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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
Does it work? Test team returns to try out new products advertised on television
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
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:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
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 Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009
CANTON
Signs might change
CANTON: Canton officials are worried that copyright concerns over an image of Martin Luther King Jr. will delay the beginning of a corridor dedicated to the civil rights leader, the Associated Press reported.
The city held a ceremony in August to mark the establishment of the memorial corridor, which includes portions of two avenues. Officials had hoped to place signs along the corridor before the Jan. 19 King holiday.
But City Engineer Dan Moeglin says that's no longer a certainty because the image of King originally selected by a committee was created by New York artist Oswald Greene.
Moeglin says city officials haven't been able to reach him to request permission to use the image. About a dozen photographs of King, including ones in the public domain, are being considered as replacements.
Contracts awarded
CANTON: Building a morgue inside the Stark County Jail will cost $427,711 under terms of contracts that Stark County commissioners awarded Tuesday.
The general contractor will be Stitle Construction of Salem. Other contractors are D&A Plumbing and Heating of Lake Township and the North Canton firms Feinman Mechanical and Speelman Electric.
The county coroner must move from the Doctors Campus of Affinity Medical Center because of the closure of the Perry Township facility.
Also Tuesday, commissioners approved a request from Common Pleas Court judges to reinstate pay for grand jurors' first 10 days of service. Since June, they have been paid only when they convened for 11 or more days. Grand jurors usually meet weekly for three months.
COLUMBUS
Three bills vetoed
COLUMBUS: Gov. Ted Strickland has followed through on threats to veto three bills passed by Republicans in the final month of the previous legislative session.
Strickland, a Democrat, vetoed bills Tuesday that would have shrunk the state's early voting period and paid for veterans' bonuses using the state's rainy-day fund. The governor also vetoed a bill that would have provided tax credits for movies filmed in Ohio.
Strickland signed 37 other bills into law, including a bill that maintains a workers'-compensation system that provides discounted rates to businesses that pool in groups.
Republicans no longer control both the House and Senate in the new legislature that opened Monday. Democrats took control of the House for the first time in 14 years.
HUDSON
Offices dedicated
HUDSON: New offices for Radcom Inc. were formally opened Tuesday with a ribbon- cutting ceremony at the facility at 561 Boston Mills Road, Suite 400.
The ceremony was attended by Mayor William A. Curtin and company officials.
The 12-year-old consulting firm that specializes in instructional design, e-learning and technical communication, has a staff of 22 people and moved from its previous location at 1696 Georgetown Road.
The company said it had outgrown its old space.
Council to meet
HUDSON: The City Council will hold a special executive session meeting at 7 tonight to fill the at-large vacancy of Council President Mike Moran.
The council will go into executive session to make its decision, said Jody Roberts, city communications manager.
Nineteen people applied for the post to replace Democrat Moran who was elected Nov. 4 to the state legislature to represent the 42nd District.
The list of those applying for the post includes former legislator Richard Nero, who lost to Moran in the election.
The formal decision on replacing Moran will be made at a meeting Jan. 21.
MEDINA
Child support owed
MEDINA: A Medina man is among 17 parents indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on charges of failing to pay child support.
The defendants owe a combined $535,236 in child support, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office said.
Antonio Bland, 40, of Medina, was indicted on 11 counts of criminal nonsupport, the prosecutor's office said. He owes $38,042 to his four children. Three hearings were held in juvenile court between 1995 and 2006. The last voluntary payment was made Aug. 14, 2007, in the amount of $68, the prosecutor's office said.
The charge of criminal nonsupport is a fifth-degree felony, which carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison.
TALLMADGE
Restaurant reopens
TALLMADGE: Investigators have not determined the cause of an explosion that destroyed the housekeeping and laundry building next to the Grotto on Tallmadge Circle restaurant Monday.
Tallmadge Fire Chief Dennis Crossen said the investigation is continuing, and a dollar estimate of the loss is not yet known.
The Grotto restaurant opened for business Tuesday after being closed the day of the fire.
John Barber, the owner of the restaurant that opened eight weeks ago, estimated damage at about $200,000.
Resident honored
TALLMADGE: Charles ''Chuck'' Cousins of Tallmadge has been inducted into the Holland Club for men who qualified on submarines at least 50 years ago and are members of the U.S. Submarine Veterans Inc.
Cousins, 70, a native of Iowa, served on the diesel-powered USS Jallao from 1957 to 1960 and later served on the nuclear-powered submarine USS Alexander Hamilton from 1962 to 1965 as an interior communications electrician.
He was in the Navy from 1956 to 1965, then worked as an electrical engineer and retired from Lockheed Martin with 30 years of service in 2000.
The club is named for John Holland, whose invention launched the U.S. submarine force.
CANTON
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