Akron OH

Akron Fire Department B-Shift crews responded to a residential house fire near Wilbeth Avenue and Virginia Avenue. The fire was contained, and crews completed suppression efforts safely.

AKRON, Ohio (WWJ) — Akron police are expected to release more information Sunday about a shooting involving “multiple victims.”. According to police, the shooting happened around 8:10 p.m. Saturday, March 28, on West Wilbeth Road. We will continue to update this story as we learn more.

Drivers are reminded that heavy traffic delays at Route 43 and State Route 14 in Streetsboro are due to ongoing road construction, not an emergency. Police urge residents not to call 911 or the Streetsboro Dispatch about traffic congestion, as dispatchers cannot control construction or road closures. Motorists should...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Into the six-figure range. That’s the damage estimate inside the huge, under-construction Hall of Fame Village Gameday Bay water park building. This, after vandals drove several scissor-lift vehicles on the second floor into walls and over top of construction materials and...

MEDINA, Ohio -- Medina County’s budget commission last week was on the verge of clawing back millions of dollars from local school districts — an aggressive move made possible by Ohio’s new property tax laws, including one that could jeopardize school budgets across the state. Then, minutes...

The U.S. Marshals are trying to track down a man they said is suspected of shooting and hitting multiple vehicles that had people in them.

An Avon man who scammed customers out of nearly $3 million will serve up to four years in prison. On Monday, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Carl Mazzone sentenced Jeffrey Crawford, 52, of St. Maron Boulevard, to an indefinite prison sentence of four to five years. Crawford pleaded guilty last...

MEDINA — More than 2,000 people came to Medina’s square as part of the national No Kings movement Saturday, according to Medina County Indivisible. “I talked to many first-time protesters as well as families and young people from Homerville, Brunswick, Chippewa Lake, the Medina townships and Seville,” said Liz Vereb...

Demonstrators lined the streets of downtown Kent on March 28, 2026, for the third “No Kings” rally. Kent residents and Kent State students chanted, marched and held up signs as cars passing by honked their support. The Kent gathering was just one of thousands of coordinated protests across...

Grammy Award-winning, Platinum-selling, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame legends The Doobie Brothers have announced tour dates for their upcoming North American Walk This Road Tour. The September and October headlining shows will follow on the heels of the band’s previously announced summer tour...