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A 24-year-old Akron woman was cited for failure to control after a one-car crash around 11:45 p.m. March 9. According to the report, the woman was traveling south on state Route 8 in the left lane when she lost control of her car between Graham Road and Second Street and drove it to the right across all lanes.  

Two woman involved in a fight in Akron March 6 gave new meaning to the term "finger food." Tallmadge resident Dawn Snyder, 27, was arrested March 10 for allegedly biting off the tip of an Akron woman's finger during a fight at an Akron bar on Kenmore Boulevard March 6. She was charged with aggravated assault (a fourth-degree felony), disorderly conduct (a fourth-degree misdemeanor) and disorderly conduct by intoxication (a minor misdemeanor), according to Akron Lt. Rick Edwards.

somehow bit the finger tip of [the victim's] right index finger off   -Dawn Snyder

 

The St. Mary's Irish boys basketball team recently completed a perfect 13-0 undefeated season. The Irish won the Akron Catholic Youth Organization seventh-grade title and went on to beat St. Anthony's in the tournament championship. Pictured are, front row, from left, Alex Bedell, Joe Murphy, Trey Greissing, Evan Morgan and Brian Ford; middle row, Alex Huber, Pat Ford, Colin Horgan and Nick McCuen; and back row, St. Mary coaches Jon Greissing and Evan Morgan.  

Former Ravenna residents Donald and Nancy Reppart recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. To commemorate this event, a party was held in their honor at the Wooster Church of the Nazarene. Donald Reppart married Nancy Jean Bohon in Elkins, W.Va., on Dec. 25, 1959.  

With opening day just over three weeks away, the Cleveland Indians sent down three players to minor league camps Saturday including Lonnie Chisenhall. Wes Hodges and Jason Donald were optioned to Class AAA Columbus (Ohio), while Chisenhall was reassigned to minor league camp. He's expected to start this season where he left off last season, at third base for Class AA Akron.  

W hen the federal government awarded Ohio $400 million to develop passenger rail in the state, Bill Harris asked questions. The Senate president didn't join Ted Strickland and others in celebrating the news. He wanted to know about the practicality of the endeavor, about those likely to ride, about the schedule and eventual operating costs.  

L egislation introduced in the Statehouse last week would unnecessarily expand (once again) the rights of those with permits to carry concealed weapons. Sen. Shannon Jones, a Springboro Republican, and co-sponsor Tim Schaffer, a Lancaster Republican, want to erase restrictions on carrying concealed weapons in bars, restaurants that serve alcohol and grocery stores that sell alcohol. Jones argues the state's concealed-carry law should be simplified, although businesses could still act on their own to ban  

J.P. Prince scored 18 points, and Brian Williams and Wayne Chism had 12 rebounds apiece Saturday to lead Tennessee over Ohio in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Providence, R.I. It's the third time in four years Bruce Pearl's Volunteers have reached the NCAA's second weekend. Tennessee (27-8) will play the winner of today's Ohio State-Georgia Tech game in the Midwest Regional semifinal in St. Louis. Tommy Freeman scored 23 points for Ohio, which was the lowest seed to get out of the first ro

There's no shame in losing   -Scottie Reynolds

 

The best team in Stark County now will attempt to become the best Division I team in Ohio. Jackson (23-2), behind Division I recruits Josh Egner and Mark Henniger, edged Toledo St. John's Jesuit 52-50 Saturday night in the Akron regional final before a crowd of 3,120 at Rhodes Arena. "They had a dream. They had a vision. And I had that vision too," Jackson coach Mike Fuline said about his players, who will meet Gahanna Lincoln at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the state semifinals.

They had a dream. They had a vision. And I had that vision too   -Mike Fuline

 

The global financial crisis of 2008, which economists estimate could result in several trillion dollars of losses and which has already cost American taxpayers billions of dollars in government bailouts, was triggered not by war or recession but by a crazy, man-made money machine, built on flawed mathematical models that most financial executives did not really understand. Greedy and heedless, Wall Street firms had been turning subprime mortgages — loans made to people with low creditworthiness or little

had a from-the-ground-up understanding of both the U.S. housing market and Wall Street   -Michael Lewis