]]> <![CDATA[Pulse News Top Stories with Large Photo]]> Wed, 12 Jul 2017 03:16:23 +0000 en-us <![CDATA[$1.5 million Knight Foundation grant will help connect the dots, improve public spaces for a more vibrant downtown Akron]]> 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 <![CDATA[Akron’s Sons of Italy lodge turns 100]]> 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 <![CDATA[Akron man pleads not guilty to new charges for impersonating officer in Scared Straight program]]> 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 <![CDATA[Hop Tree Brewing putting down roots in Hudson]]> 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 <![CDATA[Akron police respond to 5 shootings in 3 days; 3 are dead and 2 survive]]> Akron police have responded to five shootings in three days.

]]> 1.779479 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:25:58 +0000 <![CDATA[Huge entertainment complex with indoor virtual reality games, rides and other attractions taking shape in Brunswick]]> BRUNSWICK: It’s hard to imagine a place that makes Chuck E. Cheese seem quaint.

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