Saturday, 31 October 2015 09:19
UPDATE Buckeyes QB Barrett Arrested For OVI, Out Next Week
Written by Mike Ward
UPDATE 9:58 AM 10/31/15: Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett will sit out next week's game after having been arrested for OVI. Barrett was arrested for OVI early Saturday morning near campus. That's now been confirmed by Ohio State, which says head coach Urban Meyer has suspended Barrett for next week's game…
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is looking into a Stark County crash involving a police cruiser, where two officers were injured. It happened at just before 7:30 PM Friday night on State Route 44 in Marlboro Township. The patrol says 32 year-old Marlboro Township police officer Christoper Kenneally was trying…
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Here are area high school football scores for Friday, October 30th... St. Vincent-St. Mary 21, Youngstown Ursuline 14Firestone 54, North 40Garfield 40, Ellet 34Coventry 44, Norton 32Manchester 35, CVCA 14Stow 31, North Royalton 6Woodridge 54, Springfield 21Green 35, Uniontown Lake 28Barberton 48, Revere 20Copley 41, Bedford 31Walsh Jesuit 24, Mentor…
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Friday, 30 October 2015 15:33
Stabbing Murder Suspect Arraigned In Summit County
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The man charged with stabbing a man to death outside Chapel Hill Mall in August made his first court appearance in Summit County on Friday. Deandre Baskerville was arraigned Friday morning in the court of Summit County Common Pleas Judge Mary Margaret Rowlands. Baskerville was arrested on a bus in…
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"Boo at the Zoo" this year set more attendance records at the Akron Zoo - both for the event itself, and all-time. The Zoo says over 6,800 people showed up for "Boo at the Zoon" last Sunday (October 25th), which set an all-time single day attendance record for the zoo.…
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Democratic mayoral nominee Dan Horrigan says his campaign is still working hard, despite the success of other Democrats in the past. "You always work hard. You don't take anything for granted. Nobody gives you anything, " Horrigan tells WAKR.net. "You've gotta go out and earn it, and that's one of…
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Sobriety checkpoints are nothing new in Summit County, but the timing of the next one is interesting. The Summit County OVI Task Force says it'll be out on Saturday night - which is Halloween night. Lt. Joe Davis with the Task Force says the kids out, and drunk drivers, could…
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Thursday, 29 October 2015 17:44
VIDEO APD Hope Video Nabs Dollar General Robber
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Akron police hope a surveillance video will lead them to an armed robbery suspect. Police say the Dollar General on South Arlington Street near Arlington Plaza was robbed at about 10:30 on Wednesday morning. They say the robber stole money after pointing a gun at the clerk. He's seen on…
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Thursday, 29 October 2015 12:36
AGMC Program To Strengthen Care For Sexual Assault Victims
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A program once available in Summit County two years ago is making a comeback at Akron General Health System to help victims of sexual assaults. Trained nurses with the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program will be available beginning Sunday to address the growing issue of sexual assaults in the…
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A candidate for the Akron School Board pleading earlier this week to an OVI charge. Former Akron council member Ernie Tarle pleaded "no contest" to the charge stemming from a June arrest in Boston Heights. Police reports noted Tarle was driving a car with expired plates. Tarle told the Beacon…
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Goodyear is on track to top two billion dollars in operating income for 2015. The company releasing it's third quarter financials this morning shattering records with operating income up 15%, net income up 68% from the same period last year. - - - (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) AKRON, Ohio, October…
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The man who started the Conrad's Tire chain.. the chain that uses a woman whispering "Conrad's" in its commercials...has died. Northeast Ohio Media Group reports that Ed J. Conrad Jr. died peacefully surrounded by family over the weekend at the age of 84. Conrad started the chain with a store in…
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LeBron James is branching out as a TV producer - producing a new NBC game show. "The Wall" will star Chris Hardwick of Comedy Central's "@Midnight", and be produced by LeBron's SpringHill Entertainment. The ten episode game show will air in primetime on NBC. LeBron says in a statement that…
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Wednesday, 28 October 2015 14:53
Browns Coach Pettine: NFL Visit To Johnny Manziel "Imminent"
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Will Johnny Manziel be ready to play - if needed - for the Browns this weekend against the Arizona Cardinals? There's a little matter of the NFL coming to talk to him about that incident with his girlfriend on I-90. Coach Mike Pettine won't give the exact date of the…
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