• PAUL TOPLE - AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
  Stow jeweler collects movie star fashions as hobby; exhibit planned - 11:16 PM

  STOW: Richard John has one of the most interesting closets in America.

MORE LOCAL NEWS STORIES

• Air Bear lands at Case for Big Truck Day - 11:16 PM
• Trial date set for five men accused of plotting to blow up national park bridge
• Akron mail-processing facility to stay open through 2013
• Revere cheerleader seriously hurt in one-car crash
• Akron trying to make buying vacant lots easier for property owners - 11:16 PM
• Teens find body in Kenmore driveway - 9:58 PM
• Local news briefs — May 17 - 11:16 PM
• Ernie Tarle raises curtain on new charter school
• Driver sentenced to six years in prison for death of infant
• New emergency shelter in Hudson aimed at seniors in transition
• Bob Dyer: Some signs just aren’t worth the letters
• Accused Craigslist killer Beasley tells judge about issues in jail
• Ohio Supreme Court rules against Lake Township police levy
• Local news briefs — May 17
• Research shows ‘no excuses’ model for schools effective at boosting test scores
• Metro transit center renamed in honor of retiring executive director
• Canton school board hires assistant superintendent
• Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad names new president
• Area deaths — May 16

LATEST NEWS

• Teens find body in Kenmore driveway - 9:58 PM
• Several pets discovered in central Ohio lake
• Facebook’s $16 billion IPO one of world’s largest
• Ohio lawmakers delay compromise on gambling bill
• Mitt Romney to run first general election TV ad
• Not guilty pleas in Ohio adoptive dad rape case
• Donna Summer, ‘Queen of Disco,’ dies at 63
• Report: Fewer U.S. homes foreclosed upon in April
• Attorney general warns older Ohioans about job scams

JEWELL CARDWELL

• Jewell Cardwell: A proper salute for ‘The Purple Man’
• Fire victim grateful for community support
• Jewell Cardwell: Her blueprint for mothering began in Akron
• Meet Lucimarian Roberts’ four children
• Wanted: Physicians with musical talents

BOB DYER

• Bob Dyer: Some signs just aren’t worth the letters
• Bob Dyer: Mogadore’s favorite son back to work after controversy
• Bob Dyer: Reader horrified by turn of phrase
• Bob Dyer: ODOT finally concedes signs aren’t working
• Sparks fly over Keegan autism center

AROUND OHIO

• Trial date set for five men accused of plotting to blow up national park bridge
• Criminals turn crocheters in Ohio prison program - 11:16 PM
• Mother gets nine years in Ohio teen’s malnutrition death
• Ohio school official charged in $470,000 scheme
• Ohio couple sentenced in case of locked-in girl