Fairlawn News

The ripple effect of Marissa Norwood's ''Legacy of Kindness'' is already at work.

FAIRLAWN: Jeanne Luster was only 6 when she learned a valuable lesson last year about supply and demand at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron's annual early Christmas Eve candlelight service.

The City of Akron's annual freeze on water disconnections begins this Friday, December 18, 2009.

For uninsured patients, lab tests don't need to bleed them of all their money. The Summit County Medical Society recently struck a deal with a Web-based lab ordering site to provide low-cost blood and other lab tests for patients without health insurance.

A West Akron animal rescue group will move next year from the building it shares with a Circle K station into a larger facility that will feature expanded retail space to help fund the organization's mission.

North Canton Jaycees, P.O. Box 2636, North Canton, OH 44720, is a nonprofit organization of individuals ages 18 to 41 who are dedicated to making a difference in their community, while gaining leadership and management skills.

Hanukkah, the annual Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at sundown today. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple and the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days.

LAKEMORE Homes lose water LAKEMORE: Several hundred households in the Lakemore Water District might be without water this weekend after a major line break Wednesday evening.

Strikes 4 Hunger is a charity bowling outing tonight at AMF Riviera Lanes, 20 S. Miller Road, Fairlawn.

The victims, both 21-year-old males, were slightly wounded when two unidentified men entered through an unlocked front door of the ground-floor apartment in the 2600 block of Chamberlain Road about 12:20 a.m. and one of them fired three shots, authorities said.

Faulty brakes. Inadequate instruction. Crowded classrooms. These are some of the violations state inspectors found at local schools used to teach your teenager how to drive, a Channel 3 News investigation found.

When Michelle Sahr was approached about expanding her My Little Red Wagon stores in Stow and Hudson to a third location in Kent, she was skeptical about selling toys in a college town.

Buying a button to Akron's First Night celebration brings an extra perk this year: discounts at many local establishments.

Well, better late than never - although that's small consolation for the hundreds of people who have been handed trumped-up speeding tickets this year on Interstate 77.

Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John McCain, will be in Akron on Monday November 16.

About 130 women gathered on Tuesday for the inaugural Athena International Women's Leadership Day Lunch.

Motorists on Interstate 77 soon won't have to worry as much about their speed. Akron City Council today approved legislation urging the Ohio Department of Transportation to increase the speed on Interstate 77 between Vernon Odom Boulevard and Cleveland-Massillon Road from 55 mph to 65 mph.

This Week Today Summit County Songwriter's Circle will host Friends of the Folkatorium Folk-n-Comedy Benefit at 7 p.m. at the Funny Stop Comedy Club, 1767 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls.

Two challengers in two local school board races - both accountants - not only unseated an incumbent, but they also led all candidates on their respective ballots in Tuesday's election.

This Week Wednesday-Saturday 14th Annual Heinen's/WVIZ World Series of Wine will be held at various Cleveland venues.