Things to Do, Nov. 30: ‘Nutcracker’ with Pennsylvania Ballet, Cleveland...
Pennsylvania Ballet ‘Nutcracker’The Pennsylvania Ballet of Philadelphia will perform George Balanchine’s version of The Nutcracker in seven shows Wednesday through Dec. 4 at the State Theater,...
View ArticleCavs starters yanked for lethargic effort, get blasted by Bucks 118-101
MILWAUKEE: With 3:49 left in the third quarter and the Cavs down 11, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue had seen enough. Enough of the uncontested drives through the middle of the defense, enough of the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Nov. 29
FOOTBALLState Finals(All Games at Ohio Stadium, Columbus)Thursday’s GameDivision IIPerry vs. Cincinnati La Salle, 7:30 p.m.———Friday’s GamesDivision VICuyahoga Heights vs. Maria Stein Marion Local, 10...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Financially secure and engaged Matthew Dellavedova...
MILWAUKEE: He’s still playing in a cold weather, Midwestern city on the lake in the Central Division, but Matthew Dellavedova’s life has changed drastically in the past five months. He’s a starting...
View ArticleBucks 118, Cavaliers 101: Giannis Antetokounmpo leads Bucks past defenseless...
MILWAUKEE: With 3:49 left in the third quarter and the Cavaliers behind by 11, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue had seen enough. Enough of the uncontested drives through the middle of the defense, enough of the...
View ArticleNational news briefs — compiled Nov. 29
WASHINGTONCongress readies measureRepublicans and Democrats put finishing touches Tuesday on a $6.3 billion medical research bill as GOP leaders prepared to try pushing the measure through the...
View ArticleMassive rally honors Fidel Castro
HAVANA: Regional leaders and tens of thousands of Cubans filled Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution on Tuesday night for a service honoring Fidel Castro on the wide plaza where the Cuban leader delivered...
View ArticleWorld news briefs — compiled Nov. 29
SOUTH KOREAParties mull impeachmentSouth Korea’s three main opposition parties are meeting to determine when to try to impeach President Park Geun-hye. Wednesday’s meeting came a day after Park offered...
View ArticleBucks 118, Cavs 101; Jason Lloyd's 20 thoughts on J.R. Smith, ski masks and...
Never change J.R. (via @TheCauldron) https://t.co/WALVUmKTin — The Crossover (@TheCrossover) November 30, 2016 MILWAUKEE: Twenty thoughts for 20 points from Kyrie Irving in Tuesday’s 118-101 loss...
View ArticleCuyahoga Falls launches initiative to strengthen neighborhoods
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Mayor Don Walters envisions a city where neighborhood ambassadors will let the elderly lady on a fixed income next door know she’s entitled to free snowplowing. A city where they might...
View ArticleOPEN M CEO Dottie Achmoody to retire
OPEN M’s Dottie Achmoody began her career when the ministry dedicated to helping others was in need of help itself.Twenty-six years later and after 12 years at the helm, she’s retiring. Before she...
View ArticleFederal regulators say NEXUS pipeline plan clears final environmental hurdle
The proposed NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline cleared a major hurdle Wednesday as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determined there are no major environmental issues that would keep it from...
View ArticleHighly anticipated West Point Market returns in Fairlawn after yearlong hiatus
A venerable Akron grocer is reopening its doors to shoppers Thursday after a nearly yearlong absence. The new, smaller West Point Market is now located in Fairlawn — about two miles west of its former...
View ArticlePortage County authorities search for suspect in fatal shooting near Ravenna...
Portage County authorities searched Wednesday for the suspect in a fatal shooting on Henderson Road in Ravenna Township.Ravenna police and EMS responded to the reported shooting around 2:23 p.m. By the...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Nov. 30
FOOTBALLState Finals(All Games at Ohio Stadium, Columbus)Thursday’s GameDivision IIPerry vs. Cincinnati La Salle, 7:30 p.m.———Friday’s GamesDivision VICuyahoga Heights vs. Maria Stein Marion Local, 10...
View ArticleJim Brown, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Russell to receive Sports Illustrated...
NEW YORK: Sports Illustrated magazine has chosen former Browns running back Jim Brown and former NBA centers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Russell to receive its Muhammad Ali Legacy Award for their...
View ArticleCavaliers coach Tyronn Lue calls J.R. Smith’s mental lapse an ‘embarrassing...
INDEPENDENCE: The fact J.R. Smith wandered off the floor during Tuesday’s embarrassing loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, then compounded matters by wearing a ski mask afterwards and playing dumb about it...
View ArticlePilot told Colombia controllers ‘no fuel’ before crash
MEDELLIN, Colombia: The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashing...
View ArticleThings You Need To Know — compiled Nov. 30
Michigan recount requested Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein requests a full hand recount of Michigan’s presidential vote, making it the third state narrowly won by Trump where she wants...
View ArticleThings to Do, Dec. 1: Rick Steves in Cleveland; ‘Funky’ creator at Kent...
Rick Steves offers travel adviceWith his books, TV and radio shows, website and more, Rick Steves has been guiding travelers to lesser-known places around the globe since 1976. Seriously, who had heard...
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