Summit County News

AKRON, Ohio -- Fred Fach spent his career learning the restaurant business. Shirley Branch honed her skills as a factory worker.

The Brown County Republican Party has landed a presidential candidate as the headliner for its Lincoln Day Dinner Friday, Feb.

Most Cuyahoga County residents with an interest in the corruption trial of former county Commissioner Jimmy Dimora have been getting accounts second hand from television, radio and the newspaper.

TowPlows, a second snowplow that swings out from a truck, are to be used on the Ohio Turnpike this winter.

Arctic air is spreading across the area at this time. The cold air flowing across the unfrozen waters of Lake Erie is creating lake effect snow.

But while several other categories of employers also posted gains, according to Beacon Journal research of the largest employers in Summit County for 2011, overall employment continues to fall far short of pre-recession levels.

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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.

The award-winning daily program about business and finance puts a human face on the global economy, with insight from anchor Kai Ryssdal.

A Summit County jury Wednesday found a Uniontown man guilty of unlawful sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl.

Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh says the incident happened while Wood was rehabbing a house next door to where the 15-year-old victim lived.

CONCEALED WEAPON, ROYALTON ROAD: Dispatch received word that a man was spotted with a gun near Avery and Royalton roads at 1:46 p.m. Feb.

Rick Santorum: Ohio Christian Alliance luncheon, noon Feb. 18, Columbus, and at the Summit County Lincoln Day dinner, 7 p.m. Feb.

An Akron man held onto his beer while struggling with an officer trying to arrest him Tuesday night following a break-in at a Massillon Road convenience store, police said.

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Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced that late Tuesday, after less than an hour of deliberations, a jury found Terrence Minor guilty of Aggravated Murder.

Alliance Police were as shocked as anyone to find a baby in the back seat sharing space with a meth lab during a traffic stop.

Today is the last day to register to vote for the March 6 primary . There's several ways to do it: Register by downloading a form on the Summit County Board of Elections website and mailing it in.

Authorities arrested a man over the weekend who brandished a gun during an argument at a fast food restaurant just off the campus of the University of Akron.

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