Enjoy those two extra seconds: We’re gaining daylight again
After 185 days of losing daylight, we have finally begun to gain daylight across Northeast Ohio. Two whole seconds more daylight today compared to Sunday.
Wadsworth business donates toys for families in need
WADSWORTH — Boxes of toy donations were dropped off at the Wadsworth Police Department on Friday to provide Christmas gifts for Wadsworth families in need. For the last 18 years, Wadsworth-based Advanced Health Wellness Center has hosted a toy drive throughout December to give back to community members. Both...
Potbelly Sandwich Shop Opens Latest Location at Akron Children’s Hospital
December 22, 2025 // Franchising.com // AKRON, Ohio. – Potbelly announced today its upcoming opening at Akron Children’s Hospital (One Perkins Square), located in the heart of downtown Akron. Joining several other locations in the region, the new Potbelly shop is slated to open Monday, December 22, and...
Plastic Burns Inside Former Louisville Mill, Sending Up Big Smoke
LOUISVILLE, Ohio (news Talk 1480 WHBC) – A large, smokey two-alarm fire on Friday afternoon at the former ATI Materials steel plant on the west side of Louisville. The city’s fire department says plastic stored in the building sent black smoke in the air. The city says chemicals...
Police: Thief offers holiday message after scamming Solon man out of $3K
A phone scammer who recently conned a Solon man into sending him $3,000 reportedly told the man, "thank you for making my daughter's Christmas" before hanging up.
Does Cuyahoga County owe you money? New website helps residents search unclaimed funds
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Did you leave money behind in a jail commissary account after being released? Are you owed cash from an old court case, a forfeited land sale or family inheritance that you forgot about? Could a few cents — or a few thousand dollars — be sitting in county records under your name?
Ohio State Highway Patrol seeks hundreds of new troopers
BROOK PARK, Ohio (WOIO) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol wants to hire 250 more troopers in the next year as the agency works to get ahead of attrition and maintain its workforce. “We want to get ahead of the attrition and our workforce has been going down slightly. So...
Tallmadge man found not guilty by reason of insanity for father’s death
TALLMADGE, Ohio — Ryan Vietmeier, the Tallmadge man who was indicted for aggravated murder in the shooting death of his father, Dennis, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity by a Summit County judge. According to court records, Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Christine Croce made...
Summit County Sheriff’s Office recovers $110,000 in investment scam
The Summit County Sheriff's Office recovered $110,000 for a Green resident who reported a cryptocurrency investment scam on Oct. 8. After the resident reported a "significant loss" from fraud, the sheriff’s office's Detective Bureau initiated an investigation using detailed information and financial records provided...
Ohio judge accused of filing fraudulent journal entry
The Cleveland Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office conducted the investigation.
