Akron News

It's the encore on the first night of the Black Keys ' sold-out trio of dates at Alexandra Palace.

Westbound lanes of Interstate 76 in northeast Ohio were closed for hours after a series of crashes involving more than two dozen vehicles, but local police said there were no serious injuries, WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported.

A dozen students at desks in front of him await his instruction. A chart of the Periodic Table of the Elements covers part of the wall to his side.

Forbes is out with yet another list ranking cities, this time on misery . Columbus is not on the list of 20 cities even though sports team performance was one of the criteria.

That Midwestern maven of beauty and style, Miss Richfield 1981 , again graces The Manor for two nights next weekend .

The Black Keys, featuring Akron, Ohio natives Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will play the Schott Sunday, March 4. The tour is in support of their new album, El Camino.

Kimberly Stumpf, 29, of Akron, the alleged drunk driver who smashed into a police car, pled not guilty to all charges in Stow Municipal Court this week.

The robbery happened at about 12:10 p.m . at the PNC Bank in the 100 block of East Exchange Street, which is right by the University of Akron.

Akron has long been working on a fix for the outdated sewer system, and a bill introduced by Senator Sherrod Brown would help that effort.

If you have been training your German Shepherd Dog in obedience and are now ready to enter an AKC obedience trial, there are many coming up in the Akron area over the next several months.

She had one daughter, Marion Cox of Akron, Ohio; a son, Geoff Davis of Caldwell; one sister, Mary Hickman; two brothers, Bernard and Jim Hickman of Columbus, Ohio; one granddaughter, Nicky of North Carolina; and a grandson, Beau of Marietta; and one special friend, Annabelle Carney.

Summit County Councilman Bill Roemer is following through on a campaign promise to give half his government salary to charity because the county didn't produce a balanced general fund budget last year.

CUYAHOGA FALLS: The question over whether membership rates at the Falls Natatorium will change to include a provision to offer a "spouse" discount to gay couples married in other states won't be decided for at least another month.

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Four years of college tuition, without paying a penny, may sound too good to be true.

Who's your pick for artist of the year? Akron, Ohio duo Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney almost single-handedly made rock and roll cool again.

Sherry Kelley, a teacher in the Early Childhood program at the Shaw Jewish Community Center of Akron, was honored Wednesday with This City Reads' Literacy is Life Award.

It's a movement called edible landscaping, and there's good reason for it, advocates say.

Every day on the way to work, I drive past the fancy electronic message board on Interstate 77 south near Copley Road in West Akron.

The 7-year-old from Norton, Ohio, bravely endures countless tests, treatments and lengthy hospital stays as he battles leukemia.