The second suspect in last week’s shooting death of 11-year-old Carmella Holley was in custody Monday afternoon at the Summit County Jail. Vernon D. Singleton, 25, of Akron, was identified by Akron police detectives as the second suspect immediately after the shooting. There had been a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of […]
Outside the Akron apartment on Keys Place where Carmella Holley was struck and killed by a stray bullet a memorial grows Thursday night. On the eve of what would have been Carmella’s twelfth birthday friends and family gathered for a vigil to pray for the girl and her family and seek information that brings those […]
Outside the Akron apartment on Keys Place where Carmella Holley was struck and killed by a stray bullet a memorial grows Thursday night. On the eve of what would have been Carmella’s twelfth birthday friends and family gathered for a vigil to pray for the girl and her family and seek information that brings those […]
DETROIT – Three people from Akron were found shot to death in a car on Detroit’s northeast side. Police in Detroit responded to the scene on Orleans Street Wednesday. Neighbors told our sister station, WXYZ-TV in Detroit, that they didn’t hear any gunshots. The car was towed away with the bodies inside. Akron police told […]
DETROIT – Three people from Akron were found shot to death in a car on Detroit’s northeast side. Police in Detroit responded to the scene on Orleans Street Wednesday. Neighbors told our sister station, WXYZ-TV in Detroit, that they didn’t hear any gunshots. The car was towed away with the bodies inside. Akron police told […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at rally on Thursday evening in support of Kelly Williams-Bolar, the Akron mother who was sent to jail for lying on government forms to get her two girls into the Copley-Fairlawn schools. Williams-Bolar was not among the hundreds who packed the Mountain of the Lord Fellowship church at 1477 Copley […]
Cleveland and Akron-area residents are already becoming fans of The Word Church in Akron’s Facebook page. Others are saying “yes” to the event, which is the opening of the Akron campus of The Word Church, a popular Cleveland area church that was founded in 2000. Ten years later, approximately 20,000 folks have walked down […]
AKRON – Those looking for an outpouring of hate toward LeBron James should look elsewhere. James was in town for his annual “King for Kids Bikeathon” on Saturday morning in downtown Akron. Even though there’s still much hostility toward James in many parts of Northeast Ohio, you won’t find it in Akron. He’s still very […]
Two days after Zydrunas Ilgauskas took out an ad in The Plain Dealer to thank the fans of Cleveland for their support, LeBron James placed a similar ad in the Beacon-Journal in Akron. The ad, which runs on the back of the paper’s front section, also features photos of James from Akron events. One of […]
Less than a month ago, billboards and signs posted between Cleveland and LeBron James’s hometown of Akron implored him to stay. Now one local marketing company wants to make sure James, who was born and raised in Akron, knows he may be welcome there, but he’s no longer home. A billboard says “Welcome Home LeBron,” […]
Less than a month ago, billboards and signs posted between Cleveland and LeBron James’s hometown of Akron implored him to stay. Now one local marketing company wants to make sure James, who was born and raised in Akron, knows he may be welcome there, but he’s no longer home. A billboard says “Welcome Home LeBron,” […]
''This is home for me. I love this place. I love Akron, Ohio, to death. Every day I wake up, I understand that I'm not only carrying myself as an individual, but I'm carrying the city. No matter where life may head me throughout my whole life, I'm never gone from here.'' -Lebron
