Documents detail government damage of Trail of Tears
COKER CREEK, TENN.: The U.S. Forest Service has ripped up a portion of the Trail of Tears in the Appalachian Mountains, reopening wounds for Native Americans who consider sacred the land where...
View ArticleParents of Ohio boy who tried to sell toy for food plead guilty
LEBANON, OHIO: A southwest Ohio boy’s parents have pleaded guilty to child endangering charges after police say an officer found the 7-year-old trying to sell a stuffed animal to buy food.Michael and...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
FOOTBALLBUCHTEL 61, NORTH 0North 0 0 0 0 — 0Buchtel 27 21 6 7 — 61Buc—Robinson 67 pass from McGinniss (West kick)Buc—King 6 pass from McGinniss(kick)Buc—Robinson 4 run (West kick)Buc—Johnson 25 run...
View ArticleObama urges African-American voters to protect his legacy
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said Saturday night he will take it as a “personal insult” if the African-American community fails to turn out for the presidential election, encouraging black voters...
View ArticleAkron Children’s Hospital patients become super heroes in this year’s marathon
Running a marathon is no easy feat. It takes strength, endurance and courage. That’s why Akron Children’s Hospital, as sponsor of the Akron Marathon Race Series, is recruiting kids with those qualities...
View ArticleTrump says ‘open borders’ cost lives and ‘this will end’
HOUSTON: Donald Trump, who has made a hard-line stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, asserted Saturday that “not one more American life should be given up in the name of...
View ArticleMassillon man pleads guilty in two killings, gets life in prison
CANTON: A Massillon man charged in the shooting deaths of two women pleaded guilty in exchange for prosecutors dropping a potential death penalty for him.The Repository (http://bit.ly/2d6iQld ) in...
View ArticleHillary Clinton deploys Bernie Sanders to Akron and Kent State to woo young...
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal politics writerU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ persuasive speeches for Hillary Clinton on Saturday were a far cry from the massive, boisterous rallies he once held when...
View ArticleDrugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the...
View ArticleOhio State football: Noah Brown’s four TD catches upstage ‘basic’ Buckeye...
NORMAN, Okla.: Ohio State’s Noah Brown took the spotlight off the Buckeyes’ “basic” defense.Brown came up with an astonishing touchdown reception, holding onto the ball with two hands behind the back...
View ArticlePain care lobby gave $3.5 million in Ohio as opioid deaths climbed
COLUMBUS: As Ohio’s overdose epidemic has climbed toward a record high, an army of lobbyists representing makers of prescription painkillers and their allies poured more than $3.5 million into Ohio...
View Article8 people taken to a hospital after Minnesota mall stabbings
ST. CLOUD, MINN.: At least eight people were taken to a hospital with injuries after a stabbing attack at a Minnesota shopping mall on Saturday evening which ended with the suspected attacker dead...
View Article29 injured in explosion in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood
NEW YORK: An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated. Mayor Bill de Blasio called...
View ArticleFour different events will make Barberton one continuous weekend party
BARBERTON: Partly by design, partly by coincidence, Barberton has four distinct events colliding into one bustling weekend that will have downtown hopping.Festivities kick off Friday afternoon with the...
View ArticleGood News — Sept. 19
To celebrate their recent adoption of their daughter Maya through Summit County Children Services, Amanda and Vanessa Burke of Kent held a “Gotcha Day” party for family and friends to meet and...
View ArticleWho’s Running? Caitlyn Bromley still haunted by hit-and-run incident during...
As Caitlyn Bromley hugged the concrete curb, her first thought came slowly, methodically: “Did that just happen? This isn’t a movie. You were just hit by a car. You. Just. Got. Hit. By. A. Car.”Her...
View ArticleThe Scene: Earthly Delights benefits Wilderness Center
George Lemon and Bryan Rice were honorees at the Wilderness Center’s 26th annual Earthly Delights celebration, Rhapsody in Blue.Jim Jelinek chaired the event held Thursday evening at the Gervasi...
View ArticleCharity events — Sept. 19
This WeekThursdayWilliam McKinley Presidential Library & Museum 70th Anniversary Celebration — 6 p.m. at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW,...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Sept. 18
‘Birtherism’ still talk of airwavesDonald Trump’s most prominent supporters insist that he’s put the burden of “birtherism” behind him with his concession that President Barack Obama was born in the...
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