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News 5 Cleveland
March 29, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - Two lawsuits have been filed against the Akron City School District, superintendent and several staff members after the school staff allegedly allowed a man impersonating a peace officer, who was later sentenced prison, to come on school grounds and handcuff students as part of theÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 29, 2018
“Business Basics” Seminar — 4-7 p.m., Bounce, 526 S. Main St., “M” Floor Conference Room #904, Akron. Learn about the planning process, initial financial projections, ownership options, review the rquired forms, licensing, loan options and additional funding availablity. Free. Registration is required, callÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 29, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - Forty-eight full-time University of Akron faculty and administrators have decided to accept a voluntary retirement incentive program. That represents 20 percent of the 240 who were eligible. They will leave by May 31. The university has said the measure was needed to help whittle down anÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 29, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - An Akron man was sentenced to 26 years in prison for tying up two men and pistol-whipping them during a home invasion. Davon Irvine, 24, was found guilty earlier this month of two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary and two counts of kidnapping in the Dec.
cleveland.com (blog)
March 29, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - Akronites should grab an umbrella or raincoat out the door Thursday morning, but it won't need to be heavy. Temperatures will warm up to the upper 50s. Morning commuters could hit scattered rain, but chances are highest in the late morning and afternoon. Lows will hit the upper 40s, butÃâà...
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
March 29, 2018
To anyone following Akron's recent development initiatives, such as the Downtown Akron Promenade Project that will remake Main Street, and the philosophy of city planning director Jason Segedy, who has suggested putting the city on a "road diet" to encourage cycling, it's clear to see the city's gravitationÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 29, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - If you haven't gotten your shirt yet for 330 Day, no worries, Akron-based rockEVERYwear apparel & art is delivering 330-centric t-shirts purchased from its website all day on Thursday. rockEVERYwear, whose tagline is "Bringing a City Together," is delivering the shirts to prepare residents forÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 28, 2018
Raising the age in Akron to buy tobacco emerged out of efforts to reduce high infant mortality rates. Summit County's smoking rate for women aged 18-21 is 23.7 percent - almost triple the smoking rate for pregnant women across the U.S. - which is 8.4 percent. Those numbers correlate to the county's highÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 28, 2018
An Akron police officer last month was disciplined for failing to find a gun on a teenage robbery suspect who ultimately shot and killed himself while sitting handcuffed in the back of a police SUV. Akron Officer Devin Ray violated police department procedure for not thoroughly searching Xavier McMullen, 17,Ãâà...
Inside Higher Ed
March 28, 2018
Wilson didn't end up winning the UCF job, which went to the university's current provost, Dale Whittaker. The fallout in Akron wasn't immediate, but it was profound. Last week, Wilson announced he will step down as Akron's president this summer. He also issued a public mea culpa, apologizing for causingÃâà...
Akron News-reporter
March 21, 2018
The luck of the Irish wasn't with the Akron Rams when got their 2018 baseball season underway on the road at Wiggins on Saint Patrick's Day. The games didn't go the way the Rams had anticipated, bringing in just one run on the day while giving up 28 runs to the Tigers between the two games.
cleveland.com (blog)
March 21, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - The storm system bringing snow and wintry mix showers Tuesday evening and overnight could continue the snow into Wednesday morning in Akron, likely during the morning commute. The morning commute could be slow. With up to 4 inches of accumulation overnight, and blowing snow,Ãâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 21, 2018
AKRON: A Charlotte, N.C. man was convicted by an Akron jury of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Erick Jamal Hendricks, 37, will be sentenced at a date to be determined. The guilty verdict was announced byÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 21, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - Ohio has the 8th highest smoking rate in the U.S., and while numbers of smokers in other states are declining, in the Buckeye State they're on the rise. Those statistics were delivered to Akron City Council's Health & Social Service committee on Monday by Cleveland Clinic Akron General'sÃâà...
