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• Drug Take Back Day scheduled for Saturday

  21-10-2016 23:36
  
  Dozens of area businesses and police agencies are taking part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday — a twice-yearly initiative to have people throw out unused medications safely.Though police departments have permanent spots for safe, environmentally friendly drug disposal, the Take Back Day events are designed to raise awareness on the practice.For a list of participating locations, visit the Drug Enforcement Administration’s website at https://goo.gl/G8sxaA.Offic
  
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• Akron Municipal Court offers Halloween weddings

  21-10-2016 21:39
  
  Brides may be saying, “I boo,” in Akron on Halloween.Akron Municipal Court will be offering weddings to mark the Oct. 31 holiday. Costumes are welcome.Judge Katarina Cook will perform the weddings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Akron Civic Theater, 182 S. Main St.Appointments are first-come, first-served and must be made and paid for by Friday, Oct. 28.Before the ceremony, couples must obtain a marriage license from Summit County Probate Court. They then must pay a cash-only ceremony
  
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• Check out these quick costume ideas for Cleveland sports fans

  21-10-2016 20:30
  
  What to wear, what to wear, what to wear?We’ve all been there.You made it through the week dodging those incessant Facebook or Google reminders to RSVP to a friend’s Halloween party only to run into him or her the night before at Acme.Ugh. Curse you, Funyuns!You could head off to one of those Halloween megastores and spirit away a wad of cash from your wallet, or better yet, shop at home for just the right costume.With the Indians making a World Series run and the Cavs about to hoist
  
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• Akron seeks to get redevelopment of downtown’s Lock 4 back on track through lawsuit

  21-10-2016 19:14
  
  By Katie ByardBeacon Journal staff writerA string of vacant Akron buildings is at the heart of the city’s vision to make the downtown a place to live, work and play.Redevelopment of the Main Street property, including the historic Landmark Building, north of the Lock 3 park has languished for years.Now the city has gone to court with hopes of spurring redevelopment of the properties, some dating to the early 1900s.The city late last month filed a complaint in Summit County Common Pleas Cou
  
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• Would-be robber who tried to shoot Akron officer sentenced to 15 years in prison; man admitted he intended to kill the officer

  21-10-2016 18:43
  
  Beacon Journal staff reportA would-be robber who tried to shoot an Akron officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday.Prosecutors say Javon Spells admitted he intended to kill the officer, but his gun didn’t go off.“What were you trying to do when you pulled the gun?” an investigating officer asked Spells at the time.“I was going to try to kill him, sir,” Spells responded, according to his recorded interview with officers.Prosecutors called Spells’ admis
  
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• Barberton man sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting at Akron police officer; police say gun didn’t go off

  21-10-2016 18:43
  
  Beacon Journal staff reportA would-be robber who attempted to shoot an Akron police office but his gun didn’t go off in June is heading to prison.Under an agreement with prosecutors, Javon Spells, 20, of Barberton, pleaded guilty Friday in Summit County Common Pleas Court to attempted murder of a police officer with a gun specification, aggravated robbery, having a weapon under disability and assault on a police dog. Judge Scot Stevenson immediately sentenced Spells to 15 years in prison.A
  
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• Ohio attorney general reviewing possible criminal charges against Akron councilman

  21-10-2016 17:39
  
  The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is reviewing potential criminal charges against an Akron councilman stemming from an ethics complaint filed more than a year ago.“This is an ongoing case our prosecutors are involved with,” attorney general spokeswoman Jill Del Grecco said Friday morning.Councilman Bob Hoch has been accused of voting on legislation and being outspoken on issues that benefit his two sons who are city firefighters.The former city administration, which had been f
  
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• Akron holds Health and Safety Fair

  21-10-2016 17:18 via akronnewsreporter.com
  
  Akron High School student Travyn Musgrave tries on the Akron Volunteer Fire Department's bunker gear.
  
