should beware that there's a new twist to a utility scam making its rounds in the area. Beacon Journal readers are reporting that a recorded call claiming to be Dominion East Ohio says the...
View ArticleFeds sue Sunoco over 2012 pipeline rupture, spill in Ohio
CLEVELAND: The federal government is suing Sunoco Pipeline over a pipeline rupture and spill in a northeast Ohio village that forced the evacuation of 70 residents.Cleveland.com reports the lawsuit...
View ArticleBarberton foundation receives $1 million gift from anonymous donor
BARBERTON: The Barberton Community Foundation received a gift of more than $1 million from an anonymous donor who died earlier this year.Foundation President Jim Stonkus said it’s the first estate gift...
View ArticleHeavy rain predicted in Akron over the next few days then snow early Friday...
The Akron RubberDucks are pretty much prepared for everything as the team’s home opener looms Thursday night.Sacrifice fly ball? Check.Stealing a base? Check.Snow. Well...The team’s infield turf and...
View ArticleAkron could lose the county’s largest transitional housing unit for...
For Kevin Biagetti, two weeks is too long to stay alive.The Barberton man first died in September, collapsing in the street as his 16-year-old son played basketball with friends. A nurse next door...
View ArticleRPM International to pay dividend April 28
RPM International Inc. in Medina will pay a regular quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share on April 28 to stockholders of record as of April 14.
View ArticleAkron to transform shipping containers into a village of tiny houses for...
The first of many transient artists could move into shipping containers in a wooded lot near downtown Akron this summer.Akron Soul Train, a proposed village of tiny homes for traveling artists, is...
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Miami tight end David Njoku says he has pre-draft visit with Browns this week
A parade of big-name draft prospects is marching through Browns headquarters this week, and University of Miami tight end David Njoku will join it soon. Njoku said Tuesday during an appearance on Pro...
View ArticleTrump faults Obama’s ’weakness’ for chemical attack in Syria
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump blamed former President Barack Obama on Tuesday for “weakness” that he said led to a reprehensible chemical weapons attack by Syria’s government, while his secretary...
View ArticleCleveland to continue police reform efforts despite U.S. memo
CLEVELAND: A memo by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking the Department of Justice to review the agency’s investigations of local police departments will not alter a court-ordered agreement...
View ArticleAir Force: Fighter jet makes emergency landing at Ohio base
DAYTON: An Air Force base spokesman says an F-16C fighter jet had to make an emergency landing in Ohio because of a hydraulic leak.The Dayton Daily News reports the jet landed safely Tuesday at...
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