Crain's Cleveland Business
March 21, 2018
An affiliate of the Development Financing Authority of Summit County is lending $1.28 million to a developer who intends to turn downtown Akron's United Building into a $10 million, 71-room boutique hotel in Akron's Main/Market Streets Historic Arts district. The loan was made through the AkronÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 21, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - The city of Akron is working with Copenhagenize Design Co. to plan a connected bicycle grid that will make it easier for residents to bicycle around the city. The grid, which will be funded in part by a $127,000 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant, is the next step in the city's plan toÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 21, 2018
AKRON, Ohio -- Two Akron parents have been charged in connection with the death of a 2-year-old girl who died last month after she wandered outside in the cold, police said. Wynter Parker was found Feb. 2 on the porch outside a house on Doty Drive near Faye Road, police said. The girl died afterÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 21, 2018
“To truly become a more bicycle-friendly community, Akron needs a core network of connected bike lanes that will link our neighborhoods to key destinations and business districts across the city,” Mayor Dan Horrigan said in a press release announcing the acceptance of the grant award. “Most importantlyÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 20, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - After three weeks of discussion, and some tinkering by the city finance department, Akron City Council has approved the city's $168 million 2018 operating budget. The vote was 11-1 with Ward 4 Councilman Russel C. Neal Jr. voting against the measure. Ward 8 Councilwoman MarilynÃâà...
cleveland.com (blog)
March 20, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - A "foureaster" -- or the fourth recent nor'easter prognosticated to crawl up the East Coast -- will first affect Ohio's weather. The storm system will bring wintry mix showers and accumulating snow to Akron Tuesday through Wednesday morning. The morning commute should be clear, however.
Akron Beacon Journal
March 14, 2018
An Akron man accused of shooting and killing a 4-year-old girl in the back seat of a car is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning in Summit County Common Pleas Court. Darnell Bitting, 31, was indicted Monday by a Summit County grand jury for: two counts of murder, six counts of feloniousÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 14, 2018
Akron is looking into building a spray park for children at Talbot-Whitney Park in the city's East Akron neighborhood. Councilwoman Tara Mosley-Samples has scheduled a public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp., 550 S. Arlington St., to hear from theÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 14, 2018
So I'm telling a friend about an upcoming food event in which the Akron Zoo will serve dishes inspired by the diets of zoo animals, and she asks: “Will they be serving smelts?” They're the small fish that the zoo's Humboldt penguins eat raw. No worries, there won't be any smelts, or any raw meat for thatÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 14, 2018
Firestone CLC students organized the Student Coalition Against Violence, which plans to remain active long after Wednesday's walkout. The group wants stricter gun licensing and registration laws, and the age to purchase firearms raised to 25. They also are against arming teachers.( Akron Public Schools ).
WOSU
March 14, 2018
The Akron area already has a lot of eBay sellers. They did about $65 million in sales last year. But eBay's head of global impact and giving, Chris Librie, says this is a different: it's a partnership with the city and a network of unique businesses that are branching out together. “Having a support network,Ãâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 14, 2018
The students at the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM Middle School in downtown Akron won't physically walk out of school for National School Walkout Day. But they still will make their voices heard. The students — there are nearly 400 at the school — are expected to exit classrooms and file into aÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 14, 2018
A 23-year-old Akron man turned himself into police Wednesday morning on felonious assault charges after repeatedly stabbing another Akron man the day before in the Sherbondy Hill ... Simmons, accompanied by his attorney, turned himself in to Akron detectives Wednesday morning, police said.
cleveland.com (blog)
March 13, 2018
AKRON, Ohio - A strong nor'easter crawling up the East Coast in combination with a weaker low over the Great Lakes will bring in snow showers, gusty winds to Akron Tuesday. The good news is the snow may not amount to enough to need to grab that snow shovel. Scattered showers are possible in theÃâà...
Akron Beacon Journal
March 13, 2018
Akron police are investigating a shooting Monday night at the Clutch Gentlemen's Club, 1890 S. Arlington St. Two victims, a 33-year-old man and 40-year-old man, told detectives that they were in the strip club at 11 p.m. when they got into an argument with another man who pulled out a handgun and firedÃâà...
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