UPDATE: The three boys have been found safe in Canton, and the Amber Alert has been cancelled. (Previous coverage) There's an Amber Alert in effect for three boys in Canal Fulton. Lawrence Township police say Brayden, Carter and Colton Rooks, ages 10, 6 and 12 are believed to have been abducted from…
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UPDATE: State health officials say there's a second case of the Zika virus has been diagnosed in a Stark County man. The Ohio Department of Health says the 21 year-old man returned to Ohio from Haiti, like the 30 year-old Cleveland woman first reported on Tuesday. The ODH says the…
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Monday, 08 February 2016 21:41
Group Has Issue With One "Blue Ribbon Panel" Recommendation
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The city of Akron's Blue Ribbon panel report has gotten a lot of reaction since it landed on the desk of Akron mayor Dan Horrigan. Most of the feedback has been positive, but one group has concerns about one recommendation, about possible privatization of the city's utilities. Greg Coleridge, director…
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Monday, 08 February 2016 21:08
AUDIO: WFMJ's Lindsay McCoy Previews Kasich's NH Primary
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Primary voters in New Hampshire are just hours away from casting their ballots in the first in the nation presidential primary. On the Republican side, it's believed to be a make-or-break primary for several candidates including Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Lindsay McCoy of WFMJ in Youngstown is following Kasich in…
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Northeast Ohio Medical University will get $50,000 in state cash to help fund its gene therapy project. The project is working on the ability to target specific cells with hopes of creating better treatment for diseases, including some cancers. The money for NEOMED comes from the Third Frontier Fund that…
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Monday, 08 February 2016 15:21
Man Turns Self In After Highway Patrol Trooper Dragged
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A man wanted in the dragging of an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper has turned himself in. The patrol says Todd A. Davison II turned himself into the Stark County Jail, and was then taken to Portage County Jail. Davison was charged with felony assault, and failure to comply with…
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Sunday, 07 February 2016 17:03
UA Students: "No Confidence" in President Scott Scarborough
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University of Akron students were not so surprised about the Faculty Senate's decisive 50-2 vote indicating "no confidence" in President Scott Scarborough; in fact, they agreed. "I have no confidence that President Scott Scarborough can lead the university," sophomore physics major Archie Williams said. "I really don't have a lot…
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Sunday, 07 February 2016 15:40
Former Stow and Cuyahoga Falls Police Chief Loses Fight to Cancer
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Former Cuyahoga Falls and Stow Chief of Police Louis Dirker Jr., 67, died on Friday, after battling cancer. "We just admired him. He was an excellent chief, an excellent family man and we're going to miss him," former Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Don Robart said. Dirker started his career with the Cuyahoga Falls Police…
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When police responded to a shooting in the 700 block of Stadelman Avenue in Akron on Jan. 19th, one of the crimes not expected at the home was human trafficking, involving a 16-year-old girl. Cleveland.com reports when three gunmen fired multiple shots last month at a 20-year-old man who was…
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Three people have been arrested in connection with a Stark County AMBER Alert. Stark County Sheriff's deputies say one woman took another woman's child and left without permission after a fight at a residence on Oak Avenue NW. Police recovered the child with three adults about 90 minutes later; she's…
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Friday, 05 February 2016 18:09
Report: Manziel's Girlfriend Gets Protective Order, Cowboys Sour On QB
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More news coming out of Dallas on Johnny Manziel. WFAA-TV reports that a judge finds there is enough evidence to issue a protective order for Manziel's ex-girlfriend. The Dallas station reports a judge signed the order mandating the Browns QB to stay away from his ex-girlfriend for the next two…
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Friday, 05 February 2016 18:06
Man Found Guilty In Chapel Hill Area Stabbing Death
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A Summit County jury has found an Akron man guilty in a stabbing death outside of Chapel Hill Mall. Deandre Baskerville was found guilty of two murder counts, along with felonious assault, in the death of Terrence Rogers in August 2015. Baskerville and Rogers got into an argument. That fight…
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Friday, 05 February 2016 17:34
Young Parents Charged With Scalding Five Month Old
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A young couple faces charges after police say they found their five month old baby with injuries from being scalded. Akron police were called to an apartment on Byers Avenue late Thursday evening on a call of possible child abuse. Lt. Dan Zampelli says that the five month old child…
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Thursday, 04 February 2016 17:41
UA Faculty Senate Passes Scarborough No Confidence Vote
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The no confidence vote by the University of Akron Faculty Senate over president Scott Scarborough has passed. The Beacon Journal's Marilyn Miller reports that the vote was 50 to 2 in favor of the no confidence resolution. Faculty senate chairman Bill Rich did not have to vote, since the vote…
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