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After 23 years as a sports writer and columnist at the Akron Beacon Journal and more than 40 years covering everything from professional to high school sports in Ohio, Marla Ridenour is stepping…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Feces were mailed to Ohio’s 25 Republican state senators this week, prompting an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, a spokesperson for the lawmakers confirmed Friday.Mailroom employees in the Ohio…

Eric Anton Traub, loving husband and father of three children, passed away at home in Red Bluff, CA on April 2nd, 2022, at the age of 67. Eric was born on August 20, 1954, in Akron, OH to Anton and Rosemary (Koerber) Traub.Eric raised…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama freshman tight end Caden Clark, who entered the NCAA transfer portal back on April 7, will be returning to his home city by transferring to Akron.Hailing from Archbishop Hoban High School in northeastern Ohio,…

No more pencils. No more books.No more teacher’s dirty looks ...SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER!SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER!Believe it or not, it’s been 50 years since Alice Cooper released the hard rock classic “School’s Out.” The iconic song, which…

<!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> BOARDMAN — Akron Children’s Hospital is among the top pediatric medical centers in the world — a distinction that’s significant to the Mahoning Valley and a tremendous asset in…

Ohio House Bill 616 would ban schools from teaching young children about gender and sexuality.The irony for Fran Wilson: Elementary school is exactly where and when they learned about gender and sexuality. But instead of learning in a…

Kelly Dine fell in love with baseball the way many fans of the sport do – courtesy of a parent. Her father, a World War II veteran, loved all sports and she absorbed it. “It was me and my brother, my mom and my dad. and growing up, we…

Ohio is slated to play its second Mid-American Conference home series of the season this week against Akron, and just like the first series against Bowling Green, this one will…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Multiple Ohio universities landed in the top 50 rankings for best graduate programs in various fields, according to the new 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate Programs Rankings released Tuesday.These include Case Western…