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Indian Valley's Aaron Davis receives regional Teacher of the Year honor
GNADENHUTTEN ‒ Aaron Davis, a multi-subject educator at his alma mater Indian Valley High School in the Indian Valley Local School District, has been selected as Regional State Board District 8 Teacher of the Year. "I am truly humbled and honored to be recognized by the state board of...
Summer 'Camps' Unlike Any Other
Akron Public Schools is proud of the way it works to offset the summer slump, as it's called. Educators have watched it for years. Summer arrives, and scholars take a much-deserved break -- so much so that often times their grades suffer when they return to school in the fall. One solution?
Akron prohibits new vape shop clusters, sets rules for recreational marijuana dispensaries
Akron wants to stop clusters of vape shops from cropping up across the city. On Monday, Akron City Council approved new rules for vape shops, as well as recreational marijuana businesses. The vape store legislation creates a 2,500-foot minimum distance between vape shops that operate in the city. It defines vape shops as stores...
Chargers Girls Flag Football Teams Shine at NFL FLAG Championships
A pair of Chargers representatives put together quite the performance at this past weekend's NFL FLAG Championships Presented by Toyota. Both the Conquer Chargers and the Apex Predators, who represented the Chargers at the event over the weekend, made their respective championship games in Canton, Ohio. The Conquer Chargers, the...
Drone light show -- ‘better than fireworks’ -- caps Orange’s Party in the Park
ORANGE, Ohio -- A drone light show captivated a large crowd to culminate the village’s Party in the Park Saturday (July 20) at Community Park. “My 9-year-old granddaughter came up to me after the event and said, ‘Grandpa, this was better than fireworks,’” said Mayor Judson Kline, who estimated that several hundred people were in attendance.
Boardman Trustees approve Fire/EMS levy for November ballot
Folks living in Boardman will decide the fate of EMS operations this November. Boardman Trustees have approved a 4.5 mill Fire/EMS that will raise enough money to expand the number of ambulances that work in the Township. The five-year levy would raise close to $6 million to staff all three...
Chrissie Hynde takes portrait of childhood home as Pretenders return to Akron for concerts
We are now in Ohio!Here’s me posing outside my childhood home in Cuyahoga Falls.XCH pic.twitter.com/lRTMmzgx1s— Chrissie Hynde (@ChrissieHynde) July 23, 2024 Chrissie Hynde went back to Ohio. Not all of her city is gone. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer took time out to reminisce this week as The Pretenders returned to Akron...
Cleveland Clinic, Kent State establish care partnership
Cleveland Clinic and Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, have entered into a multiyear partnership in which the clinic will serve as the official healthcare provider for student-athletes. Services provided by the health system will include athletic training, physical therapy, physician care, behavioral health services, sports performance services, medical scheduling...
Red Hot Chili Peppers give sold-out Blossom Music Center crowd a spicy rock and roll show (photos)
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - The Red Hot Chili Peppers exist in increasingly rarified rock ‘n’ roll air. Four decades into their career and while some very successful bands of more recent vintage are releasing new albums into a listener void and struggling to fill arenas, the Chili Peppers are still regularly releasing viable, charting albums and regularly touring and selling out arenas and sheds without resorting to “Mega-Hit Record” anniversary tours.
Man charged with felonious assault in Niles bar fight
NILES, Ohio (WKBN) — An Orwell man has been charged with felonious assault stemming from a bar fight in Niles last Wednesday. Shortly after 2 a.m., police responded to a Niles bar for reports of a fight outside in the parking lot. Witnesses say the fight stemmed from a...
Jane Bain Chapter of DAR to host history exhibit at Rodman Library
The Jane Bain Chapter of National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution will play host to the American Revolution Experience, a historic display, starting Aug. 12 at Rodman Public Library. The exhibit will be open Aug. 12-16 at the library at 215 E. Broadway St. in Alliance. Hours are noon to 8...
County roundup: Garrettsville prepares for Peach Social Car Cruise, plus news from Freedom, Hiram, Nelson, Mantua and Windham
The long-awaited time capsule opening took place July 6. Inside the time capsule were, among other things, old newspapers, an old book from the Garrettsville 120th Centennial and a song written about Garrettsville called “Old Garrettsville” that was sung by two girls, according to the James A. Garfield Historical Society, when the time capsule was buried in 1924. Two women sang the song at the time capsule opening.
Kenny hits the greens for disc golf in the Cleveland Metroparks
BEDFORD, Ohio (WJW) — The Cleveland Metroparks has opened a Disc Golf Course in the Bedford Reservation and Fox 8’s Kenny Crumpton couldn’t wait to hit the greens. Astorhurst Disc Golf Course is a free 18-hole, par 65 course that features amateur, professional and competition tee boxes.
Valley Little League team headed to World Series
The Steel Valley All Stars, a combined 14u girls softball team from across the Valley won the Central Division Championship against the Indiana State Championship team, 15-1 in the Little League 2024 Junior League World Series, Sunday afternoon.
Men try to steal water from hydrants: Hinckley Township Police Blotter
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