Ohio man fined over graffiti wedding proposal doesn’t regret it
SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO: A man who spray-painted a marriage proposal on an Ohio shopping center has been fined for criminal mischief and sentenced to community service but says he doesn’t regret it.After...
View ArticleMan, 32, pleads guilty to selling drug that caused fatal overdose
AKRON: An Akron man pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose last year.Steven D. Daniels, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl that resulted in...
View ArticleNational author says communities must end isolation to cure heroin crisis
GREEN: After decades in the business, freelance journalist and author Sam Quinones still loves telling stories.“I’m not going to be rich,” he told a group of students Wednesday in the Bulldog Beat TV...
View ArticleResearchers name loud shrimp after Pink Floyd
OXFORD, England: A newly discovered species of shrimp that uses a bright pink claw to create a sound loud enough to kill small fish has been named for Pink Floyd.The shrimp found on Panama’s Pacific...
View ArticleWestern Reserve Hospital launches campaign to thank first responders
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Western Reserve Hospital is thanking area first responders — its partners in so many life-changing moments — with a new marketing campaign designed to demonstrate and inspire public...
View ArticleU.S. hits Islamic State with largest non-nuclear bomb ever used
WASHINGTON: U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by...
View ArticleInvestigators: Fear holding back witnesses in killings of 8
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Fear in the community is holding back information about the unsolved massacre of eight family members in southern Ohio nearly a year ago, investigators said Thursday.Some of that fear...
View ArticleCanada introduces legislation to legalize marijuana
TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced legislation Thursday to let adults possess 30 grams of marijuana in public — a measure that would make Canada the largest...
View ArticleOcean world near Saturn hotter-than-ever contender for life
By Marcia DunnAssociated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.: A tiny, ice-encrusted ocean world orbiting Saturn is now a hotter-than-ever candidate for potential life.NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected...
View ArticleU.S. berates Syria at OPCW meeting on Syrian chemical attack
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Syrian authorities — “abetted by Russia’s continuing efforts to bury the truth” — still possess and use chemical weapons, an American diplomat told the international chemical...
View ArticlePope urges prisoners to serve 1 another in foot-wash rite
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a maximum security prison on Holy Thursday in a pre-Easter ritual meant to show his willingness to serve society’s most marginal and...
View ArticleDemocrats pressure Trump to keep national monuments
WASHINGTON: Western Democrats are pressuring President Donald Trump not to rescind land protections put in place by President Barack Obama, including Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument.Obama...
View ArticleTrump, in fresh warning: North Korea ’will be taken care of’
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is sending North Korea a fresh warning, calling it a “problem” country that “will be taken care of.”Trump commented on North Korea after he was asked about the U.S....
View ArticleVideo captures horse battling alligator at Florida park
MICANOPY, FLA.: Visitors to a state park in Florida got a dramatic glimpse at the wild kingdom when a wild horse attacked an alligator. Krystal Berry was one of several park goers who took video of...
View ArticleBoy, 12, started social media post that put Lake Local Schools into lockdown...
A Stark County middle-schooler has been detained on juvenile charges alleging he started a social media post claiming a student was going to bring a gun to school.The 12-year-old boy, whose identity...
View ArticleHiram College giving students the boots
Hiram College is giving its students the boot — two boots, in fact.The small liberal arts school in Portage County is partnering with Vasque, a division of Red Wing Brands of America, to provide a free...
View ArticleFamily of boy killed on Kansas waterslide reach settlements
OLATHE, KAN.: The family of a 10-year-old boy who died while on a waterslide at a Kansas water park has reached settlements with a general contractor and a consulting company involved in building the...
View ArticleNo signs of a crime in death of New York judge found by river
NEW YORK: There are no signs that a crime was committed in the death of the first black woman on New York state’s highest court, police said Thursday after her body was found on the bank of the Hudson...
View ArticleMiddle school closes after students exposed to mercury
COLUMBUS, Ohio: An Ohio middle school was closed after 40 students and a teacher were exposed to mercury when a thermometer broke inside a science classroom.No one reported becoming sick at the school...
View ArticleLocal public and private developers talk potholes, bridges, jobs and $1...
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown discussed Uncle Sam’s commitment to local roads, bridges, jobs and housing Thursday with people who work in the public-private spaces that drive employment and housing.Before...
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