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• AVFD speaks at Health and Safety Fair

  21-10-2016 17:15 via akronnewsreporter.com
  
  Akron Volunteer Fire Department member TJ Hernandez, explains the bunker gear.
  
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• Health and Safety Fair held in Akron

  21-10-2016 17:13 via akronnewsreporter.com
  
  Andy Molt of Y-W Electric discusses the dangers of high voltage.
  
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• Local providers volunteer at Health and Safety Fair

  21-10-2016 17:11 via akronnewsreporter.com
  
  Washington County Connections, with funding from the Office of Behavioral Health-Persistent Drunk Driving, held the event geared toward the youth throughout Washington County.
  
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• October 21 Weather

  21-10-2016 15:50 via akronnewsreporter.com
  
  Friday, October 21 will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high of 72.Winds will start in the morning at 12 mph and will be from the west, southwest.
  
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• Louisville teachers reject fact-finding report

  21-10-2016 14:34
  
  LOUISVILLE: The Louisville Education Association has rejected a fact-finding report in its ongoing contract dispute with the Stark County school district.The teachers union, which represents about 180 full- and part-time educators, said 88.3 percent of the members voted down the report Thursday night.“The membership rejected this fact-finding report by an overwhelming majority because the report is filled with flaws,” LEA spokeswoman Angela Emmons said in a prepared statement. &ldquo
  
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• Ohio now selling specialty license plate supporting the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

  21-10-2016 14:31
  
  Ohioans can buy specialty license plates showing off their support for everything from their favorite sports teams to horses to ovarian cancer.Now, they can also purchase one that benefits the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles is now offering the plate, which features an image of Blue Hen Falls.It costs $35 a year, with $15 going to the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the park’s nonprofit friends group.State Rep. Kristina Roegner, R-Hudson, spo
  
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• Kent State University professor receives grant to study alleged racial bias

  21-10-2016 14:25
  
  KENT: An associate professor at Kent State University has received a $280,000 federal research grant to help study alleged racial bias within the Syracuse Police Department.Shawn Rohlin, associate professor of economics, and William Horrace, an economics professor at Syracuse University, received the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and National Institute of Justice, Kent State announced Thursday.They also have been named W.E.B. DuBois Scholars.The study will
  
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• Wayne County man dies after falling into farm silo

  21-10-2016 14:23
  
  PLAIN TWP.: A 32-year-old man died Thursday morning after falling into a farm silo, Beacon Journal news partner Newsnet5.com reported.Rhett Acker of Plain Township was climbing a ladder at 9:45 a.m. when he fell backward into the silo, located in the 3800 block of Maple Grove Road.“Apparently, while the man was servicing the silo, he slipped and fell and he became wedged essentially face up, feet up and could not free himself,” Wayne County Sheriff’s Capt. Doug Hunter told the
  
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• Who won the last presidential debate? Read what Akron-area independents had to say

  21-10-2016 05:14
  
  The Beacon Journal barred partisans from its debate watch party Wednesday night.Working with poll results from the University of Akron’s Bliss Institute for Applied Politics, the paper invited a handful of independent voters. No Republicans. No Democrats. Just moderates, many leaning left or right on various issues but not far enough to be labeled.As a group, the five swing voters who attended the debate watch party represent a diverse slice of the Ohio electorate: a business owner from Ca
  
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• Women rule in local courts, hold majority of elected judgeships in county

  21-10-2016 05:13
  
  Women are underrepresented among Summit County’s mayors and on city councils compared to the 51 percent they claim of the county’s population. That’s not the case, however, when it comes to the bench. There, girls rule.Women now hold 21 of the 30 elected judicial seats in Summit County, or 70 percent. By comparison, Ohio’s judicial gender makeup is the exact opposite, with men in 70 percent of the judge spots. Summit and Cuyahoga are the only of the state’s eight la
  
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• Bob Dyer: Beaming back to 1997 as Indians return to World Series

