Indians fans take care of rookie Ryan Merritt’s wedding registry
CLEVELAND: A KitchenAid 14-piece cutlery set. A natural Acacia serving bowl — large. A ceramic Chip & Dip platter. A toaster that can toast four slices at once. A butter dish and gravy boat, both...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Danny Salazar ‘ready to pitch,’ could be roster option;...
CLEVELAND: Indians pitcher Danny Salazar continues to draw nearer to his return to the mound. Now at the end of the postseason line, he could be an option for the World Series roster. Salazar, dealing...
View ArticleCavaliers move up start time of season opener to accommodate Game 1 of World...
INDEPENDENCE: J.R. Smith wants to catch a few innings of Tuesday’s World Series. Perhaps now he can. The Cavaliers have moved up the start time of their season opener Tuesday to accommodate the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 21
REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleRoberto Perez guides Indians’ pitching staff through October
Roberto Perez probably wasn’t the first catcher the Indians envisioned as the one to help them through a difficult postseason run. And considering the drama of the trade deadline, he probably wasn’t...
View ArticleTraffic disruptions — Oct. 24
Here is a list of road and lane closings in the Akron area:Major highways abruptly closed: None.AKRON:• Interstate 76 lane restrictions and ramp closings: Until late November, I-76 between Grant Street...
View ArticleAT&T is reportedly in talks to buy Time Warner for $80B
By Tali Arbel and Bernard CondonAssociated PressNEW YORK: Grab some popcorn — AT&T wants to take you to the movies.At least that’s the word on Wall Street after several reports citing unnamed...
View ArticleRegional news briefs — Oct. 23
barbertonEvent has Halloween themeBARBERTON: This month’s Barberton Fourth Friday event will, appropriately, have a Halloween theme. Each month, merchants along West Tuscarawas Avenue downtown offer...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The CFLs from hell
Don’t you just love CFL bulbs?The ones that unleash toxic mercury if you break them?The ones that don’t get bright until they warm up?The ones that are an aesthetic nightmare, glaring out from your...
View ArticleBeverage tasting benefits Safety Forces Chaplaincy Center of Akron
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Tom Teodosio was presented with the Robert Denton Chaplain’s Award for service to first responders at the third annual Scotch, Bourbon and Wine Tasting fundraiser...
View ArticleTheater ‘speakeasy’ draws 175 at Weathervane Playhouse gala
By Joyce JohnsonSpecial to the Beacon JournalThe show will go on, thanks to the 175 supporters who stepped into the 1920s for a night to experience Miss Millie’s Speakeasy at the Weathervane Playhouse...
View ArticleHigh school tournament schedules
SOCCERGIRLSTournament ScheduleMonday’s GamesKent Division II DistrictCloverleaf at Revere, 7 p.m.Tallmadge at Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown, 4 p.m.Medina Division II DistrictCoventry at CVCA, 7...
View ArticleJason Lloyd: Enjoy Cavaliers’ title now because owner Dan Gilbert’s bill for...
There is something important to consider as the Cavaliers line up to accept their rings Tuesday night and fans cheer the championship banner raised to the rafters: Success in this league is fleeting...
View ArticleWest Virginia candidate for governor owes millions in taxes
HINDMAN, Ky.: Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia’s most impoverished counties, including one in Kentucky that has...
View ArticleIraqi forces advance near Mosul as IS attacks western town
KHAZER, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed toward Mosul on Sunday, cordoning off eight villages and coming within 5½ miles of the northern city held by the Islamic State group, which staged an attack in...
View ArticleTour bus slams into truck on slowed-down highway, killing 13
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.: A tour bus returning home to Los Angeles from a casino trip plowed into the back of a semi-truck on a California highway early Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others,...
View ArticleShould civility be restored?
Beacon Journal staff reportThe National Institute for Civil Discourse has created a Text, Talk, Revive Civility mobile phone application that allows groups of diverse interests to work together on...
View ArticleLooking past Trump, Clinton aims to help other Democrats
DURHAM, N.C.: Newly confident and buoyant in the polls, Hillary Clinton is looking past Donald Trump while widening her mission to include helping Democrats seize the Senate and chip away at the...
View ArticleHezbollah to stay in Syria until ‘apostate project’ defeated
BEIRUT: Fighting returned to Syria’s Aleppo Sunday after a cease-fire to allow rebels and civilians to leave the city’s besieged eastern districts expired with no evacuations.As rebels and...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know — compiled Oct. 23
Clinton takes fight to ArizonaWith preference polls tightening in the traditionally Republican state, the Democrat’s campaign sees it as a late addition to the list of closely contested states.Space...
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