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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us The Akron-based law firm said the former Cuyahoga County commissioner will work out of its Columbus office. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6738167/roetzel-and-andress-names-former-ohio-ag-jim-petro-as-senior-counsel Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:17:08 -0700 AKRON -- A grocery store owner in Akron is recovery from  injuries after exchanging gunfire with an armed suspect as he locked up his store. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6738100/akron-store-owner-injured-in-shootout-with-suspect Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:59:08 -0700 AKRON -- About 40 percent of the country's 1,000 largest landfills, including 11 in Ohio, are collecting and marketing their landfill gases. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730076/akron-landfills-making-methane-fuel-from-trash Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:27:08 -0700 AKRON -- About 40 percent of the country's 1,000 largest landfills, including 11 in Ohio, are collecting and marketing their landfill gases. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729886/landfills-making-methane-fuel-from-trash Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 AKRON -- It's a symbol of the early days of education in Northeast Ohio.  http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718687/group-hopes-to-restore-one-room-school-house-in-akron Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:24:08 -0700 With a $400,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Ohio Women's Advocacy Action Network plans to expand in Columbus and Cleveland and spread to Akron, Dayton, Toledo, Athens and Cincinnati. The 3-year-old group, affiliated with the state Children's Defense... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6705608/ohio-women-s-advocacy-action-network-gets-400,000-grant Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:36:08 -0700 AKRON -- The Erie SeaWolves' postseason hopes ended with a 10th-inning walk-off home run Saturday night. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685238/seawolves-postseason-push-ends-with-10-inning-loss-to-aeros Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 AKRON -- The Erie SeaWolves' postseason hopes ended with a 10th-inning walk-off home run Saturday night. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6685257/seawolves-postseason-push-ends-with-10-inning-loss-to-aeros Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 AKRON -- One of the area's largest foodbanks is calling in all its resources to keep up with a growing demand for emergency meals. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6663052/akron-foodbank-stretches-to-feed-high-rate-of-unemployed Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:04:08 -0700 You know what we need in Erie? A Sonic. For some reason, they play commercials in our area all the time yet the closest ones were in Pittsburgh and Akron. Actually, a new one just opened this past weekend in Parma, south of Cleveland. I hit it up over the weekend and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6657116/erie-pa-news,-sports-and-events-for-tuesday,-september-1,-2009 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:00:08 -0700 AKRON -- He's 18 years old, has long, dark hair, and every week goes out on a date. Friends call him Petie, and his dates are very special times for so many children. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6648524/petie-the-pony-visits-children-s-hospital Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:04:08 -0700 COLUMBUS - An Akron-based electric company and its executives gave newly-appointed state Sen. Shannon Jones at least $35,000 in direct campaign contributions this year - more than any of Ohio's other 32 senators, or 99 Ohio House members. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6635224/utility-showered-local-pol-with-money Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:41:08 -0700 AKRON -- A 24-year-old Warren woman was found guilty Wednesday of growing 69 marijuana plants in her attic. Brooks Slone was found guilty by a jury of illegal cultivation of marijuana and possessing criminal tools. She will be sentenced on... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6623603/woman-found-guilty-of-growing-marijuana Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:25:08 -0700 With hundreds of thousands of students and teachers returning to schools and colleges in the coming weeks and the availability of a vaccine for the H1N1 virus still an unknown, area schools are planning for the disease's inevitable return. Area school districts, such... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6620036/area-schools-preparing-for-the-return-of-h1n1-flu Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:50:08 -0700 AKRON -- Companies that test for and clean up after meth labs are experiencing a business boom because of the ongoing meth problem in Ohio. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6617303/meth-labs-spawn-cleanup-industry-in-ohio Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:35:08 -0700 AKRON -- The final paperwork is in and the "cash for clunkers" program officially comes to an end.  But - is it really over?  Channel 3's Maureen Kyle went one on one with Congresswoman Betty Sutton who authored the wildly popular bill. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6613970/rep-betty-sutton-cars-program-paved-the-way-for-future-bills Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:49:08 -0700 AKRON -- A 16-year-old Akron boy is being held in juvenile detention as a suspect in a string of suspicious fires.  http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6585604/akron-teen-arrested-in-string-of-suspicious-fires Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:25:08 -0700 Rather than pay its quarterly dividend entirely in cash, the Akron-based banking company for the second straight quarter will split the payment between cash and shares of its stock. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6585636/firstmerit-corp-declares-combined-cash-and-stock-quarterly-dividend Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:03:08 -0700 AKRON -- The new Lionsgate Films documentary "More Than a Game," featuring LeBron James, got a "red carpet" advanced screening Thursday night at the Akron Civic Theater. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6580609/akron-documentary-featuring-lebron-james-advance-screening-thursday-night Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:41:08 -0700 AKRON -- Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of man for breaking into a Tampa Avenue home and terrorizing a family on Friday. Lawrence Allen Taylor, 28, whose last known address was Fernwood Drive in Akron, is wanted... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6556574/warrant-out-for-robber-s-arrest Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:52:08 -0700