COURT NEWS DNA heats up Barberton cold case, rapist on ice for life
By BOB MOREHEAD BGNN senior staff writer Technology caught up with a 14-year-old Barberton rape case, securing a life sentence for a 53-year-old Akron man July 12. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Alison McCarty sentenced Derrick Fischer in the crime, designating him a Tier III violent sexual offender, meaning that should he somehow achieve parole…
Read MoreBARBERTON SCHOOLS STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Alivia Hull (Week of Jan. 22, 2024)
Alivia Hull Barberton Middle School 7th grader WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL ACTIVITY? Basketball, Impact Club WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT? Math DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS AND IF SO WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES? Dog, Duke WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? Basketball Barberton Schools Student and Class of the Week is sponsored…
Read MoreSWAT arrests man after Second Street standoff
BGNN staff report BARBERTON A 44-year-old Barberton man was jailed July 14 after allegedly shooting his neighbor’s house and then barricading himself in his own. Shannon D. Karr was in the Summit County Jail July 15 charged with improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, a second-degree felony. Police responded to the corner of Second…
Read MoreBarberton High student raises money, awareness for Special Olympics
Kaylynn Greathouse, who will be a senior at Barberton High School, took off with a civic engagement project and ultimately helped send Barberton students to the Special Olympics. Barberton High student raises money, awareness for Special Olympics. SUBMITTED BY JAY AUSTIN Barberton High teacher When Kaylynn Greathouse transferred to Barberton High School from Ravenna, she…
Read MoreGregory B. Carneal, 69
Gregory B. Carneal, age 69, of West Mifflin, PA, died on Saturday, July 6, 2024. He was born in Barberton, OH on April 29, 1955, and was the son of the late Bland Ewin and Clara Edith Watson Carneal. Greg was employed in the factory at General Motors for thirty years. Once retired from G.M.,…
Read MoreKathleen J. Foley (nee Grochowsky), 70
Kathleen J. Foley (nee Grochowsky), 70, passed away June 22, 2024 with her family by her side. Kathy was born in Barberton on September 11th, 1953. She was a 1972 graduate of Barberton High School. She met the love of her life, Kevin, shortly after graduation and they were married on September 10th, 1977. She…
Read MoreConrad “Con” Bruce Riffle, 83
Conrad “Con” Bruce Riffle was born to Thomas and Edith Riffle in Richmond, West Virginia on February 24, 1941. He was a faithful member of the Apostolic Church of Barberton for over 50 years and often attended the Minerva Apostolic Church where his son-in-law, Tim Gropp, pastors. Conrad grew up in Summersville, West Virginia then…
Read MoreCARVED IN FREEDOM Chainsaw art pays tribute to U.S. Armed Forces
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA McCUNE | DGKN A soldier representing the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps was carved from an old tree at the Army Navy 250 at 2970 N Bender Road in Coventry Township. Standing at attention, sawdust is still scattered about the recent chainsaw artwork at the Army Navy Union Garrison No.…
Read MoreBUSINESS NEWS Young window tint business owner takes job seriously
PHOTOS PROVIDED Anthony Price is the 19-year-old owner of Priceless Window Tintz. Price graduated from Springfield High and Portage Lakes Career Center and is a certified auto technician and is tint certified. Priceless Window Tintz has only been open for three months and already is giving back to the community. Owner Anthony Price donated 100…
Read MoreIT’S ONLY NATURAL – Fireflies light up summer nights
By JULIE WATSON Local naturalist Did you know that July 2 is World Firefly Day? Around here we call them lightning bugs and in some parts of the world they are known as glowworms. Some of my fondest memories as a child revolve around lightning bugs. I loved carefully catching them and putting them in a jar…
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