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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Does it work? Test team returns to try out new products advertised on television
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Sunday Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns sick after sick loss in Detroit
Akron Zips:
Zips advance to Sweet Sixteen
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Post-game defensive quotes
Kent State Sports:
Kent State defeats Rochester College, 63-44
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Faye Dunaway to be Evicted?
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – You are All Wrong About Jobs, or the Lack of Jobs, Being the Reason People Do Not Live in NEO
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008
AKRON
Crews collect debris
AKRON: Akron public-service crews on Monday began collecting large tree limbs, branches and logs that customers placed on tree lawns.
Customers must call 311 or 330-375-2311 to register an address for pickup service.
The debris will be collected only from those who registered and will proceed nonstop throughout the city until it is all picked up. City officials said the debris collection should take about four days.
For the past week, city crews have been picking up smaller, bundled yard debris in the regular trash collections.
Guilty in shooting
AKRON: A 19-year-old Akron man is facing 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to attempted murder, with a firearm specification, and illegal possession of a weapon, authorities said.
Joshua J. Loftus, of the 500 block of Lessig Avenue, will be sentenced by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Gippin at 1 p.m. Oct. 17.
On March 5, prosecutors said, Lofton went to the Coleman Avenue residence of a cousin, 22, trying to sell him a gun. The cousin was shot several times after turning down the offer and is paralyzed below mid-chest, prosecutors said.
Man guilty of assault
AKRON: A Munroe Falls man was found guilty Monday of domestic violence and aggravated burglary, said Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Aaron M. Bonner, 33, kicked in the door of his father-in-law's residence and assaulted his estranged wife, according to authorities. He fled the residence and later threatened to kill the woman if she called police.
Bonner managed to evade police for a year before he was finally arrested.
He will be sentenced by Judge Paul Gallagher on Oct. 27.
BRIMFIELD TWP.
No fire cause found
BRIMFIELD TWP.: The State Fire Marshal's office has not been able to come up with a cause for an Aug. 30 fire at a tire-recycling company.
''Our office cannot say conclusively what caused the fire,'' said Shane Cartmill, spokesman for the state agency.
The fire at Puritan Systems Inc., 1161 Holiday Drive, forced the evacuation of several dozen neighbors and created a plume of thick, black smoke that was visible from downtown Akron south to Fawcett Stadium in Canton and west to Norton. Crews from eight fire departments worked to contain the blaze.
On its Web site, Puritan Systems describes itself as ''a cryogenic grinder of rubber and plastics,'' grinding crumb rubber from scrap tires for recycled use.
Cartmill said there are no plans for further investigation.
Vacant house burns
AKRON: A vacant house owned by Akron businessman Manny Nemer burned to the ground early Sunday morning.
He purchased the two-story frame house at 337 Wheeler St. and the house next door from Waterstone II Limited in April as an investment, Nemer's daughter, Tania, said. Summit County property records show he paid $205,000 for the two properties.
The Akron Fire Department said the fire began in the basement of the home. Tania Nemer said the home had been boarded up and was set to be razed with the other Nemer-owned home this week. She said vandals apparently broke in.
Manny Nemer is in an eminent domain battle with the University of Akron over other property he owns on East Exchange Street. UA wants Nemer's coffee shop and bar to expand student housing next to a new stadium already under construction.
Nemer has not accepted the university's offer because he believes the price is not high enough.
Summit County Probate Court Judge William Spicer has scheduled an Oct. 29 mediation hearing between Nemer and UA before Beachwood attorney Lisbeth M. Bulmash over the East Exchange Street property.
A trial on the eminent domain lawsuit filed by the university is scheduled for Dec. 2.
BRUNSWICK
College will build
BRUNSWICK: Cuyahoga Community College, Brunswick schools and the city of Brunswick will unveil plans today for two higher education buildings in the northern Medina County city.
The new facility will be a home for programs from several public and private colleges. Students will be able to earn associate and bachelor's degrees and get work-force training.
Educational partners will be Ashland University, Baldwin-Wallace College and Cleveland State.
The $10 million facilities will be next to Brunswick's Recreation Center on state Route 303. The city of Brunswick will pay for the buildings, CCC spokesman Daniel Minnich said.
This will be the second higher education institution to be built in Medina County. The University of Akron established an outpost in Lafayette Township, just south of the city of Medina, last year.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Ex-official warned
CUYAHOGA FALLS: John Widowfield has 21 days to explain what he did with Ohio State University football tickets he bought with campaign funds, under an audit letter sent to him by Ohio Secretary of State's Office.
If Widowfield doesn't provide the information, the former Republican legislator from Cuyahoga Falls will be referred to the Ohio Elections Commission, according to the Friday letter.
Widowfield resigned from the Ohio House in May amid accusations that he purchased Ohio State tickets with campaign funds, sold them on the Internet for a profit and pocketed the proceeds. He also withdrew from the Summit County Council race he planned to run for in the Nov. 4 election.
Besides the secretary of state, Widowfield is being investigated by the legislative inspector general.
KENT
KSU hires executive
KENT: Iris E. Harvey, associate vice president for marketing and communications at Wright State University, was named vice president of university relations at Kent State on Monday.
Harvey will oversee government relations, communica-tions and marketing and WKSU-FM, the public radio station based at KSU.
Since 2005, Harvey has overseen Wright State's advertising, enrollment marketing, communications, Web media and publications.
Before that, she was worldwide director of faculty recruitment for the University of Maryland University College. From 1993 to 2004, she was founder and chief executive of Market Strategies and Solutions Inc. She also worked nine years with Citigroup Global Consumer Bank Group in Chicago.
She will join Kent State on Nov. 10 at a yearly salary of $190,000.
WOOSTER
Man denied appeal
WOOSTER: A 21-year-old Wooster man convicted of murder in a house fire that killed a man has had an appeal denied.
William Adams contended in the 9th District Court of Appeals that he was denied a fair trial on four legal grounds, including lack of evidence.
Appeals judges on Monday dismissed all the claims, upholding Adams' life sentence.
Adams was convicted of murder and aggravated arson in the May 29, 2007, fire that killed Kyle Kelley, 20, of Wooster. Prosecutors say Adams set fire to a porch on Kelley's home on North Buckeye Street.
Adams' estranged wife lived occasionally in the home. She was not in the home when the fire started.
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