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Akron Beacon Journal. The Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States. Owned by Gannett, it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio. The paper's coverage focuses on local news. The Beacon Journal has won four Pulitzer Prizes: in 1968, 1971, 1987 and 1994.
Ernest Winston Angley (August 9, 1921 – May 7, 2021) was an American Christian evangelist, author, and television station owner who was based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio from the 1950s until his death in 2021. Ernest Angley was born in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. In his autobiography, he details his early life being raised in the ...
Born and raised in Akron. [ 4] Lola Albright. Actress and singer. Starred in TV series Peter Gunn and films such as Kid Galahad. Born and raised in Akron. [ 5] Andy Alleman. Athlete.
List of prematurely reported obituaries. Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death ...
Jayland Walker. On June 27, 2022, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Akron, Ohio, police officers shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old American from Akron. Following a traffic stop and car chase, footage showed an officer saying that Walker’s car is slowing down, having reached speeds of more than 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) in residential neighborhoods.
Joseph P. Kennedy (18 May 1928 - 21 July 2024 [1]) was a Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Chemistry at the University of Akron, [2] noted particularly for inventing a polymer coating for a drug-tipped stent that is highly compatible to human tissue, [3] and that was successfully commercialized by Boston Scientific [4] and credited for saving the lives of 6 million patients.
Humbard was born on August 13, 1919, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Pentecostal evangelists. [1] He began attending church revivals all across the country and began to know God as a child, while withstanding the order from his father in learning how to play guitar while in church. [2] Humbard was also the first evangelist to have a weekly ...
Judith Arlene Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio, on April 5, 1949, [ 1][ 2] the daughter of Marvin Resnik, an optometrist, and his wife Sarah ( née Polensky), [ 3] a legal secretary. [ 4] She had a brother, Charles, who was four years younger. [ 5][ 6] Her father was the son of a rabbi, and he had been born in Preluke in Ukraine.