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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:05
10-Year Old Kayla Allen Dies After Surviving Family Shooting
Written by Aaron Coleman
The 10-year old girl who was critically injured during a shooting at a Brooklyn restaurant has died. WKYC-TV Channel 3 reports Kayla Allen died Tuesday as a result of the shooting that took place in April. Authorites…
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:49
AUDIO FirstEnergy Shareholders Meeting Brief To Avoid Protestors
Written by Larry States
FirstEnergy's 2012 annual shareholders meeting lasted only ten minutes in Akron Tuesday morning, with no address by chairman and CEO Tony Alexander. Meanwhile more than 200 protestors demonstrated outside the Knight Center where the meeting…
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Akron Police are investigating two separate shootings that occurred in the city Monday night. The first shooting occurred around 5:30 pm near the intersection of Lovers Lane and Beardsley Street. The victim, Marquis D. Dees, 19, of…
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The United States Football League may be coming to Akron next year and city officials are talking with the organization to see if the Rubber City will be a good fit. Mayor Don Plusquellic spoke…
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UPDATE.... A woman drove her car into the lake and drowned shortly before 1:30 this afternoon at Silver Creek Metro Park in Norton. Police and fire officials immediately closed the park while drivers worked to…
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:13
Crestwood School Trespasser Faces Additional Charges
Written by Larry States
A Mantua Township man who allegedly trespassed inside two Crestwood schools last month and inappropriately touched a student, causing a lockdown, is facing additional charges from a Portage County grand jury. The Record Courier reports…
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A 75-year old Akron man has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon and child enticement after police stopped him for a traffic violation. Officers stopped Thomas Plell of Swartz Road over the weekend for…
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School will let out early this year for Wadsworth students as the district begins construction on a new high school and three elementary schools. Superintendent Dale Fortner said the past three months have been spent packing up…
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A jury has convicted a 22-year old Akron man of murder and aggravated robbery for the shooting death of another man. Last August Chad Stephens,of Baird Street, shot and killed 33-year old Kim Slayko after…
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Students at Akron's Buchtel High School - mainly juniors - are learning how to navigate the options of paying for college. On hand at a special assembly was U.S. Department of Education Assistant Deputy Secretary…
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