Construction of The Barker Hotel, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriott, is slated to begin later this year with a completion date in 2027.

BEREA, Ohio (WOIO) - The owner of the Cleveland Browns announced Tuesday they are building a five-story hotel in Berea, as part of the District 46 at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus. Construction on The Barker Hotel is scheduled to begin late this year and be completed in 2027.

The Cleveland Browns mixed-use development next to its training complex in Berea will be anchored in part by a Marriott-branded Barker Hotel

“The Ohio Turnpike does NOT request its customers to make payments by text. Collections of unpaid tolls and/or toll violations do NOT occur by text either. The only websites associated with the Ohio Turnpike’s E-ZPass accounts are ezpassoh.com and ohioturnpike.org. We encourage all customers to stay alert to these text scams.”

The Haslam Sports Group — owners of the Cleveland Browns — and Independence-based developer DiGeronimo Companies are expected to break ground later this year on “The Barker Hotel,” a five-story Tribute Portfolio hotel at the recently-announced District 46 at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea.

BEREA, Ohio (WKBN) — The Cleveland Browns have officially signed running back Troy Hairston to a reserve-futures contract. The team announced the signing on Tuesday afternoon. Hairston is officially in his third NFL season out of Central Michigan. He was originally signed by Houston as an undrafted free agent in 2022.

BEREA, Ohio (WKBN) — NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo is reporting that the Cleveland Browns are promoting Bill Musgrave to quarterbacks coach. He replaces Ashton Grant, who left Cleveland to join the New England Patriots organization. Musgrave has been a senior offensive assistant since joining the Browns organization in 2023.

Berea College and its unique role in America" studies the importance of what the school calls its, "eight great commitments."

Customers exiting through a cash/credit lane who are handed an unpaid toll notice by a toll collector for failure to pay will incur a $5 administrative fee. If the notice remains unpaid for 30 days, the customer will be mailed a second notice, and a $5 late fee will be added to each toll that remains unpaid.

An original painting of a WWII B-17 Superfortress Bomber created by David Jakupca, a Berea resident, U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and environmental artist, has become a permanent exhibit at Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana.

BEREA, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission announced Friday that it will resume late fees, collections, and vehicle registration holds for unpaid tolls starting in February. This follows a nine-month grace period to allow drivers to adjust to its new open road tolling system.

The Ohio Turnpike Commission says 347,000 transactions remain unpaid from April 2024 through December 2024. BEREA, Ohio — The Ohio Turnpike Commission announced Friday it will begin issuing late fees and start collections and vehicle registration holds for unpaid tolls beginning in February.