Piloting the Goodyear Blimp
Almost 35 years ago, Mark Kynett was a business owner who dreamed of a life in the skies. Now, the 56-year-old Akron man floats around as a Goodyear blimp pilot and says coming back to earth can be the hardest part.
Almost 35 years ago, Mark Kynett was a business owner who dreamed of a life in the skies. Now, the 56-year-old Akron man floats around as a Goodyear blimp pilot and says coming back to earth can be the hardest part.
Maybe asking a 77-year-old environmental reporter to squeeze through a fence and navigate uncut grass in the Flats was a bit much to ask, but Betty Klaric just shrugged: Lead the way. Klaric is considered the first major newspaper reporter to cover the en
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Mark Puente’s 18 stories about former Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul’s office put the Plain Dealer police reporter on the front page and reminded the city that it still needs a watchdog.
Maurice Small is a man with a message: Roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and grow what you eat. A green thumb since his father taught him the basics, Small now takes this and other lessons to city dwellers whose access to fresh foods has become
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Trooper Byron Foxx and Sgt. Matthew Witmerrescued a woman from a burning car in December and were awarded the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s most prestigious award. Deborah Berry,a 52-year-old Parma resident, was pulled from that burning car following
Michael Scharf helps courts throughout the world punish those responsible for torture and genocide. His latest book, Enemy of the State, recounts his work as an adviser for the trial of Saddam Hussein.