Akron Beacon Journal

Good morning. It’s Friday, July 5th. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. We will see intermittent clouds today, with potential thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. The high will be 88 degrees and the low will be 73. Our top story is: Bipartisan drug sentencing reforms are gaining momentum in the Ohio House and Senate. A House proposal would require judges to consider addiction treatment before prison.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 4th. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. We will see thunderstorms and intermittent clouds throughout the day. The high will be 88 and the low will be 72. Our top story is: Growing up, Jeremy Long loved watching his dad and his uncle shoot off fireworks on the Fourth of July. “I wouldn't want to take that from any American, any child,” the Hudson resident said.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 3rd. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. Today’s weather will be partly cloudy, with scattered thunderstorms. The high will be 85 degrees and the low will be 71. Our top story is: A Portage Lakes resident who had just returned from Florida pulled a man to safety from the West Reservoir.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 2nd. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. Today’s weather will be partly cloudy, with a few thunderstorms this afternoon and more storms around 10 p.m. The high will be 90 degrees and the low will be 72.

Good morning. It’s Monday, July 1st. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. The weather today will be partly sunny, with a high of 86 degrees and a low of 71. Our top story is: Starting today, drivers will be paying more taxes on their gasoline and diesel fuel. Ohio's taxes on gasoline will rise 10.5 cents, to 38.5 cents per gallon. The tax on diesel fuel is going up 19 cents, to 47 cents a gallon.

Good morning. It’s Friday, June 28th. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. The weather today will be partly sunny and humid, with a high of 90 degrees and a low of 72. Our top story is: Akron police are warning people about a man who reportedly threatened a woman with a knife on Wednesday, at BARC Dog Park on Memorial Parkway. It was the second report in less than 2 weeks of a woman being attacked near that area.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 27th. I’m Kaitlin Bellamy and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. Today’s weather will be partly sunny, with possible thunderstorms around 1 and 7 p.m. The high will be 87 degrees and the low will be 70. More on the weather: Someday, you will tell those young whippersnappers about the rain that fell in June 2019. As of yesterday, the official rain gauge for the month in Akron and Canton stood at 8.08 inches.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 26th. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. The weather will be partly sunny, save for potential thunderstorms around 2 p.m. The high will be 85 degrees and the low will be 66. Our top story is: 4 mayors and a township trustee have joined Barberton Mayor Bill Judge in an effort to convince Ohio Governor Mike DeWine that a solution to southern Summit County’s flooding problems is needed now.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 25th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. Today’s weather will be partly cloudy and less humid, with a high of 80 degrees and a low of 65. Our top story is: Federal government offices are wildly vulnerable to cyber-attacks, with the number of cyber incidents reported by federal agencies increasing more than 13 hundred percent between 2006 and 2015.

Good morning. It’s Monday, June 24th. I’m Crystal Orren and here’s your local news from the Akron Beacon-Journal and Ohio.com. Today’s weather will be mostly cloudy, with a strong thunderstorm predicted around 6 p.m. The high will be 84 degrees and the low will be 66. Our top story is: New and stringent rules limiting abortion in Ohio and a handful of other states, plus the renewed prospect that Roe v.