/news/tags/confederate-flag confederate flag en-US Copyright Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:15:26 GMT /news/community/2020-07-01/ohio-county-fairs-face-grass-roots-efforts-to-ban-confederate-flags County fairs around Northeast Ohio are debating whether to ban sale or display of the Confederate flag. The grass-roots movement comes after state legislators killed a proposal that would have banned the flag across all fairs last month. Portage County is the latest to face calls to remove the Confederate flag from its county fair. A petition from Portage County Young Democrats urges the fair board to take the “necessary steps” of banning the sale and display of the flag at the Portage County Randolph Fair. Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:15:26 GMT /news/community/2020-07-01/ohio-county-fairs-face-grass-roots-efforts-to-ban-confederate-flags /news/community/2020-07-01/morning-headlines-the-university-of-akron-plans-major-job-cuts-rubberducks-scrap-season Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, July 1:The University of Akron plans major job cutsNorth Canton police say man pointed loaded gun at… Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:06:35 GMT /news/community/2020-07-01/morning-headlines-the-university-of-akron-plans-major-job-cuts-rubberducks-scrap-season Amanda Rabinowitz, J. Nungesser /news/community/2020-06-29/morning-headlines-ohio-passes-50-000-covid-19-cases-wooster-schools-may-split-with-wayne-co-fair Here are your morning headlines for Monday, June 29:Ohio passes 50,000 COVID-19 casesMore than 1,400 get tested for COVID-19 at West Akron pop-upCOVID-19… Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:08:59 GMT /news/community/2020-06-29/morning-headlines-ohio-passes-50-000-covid-19-cases-wooster-schools-may-split-with-wayne-co-fair Amanda Rabinowitz, J. Nungesser /news/community/2016-09-12/wayne-county-fair-continues-without-confederate-flag-ban-as-religious-leaders-host-a-booth-on-race The Wayne County Fair continues this week, and so do sales of the Confederate flag there. And as WKSU’sKabirBhatia reports, the flag may be less of an… Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:21:11 GMT /news/community/2016-09-12/wayne-county-fair-continues-without-confederate-flag-ban-as-religious-leaders-host-a-booth-on-race Kabir Bhatia