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  • 3rd pleads guilty in probe of Pilot Flying J

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A third employee of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns owner and Tennessee's governor has pleaded guilty in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates. Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud Tuesday in federal court in Knoxville. Court records state he conspired with others in Pilot Flying J's ...

  • Ky. man says hes target of Steubenville hacking investigation

    LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- A central Kentucky man says he's the target of a federal hacking investigation tied to an ongoing inquiry into the rape of a teenage girl in Steubenville. Deric Loustetter, of Winchester, told The Associated Press on Tuesday he leaked documents related to the investigation. Two Steubenville High School football players in Steubenville were sentenced to time in a juvenile ...

  • Cuyahoga Falls 3 juveniles charged in cemetery vandalism

    CUYAHOGA FALLS -- Three juveniles were charged today with damaging or destroying grave markers in Oakwood Cemetery. Cuyahoga Falls Police Chief Tom Pozza said the boys, ages 15 to 17, were charged in Summit County Juvenile Court. The 17-year-old, of Cuyahoga Falls, faces three counts of felony vandalism; a 16-year-old from Akron will be charged with one count; and the 15-year-old from Cuyahoga ...

  • Museum of art teaching course offered

    Notre Dame College will hold a two-day course Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27 to teach instructors how to use new electronic learning tools offered at the Cleveland Museum of Art in their ...

  • Antun Lewis gets November retrial in 9 Cleveland arson deaths

    CLEVELAND -- A November retrial has been set for the man suspected in the 2005 arson deaths of a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover in Cleveland. U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. set the Nov. 1 trial date Tuesday for Antun Lewis, 29. Related ...


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It is of little surprise that, in the recent rush to release as many teen-oriented comedies as possible over the last few years, filmmakers have almost completely dropped any notion of trying to create teenage characters that reflect, in any appreciable form, actual human beings. ...

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  • Feds Mother child held captive in Ashland freed

    CLEVELAND -- A disabled mother and her daughter, 6, were discovered being held captive in an Ashland home and the four who kept them there are in custody now. The woman was "disabled" after a childhood head injury and functions on a teenage level, according to federal officials. Federal officials aren't saying much except that the investigation began when the mother was caught ...

  • Man runs meth lab in 87-year-old mothers home

    BRIMFIELD TOWNSHIP -- On Monday, Portage County Task Force Agents arrested and jailed Richard L. Thomas, 57, of Brimfield Township, for illegal manufacturing of methamphetamine. According to Portage County Sheriff David Doak, Task Force members received numerous complaints over the past few weeks indicating that Thomas was manufacturing methamphetamine at his Edson Road home where he lives with ...

  • Task force busts marijuana growing operation at Flamingo Hotel

    PORTAGE COUNTY -- Portage County Drug Task Force agents made two arrests last week, both on Wednesday. According to Sheriff David W. Doak, the first arrest followed a number of complaints indicating that marijuana was being sold by a resident at the Flamingo Motel in Atwater Township. Task Force member, armed with a search warrantfound several marijuana plants growing at the motel. In ...

  • Shaker Heights photo contest winners named

    The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ...

  • Man arrested in connection with Akron bar robbery

    AKRON -- Police have made an arrest in the armed robbery of an Akron bar. Detectives have arrested Eric D. Jones, 21, of Coventry Township on a charge of aggravated robbery. Police say just after 10 p.m. on June 11, the bartender at the bar on Glenwood Avenue had a gun placed to his head while the cash register was cleared out. Approximately $2,500 was taken in the robbery. Jones is being ...

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