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Akron restaurant sees signs of hope amid ongoing flash flood cleanup
Clean-up continues across Summit County following the extreme rain event on August 8. At the Noisy Oyster in Akron, flash flooding left behind mud-caked floors and water marks on walls showing just how high it reached. Several inches of rain came down fast in the storm. "After just a couple...
Mogadore man who killed woman in crash while under influence of drugs sent to prison
AKRON, Ohio — A Summit County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Mogadore man to a minimum of 10 years in prison for causing a crash that killed a woman while he was under the influence of multiple drugs. Daniel Shanaberger, 37, could spend up to 14 years in prison...
Mayfield H.S. sports star to be inducted into Akron hall of fame
Jodi Kest left The University of Akron in April 2018. She will return – only for one night – on Oct. 4 when she will be inducted into the school’s Varsity “A” Hall of Fame. “I was very excited to get the call,” Kest, the...
VP nominee JD Vance to dissolve last vestige of mothballed charity, give its $11K to Appalachia
The Trump campaign says Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is preparing to dissolve what's left of the modest charitable effort he launched to help people in Appalachia after writing
Redistricting amendment backers slam ‘manipulating’ ballot language written by Frank LaRose
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Backers of a ballot issue that would change how state legislative and congressional districts are drawn in Ohio say ballot language written by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is illegally manipulative. The charge by the Citizens Not Politicians campaign comes after it received the proposed language...
JD Vance Interview With Rape-Advocating Anti-Immigrant Writer Resurfaces
JD Vance's appearance on a podcast in 2021 has caused quite a stir online after social media users looked into the show's host. The post JD Vance Interview With Rape-Advocating Anti-Immigrant Writer Resurfaces first appeared on Mediaite.
'Squish it': Spotted lanternfly invasion continues to spread across Ohio
CLEVELAND — White-tailed deer frequent Mary Keith's garden on Cleveland's east side, or what's left of it. Something else got to her vegetable plants before the deer: spotted lanternflies. "I've got a tree in the back there that's full of them," Keith says. "They sure can hop!" To the...
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