  21-10-2016 05:13
  
  You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.The Browns will blow out the Bengals on Sunday and start a miraculous run. They will finish the season 10-6, grab a wild card berth, cruise through the NFL playoffs and win the Super Bowl.Hey, it’s 2016 in the 216. Anything is possible.OK, maybe not that.But this has indeed been a magical year for Cleveland sports.Given all of their injuries, the 2016 Indians making the World Series was even more improbable than the overachieving 1997 team making it &
  
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• Bob Dyer: Beaming back to 1997

  21-10-2016 05:13
  
  You ain’t seen nuthin yet.The Browns will blow out the Bengals on Sunday and start a miraculous run. They will finish the season 10-6, grab a wild card berth, cruise through the NFL playoffs and win the Super Bowl.Hey, it’s 2016 in the 216. Anything is possible.OK, maybe not that.But this has indeed been a magical year for Cleveland sports.Given all of their injuries, the 2016 Indians making the World Series was even more improbable than the overachieving 1997 team making it —
  
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• Trump, Pence to hold rally Saturday at I-X Center in Cleveland

  21-10-2016 04:27
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, will appear together Saturday evening at a rally at the I-X Center in Cleveland.The program is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 4 p.m.Click here to request tickets.The appearance comes on the heels of a Cleveland visit Friday afternoon by Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton/
  
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• Syndicated columnist explains Trump’s political rise

  21-10-2016 04:25
  
  To make sense of Donald Trump’s political rise and the unraveling of the Republican Party he now leads, progressive writer E.J. Dionne listens to conservatives who saw it all coming.In 2013, after Republican nominee Mitt Romney lost young and minority voters, the Grand Old Party formulated a plan to ensure victory in future elections as the country becomes more diverse in age and race. The party of Lincoln could no longer rely on white, middle-aged voters to pick primary winnerswho wouldn&
  
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• Summit County judges vying for other judicial seats

  21-10-2016 04:25
  
  By Stephanie WarsmithBeacon Journal staff writerSummit County Common Pleas Judge Tom Teodosio wants to move to the 9th District Court of Appeals.Akron Municipal Judge Joy Oldfield is angling for a Summit County Common Pleas Court spot.And Akron Municipal Judge Katarina Cook is vying for a Domestic Relations Court seat.Welcome to the musical judicial chairs in the Summit County judicial races this fall. Retirements and the appointment of a judge as a federal magistrate created several open seats,
  
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• Metro Parks release one more batch of quails, cross fingers that they’ll thrive in new homes

  21-10-2016 04:25
  
  Dan Toth assisted Summit County’s newest resident out of the back of the SUV, Marlo Perdicas presented her with a shiny blue bracelet, and then the two local ambassadors watched as she toddled off to explore her new home.One down, 499 to go.Summit County Metro Parks staff spent the better part of a drizzly afternoon tagging and releasing 500 bobwhite quails at Springfield Bog and Silver Creek metro parks — all part of a three-year experiment to restore something that disappeared from
  
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• Lights up for Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s opening in new indoor space at Greystone

  21-10-2016 04:25
  
  Last Friday, swords were hung neatly in a row in a dressing room, actress Kelsey Tomlinson continued sorting through hundreds of costume pieces in a backstage workroom, and actors Joe Pine and Ryan Zarecki labored away at constructing a two-story Elizabethan playhouse-style set at Greystone Hall downtown, the new indoor venue for Ohio Shakespeare Festival.The festival, beloved for 15 years of summer performances outdoors at the picturesque Stan Hywet lagoon, is now producing year-round with the
  
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• Kenmore man sentenced for attacking humane officer; Akron officer cleared in shooting of assailant

  21-10-2016 04:25
  
  A Kenmore man who beat and stabbed a humane officer for parking on the street in front of his house was sentenced to six years in prison by a Summit County Common Pleas judge Thursday. McCullen Webb, 33, of 18th Street Southwest, pleaded guilty to second degree felonious assault charge as a repeat violent offender.In a related matter, Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced that an Akron police officer who shot Webb after responding to the call was justified in his actions.The inci
  
