Barberton News

Published on Sunday, Jul 05, 2009 The Kent State High School Class of 1945 will reunite July 25 at the On Tap Restaurant in Stow.

A Barberton man has been sentenced to five years in prison for unlawful sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl and for sending the teen an explicit photo by phone mail.

A 35-year-old Barberton man was sentenced to five years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

The Akron Police Department is investigating three home invasions over the weekend.

As chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Barberton Hospital, part of the Summa Health System, I think closing the Barberton Health District would spell disaster for the Barberton community.

AKRON Zoo jazz series AKRON: The Akron Zoo will kick off its 2009 Come Alive With Jazz series at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the outdoor dining plaza of Komodo Kingdom.

LaTasia Hammond, 17 and Zachary Gasper, 14 perform Tai Chi in the courtyard during a two-week Introduction to Chinese Culture class at Barberton High School on Thursday in Barberton, Ohio.

The German language is part of Barberton's past, but Chinese will be its future.

Police are looking for a gunman who shot two people Wednesday night in a parking lot outside an Akron Burger King.

Barberton will host a skills fair for job seekers July 9, followed by a job fair July 25.

Barberton soon might contract with the Summit County Health District rather than continue its own health agency.

Joining the ranks of fatherhood isn't always easy. Thoughts of sleep-deprived nights, inconsolable newborn cries and loaded diapers are enough to scare even the toughest of recruits.

NORTON: The war memorial that sat on the lawn at SS. Cyril & Methodius Church in Barberton is now the focal point of a memorial tribute to the closed parish.

NORTON: A business that specializes in merchandise that is too hot to handle went up in flames Wednesday afternoon.

BARBERTON: Landlords hit the pavement Wednesday to circulate petitions to stop the city from enforcing new registration fees on rental property.

Barberton school officials are considering having only two elementary schools in the district.

BARBERTON:Landlords are turning to voters for help in the fight against new apartment and house rental fees.

BARBERTON: It's been a tough week for parishioners at SS. Cyril & Methodius. Sunday may be even more difficult, when the final Mass is celebrated at 10 a.m. and the church is decommissioned.

Frederick and Margaret Snyder of Mansfield, Ohio celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary Saturday, June 6. The couple, both from Barberton, Ohio was married in 1959 at St.

Former Barberton Mayor Kenneth Cox addresses the Barberton City Council meeting in support of the landlord fees on rental units on Monday in Barberton, Ohio.