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AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A 38-year-old man accused of brutally murdering an Akron mother and shooting her son, was indicted by the Summit County Grand Jury. Gregory Tillman was indicted on the charges of felonious assault, attempted murder, murder, and having weapons while under disability. Akron police said Tillman...

In 1986, the city of Cleveland attempted to break a world record and raise money for charity in what seemed like the most colorful way possible. Instead, it created a bizarre and tragic spectacle that remains a cautionary tale of good intentions gone wildly wrong. Known as Balloonfest ’86, the event saw the release...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The felonious assault case of a Canton man accused of shooting at a car driven by a woman he knew is headed to a Stark County grand jury. The incident happened along the Southbound I-77 ramp to Fulton Road a week ago...

CLEVELAND — Donnie Allen, the 25-year-old Cleveland man accused of killing Benjamin McComas of Avon Lake in a shooting at an RTA station, has been indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury. According to court records, he was indicted on the following charges. 1 count of aggravated murder. 2...

Thousands of people are in the dark Monday morning as strong winds blow through Northeast Ohio.

How did a woman wearing a puffy, green tulle dress and black combat boots find herself posing upside down under a flower mural on West Market Street?. The short answer: Ice cream pays her bills, and art saves her soul. The longer explanation includes a rewind to the COVID pandemic....

STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The patient accused of shooting an Aultman Hospital employee this past June, was scheduled to have a competency hearing in Stark County Court of Common Pleas Monday; however, it was continued until Jan. 26, 2026. In July, James Fair pleaded not guilty by reason of...

SANDY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - The Stark County Sheriff’s Office located a missing 19-year-old. Jayden Butler, 19, went missing Friday evening around 11:30 p.m. The Stark County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media Saturday evening he has been found.

Ohioans ringing in the new year will face a changing legal landscape, with new laws taking effect that touch everything from minimum wage to cellphone use in schools. A series of statewide changes beginning in January is expected to affect households across Summit County and Northeast Ohio. The updates reach into...

Deepshikha Bhati is a full-time faculty member and lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Kent State University at Stark . Her interest in computer science began with a curiosity about how systems work and how technology can solve real-world problems. “During my graduate studies, I worked with computer vision...