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• Summit County judicial races: What the candidates say

  21-10-2016 03:25
  
  WHAT THE CANDIDATES SAYHere’s what the 10 Summit County candidates running for judge in the Nov. 8 election think about the role gender plays in judicial races:9th District Court of Appeals:“I just don’t look at gender. I look at how hard someone works.” — Lynne Callahan (unopposed).“A judge’s gender matters no more or less than any other component that goes into the makeup of a person.” — Donna Carr (unopposed).“It has been my experien
  
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• Girls rule on Summit County bench: Women hold 70 percent of judge seats, compared to opposite statewide

  21-10-2016 02:14
  
  Women are underrepresented among Summit County’s mayors and on city councils compared to the 51 percent they claim of the county’s population. That’s not the case, however, when it comes to the bench. There, girls rule.Women now hold 21 of the 30 elected judicial seats in Summit County, or 70 percent. By comparison, Ohio’s judicial gender makeup is the exact opposite, with men in 70 percent of the judge spots. Summit and Cuyahoga are the only of the state’s eight la
  
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• Regional news briefs — Oct. 21, 2016

  21-10-2016 01:56
  
  NORTHEAST OHIOClinton coming to OhioCLEVELAND: Fresh off a final debate performance, Hillary Clinton will continue to encourage early voting and turnout Friday in Cleveland, her third Ohio stop this month.Clinton will speak at Cuyahoga Community College, 2900 Community College Ave., at 4:30 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.“At the recreation center at Tri-C, Hillary will urge Ohioans to go vote, to get their friends and family to go vote, and to support her agenda to build an economy that works
  
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• Six sentenced, ordered to repay $17 million swindled from investors

  21-10-2016 01:55
  
  Six area businesspeople were ordered on Thursday to repay a total of $17 million they swindled from investors, federal court records show.Kenneth Grant of Copley, Thomas Abdallah of Brunswick, Jeffrey Grant of Copley, Mark George of Independence and Jerry Cicolani, formerly of Richfield, were sentenced to prison in addition to restitution. Terms ranged from 21 to 92 months. Kelly Hood, formerly of Richfield, was ordered to spend a year under home confinement followed by a term of probation.Court
  
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• Kenmore man sentenced for attacking humane officer

  21-10-2016 01:32
  
  A Kenmore man who beat and stabbed a humane officer for parking on the street in front of his house was sentenced to six years in prison by a Summit County Common Pleas judge Thursday. McCullen Webb, 33, of 18th Street Southwest, pleaded guilty to second degree felonious assault charge as a repeat violent offender.In a related matter, Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced that an Akron police officer who shot Webb after responding to the call was justified in his actions.The inci
  
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• Metro Parks release one more batch of quail; cross fingers that they’ll thrive in new homes

  21-10-2016 00:46
  
  Dan Toth assisted Summit County’s newest resident out of the back of the SUV, Marlo Perdicas presented her with a shiny blue bracelet, and then the two local ambassadors watched as she toddled off to explore her new home.One down, 499 to go.Summit County Metro Parks staff spent the better part of a drizzly afternoon tagging and releasing 500 bobwhite quail at Springfield Bog and Silver Creek metro parks — all part of a three-year experiment to restore something that disappeared from
  
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• Former UA VP Larry Burns finds new job in native Detroit

  21-10-2016 00:05
  
  The former University of Akron executive who was behind the failed “Ohio’s polytechnic university” rebranding effort has found a new job.Larry Burns, UA’s former vice president for advancement, this week started as the new president and chief executive of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation in Detroit.Burns left UA shortly after president Scott Scarborough stepped down in May, after facing heavy criticism over several of his initiatives.Scarborough recomm
  
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