Stephanie Warsmith
Reporter at Akron Beacon Journal
Reporter at the Akron Beacon Journal, covering courts and criminal justice.
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1 week ago |
beaconjournal.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Todd Diacon has been president of Kent State University since 2019. Here are a few fun facts you might not know about him. Every now and then, those who work for Kent State University President Todd Diacon hear a strange, high-pitched noise coming from his office. It sounds like a scream. And, it’s not quite human. Diacon has a Screaming Goat desk toy that he uses as a stress reliever for both him and his staff. Lately, with a litany of challenges piling up, he’s been using it often.
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1 week ago |
cantonrep.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Kent State University President Todd Diacon says the university will overcome the challenges it faces, as it has in the past. Those challenges include implementing Senate Bill 1, a sweeping higher education reform bill, budget constraints and falling enrollment. Diacon said the university has taken cost-cutting steps and will do more to cut expenses in the next three years.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Ethan Liming was found beaten to death in the parking lot of the I Promise School in Akron in June 2022. Ethan Liming, 17. Police said Ethan, 17, and his friends shot toy gel pellet guns at three males playing basketball – and a fight broke out, with Ethan fatally injured. Deshawn and Tyler Stafford, who are brothers, and their cousin, were arrested in Ethan’s death.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Stephanie Warsmith
One of two brothers convicted of assault charges related to the death of Ethan Liming is now facing new criminal charges in Cuyahoga County. Police say Tyler Stafford fled from officers on Friday and crashed into a house in Cleveland, resulting in injuries to two passengers in the car. Tyler Stafford, who, along with his brother Deshawn, was convicted of assault charges related to the death of Ethan Liming, discussed the case during a recent interview.
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4 weeks ago |
record-courier.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Tyrone Noling, who is from Alliance, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly couple in Portage County. Noling has claimed from the start that he is innocent and his attorneys are making a renewed push for him to get a new trial. Tyrone Noling has spent more than half of his life on Ohio’s death row for a 1990 double murder that he says he didn’t commit.
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Wishing a happy retirement to reporter Eric Marotta, who first worked at the Record Courier and then moved to the Beacon Journal a few years ago. Eric will be missed and we wish him well!! https://t.co/VTsNEusbN6
Summit jurors have reached a verdict in Erica Stefanko’s trial first the pizza delivery murder case.
Summit county jurors are about to begin deliberating in Erica Stefanko’s retrial for the pizza delivery murder case. Attorneys just finished closing statements. She is charged with aggravated murder and murder.