Indians’ rotation for Games 4, 5 dependent on Game 3; Ryan Merritt in line to...
TORONTO: The shuffling of the Indians’ rotation continues. And now it involves contingency plans. Indians manager Terry Francona said rookie left-hander Ryan Merritt — not Mike Clevinger as originally...
View ArticleOhio approves Stark State College’s Akron campus, groundbreaking scheduled...
Construction on Stark State College’s Akron campus is expected to begin by the end of the month following the Ohio Controlling Board’s approval of the project on Monday.The board approved the project...
View ArticleHigh school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent
WASHINGTON: The nation’s high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal...
View ArticleCause of fatal Akron jet crash to be revealed in live-streamed meeting...
Less than a year after a small charter jet slammed into an apartment building in Akron, killing all on board, the National Transportation Safety Board is poised to say what it thinks caused the crash.A...
View ArticleFugitive task force looking for Akron man who escaped from corrections center
The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information leading to the capture of a man who escaped last month from a community-based corrections center in Akron.Channing...
View ArticleBrunswick motorcyclist killed in two-vehicle crash
PORTAGE TWP.: A Brunswick man was killed at 5:30 p.m. Monday in a two-vehicle accident in Sandusky County.David Burns Jr., 31, was on a motorcycle southbound on Gill Road just south of state Route 163...
View ArticleFire leads to evacuation of Shearer’s Foods plant in Massillon
MASSILLON: The Shearer’s Foods plant on Millennium Boulevard Southeast was evacuated Monday night as a precaution because of a small fire, the Massillon Independent reported.No injuries were reported,...
View ArticleOfficial: 139 animals seized from Ohio ‘farmyard of horrors’
FAYETTEVILLE, OHIO: Officials say they’ve seized more than 130 animals from a home in a southwest Ohio village in a case they’re calling a “farmyard of horrors.”Barb Ashmore, who is the deputy dog...
View ArticlePucker up! Principal kisses pink pony as reward for students’ fundraising...
Giggles and looks of astonishment filled the gym at Seiberling Community Learning Center as students and staff watched their principal kiss a pink pony on Monday during their weekly kickoff assembly....
View ArticleSocial Security recipients to get tiny increase in benefits
WASHINGTON: Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a monthly increase in benefits of just 0.3 percent next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have to...
View ArticleAkron leadership group seeking money for new downtown public art project
After successfully raising nearly $15,000 to paint a mural on the South Broadway retaining walls near the Metro Transit Center last year, the Downtown Akron Partnership’s Emerging Leaders are at it...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Oct. 18
WASHINGTONRecord hot streak ends Earth’s 16-month sizzling streak of record high temperatures is finally over, according to one group of federal meteorologists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Oct. 18
IraqMosul offensive slows The pace of operations slowed Tuesday in the fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, as Iraqi forces advancing to the east and south of the city began pushing...
View ArticleChibok leader: 100-plus girls unwilling to leave Boko Haram
ABUJA, Nigeria: Nigeria’s government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction 2½ years ago, but more than 100 others appear unwilling to leave their...
View Article‘Stop whining,’ Obama tells Trump, chiding for fraud talk
WASHINGTON: “Stop whining,” President Barack Obama rebuked Donald Trump on Tuesday, speaking out as seldom before on next month’s election and chiding the Republican for sowing suspicion about the...
View Article$300,000 campaign to rescue Dorothy’s ruby slippers
WASHINGTON: It will take more than three clicks of the heels to preserve the ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas at the end of The Wizard of Oz.The slippers, which for more than 30 years...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Oct. 18
Assistance in Syria requested Russia introduces draft statement to U.N. Security Council calling on countries with influence on Syrian opposition groups to intensify efforts to separate moderate forces...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Oct. 19
AKRONAuthorities seek escapeeAKRON: The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information leading to the capture of a man who escaped last month from a community-based...
View ArticleThings to Do, Oct. 19: John Mellencamp at Civic, champion gymnasts at...
Rock out with John MellencampJohn Mellencamp is marking 40 years since the release of his first album, released under the stage name “Johnny Cougar.” Since then there have been 21 more albums, dozens...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 18
FOOTBALLComputer ratingsDIVISION IRegion 1: 1. Canton McKinley (6-2) 21.225, 2. Lakewood St. Edward (6-1) 20.6478, 3. Jackson (6-2) 20.5, 4. Solon (7-1) 20.4125, 5. Stow (7-1) 18.175, 6. GlenOak (5-3)...
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