]]> Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:16:23 +0000 en-us A $1.5 million grant to the Downtown Akron Partnership is designed to bring the “icing to the cake” and “connect the dots” of various bright spots throughout downtown Akron, while encouraging new improvements.

]]> 1.779747 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:16:23 +0000 The Diocese of Cleveland has a new bishop — a Cuban-American who was born in Miami and grew up in New Jersey with a view of the Manhattan skyline.

]]> 1.779566 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:15:59 +0000 COPLEY: Walmart is abandoning plans to open a supercenter on Rothrock Road in the township, saying the retail climate has changed since it first proposed the move.

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]]> 1.779693 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:07:12 +0000 Don Ferrante didn’t know anyone when he moved to Akron from the Youngstown area some 30 years ago, so he did what generations of Italians have been doing since the turn of the last century. He went looking for some paisans.

]]> 1.779716 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:34:56 +0000 An Akron man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a slew of new charges accusing him of impersonating a police officer as part of a Scared Straight program.

]]> 1.779626 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:34:39 +0000 A 54-year-old Akron man who exchanged gunfire with Akron police Sunday was killed when a bullet from one of the officer’s weapons hit him in the chest, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office reported Tuesday.

]]> 1.779723 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:34:29 +0000 A Cleveland man was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison Tuesday for illegally trafficking two dozen firearms purchased at a gun show in Medina County last year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

]]> 1.779614 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:34:20 +0000 Richfield police are investigating reports of a registered sex offender going door to door claiming he was a member of the village fire department and soliciting $25 donations in exchange for a reflective address marker.

]]> 1.779583 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:34:20 +0000 HUDSON: Cory Ross and Greg McClymont hesitate when asked what they want people to know about their upcoming brewery.

]]> 1.779690 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:46:50 +0000 LeBron James certainly knows basketball, but it seems he also knows a good pizza when he eats one and a tasty business opportunity when served up.

]]> 1.779700 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:46:35 +0000 The man found shot on the front porch of a West Hill home early Saturday has been identified at Roger L. Smith, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office said.

]]> 1.779665 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:44:10 +0000 GREEN: The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous vehicle break-ins and a motor vehicle theft in Green, all of which they believe are connected.

]]> 1.779643 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:23:00 +0000 Akron police have responded to five shootings in three days.

]]> 1.779479 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:25:58 +0000 BRUNSWICK: It’s hard to imagine a place that makes Chuck E. Cheese seem quaint.

]]> 1.779507 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:52:10 +0000 A Bedford woman who rented a house in Bath Township to host a party over the weekend wasn’t supposed to have more than six people in the home.

]]> 1.779378 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:45:53 +0000 Kent State University students will soon manage $500,000 of the school’s assets under a new effort designed to give them real-world experience.

]]> 1.779407 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:45:01 +0000 LAKE TWP.: A man with a history of confrontations with police opened fire on two officers, hitting one four times, when they arrived at his house Sunday night for a domestic violence complaint, authorities said.

]]> 1.779355 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:43:24 +0000 The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that a man who exchanged gunfire with Akron officers early Sunday didn’t die of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

]]> 1.779478 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:43:14 +0000 This upcoming school year, every middle and high school in the Akron Public Schools system will be equipped with the heroin antidote naloxone, known by its brand name Narcan, during school hours.

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