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LeBron James’ I Promise School lifts up Akron families with an education that helps at-risk students succeed. We go inside the school and follow one family’s first year.
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A Market for Success
Had someone told Anup Gupta before late 2000 that he would found an award-winning print and marketing firm in Cuyahoga Falls, he would have been flabbergasted. Read more
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Sides of the Hustle
The gig economy brings job freedom along with a more complex tax responsibility. Read more
Tylar Sutton
The Face of Schultz Campus for Jewish Life
The Schultz Campus for Jewish Life opens its doors every day to thousands in the Akron community by providing critical programs and services for all ages, backgrounds and faiths. Read more
Austin Mariasy
Class Acts
Working on a project with others involves many obstacles beyond the scholastic. These students rose to the challenge of collaboration, time management and problem-solving with shining results. Read more
Anna Wright
Growth Spurt
Changes to a popular college savings plan now make it easier to put away money for K-12 education. Read more
Illustration by Michael Bro
A Good Plan
Your charitable spirit can outlive you with a planned gift to the Akron Community Foundation. Read more
Talia Hodge
Nature’s Bounty
The University of Akron helps businesses and others think big with biologically inspired solutions. Read more
Talia Hodge
Screen Time
The 330's universities are forming esports teams to join the popular trend. Read more
Austin Mariasy
Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society
Long before Don Corleone and Tony Soprano became pop-culture icons of organized crime in America, the Black Hand Society terrorized fellow Sicilian immigrants in the Western Reserve of the early 20th century. Read more
Logan Lutton
Beekeeper Emily Mueller
You may know Emily Mueller from local headlines as the “bee whisperer” for rescuing honey beehives in public spaces like Summa Health System’s main hospital and for a maternity photo shoot where she had bees swarm on her pregnant belly. Read more
Green Pieces
The Akron Zoo has ramped up its conservation efforts over the past decade. Here are some milestones. Read more
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Long May They Roam
We enjoy viewing the wildlife at the Akron Zoo. But few realize the local and global conservation efforts the zoo carries out daily to go green and help save animals on the verge of extinction. Read more
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