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The Portage County Sheriff's Office has released the identity of a body that was recovered from Berlin Lake, a body of water that spans across Portage, Stark and Mahoning Counties along the Mahoning River. According to the Portage County Coroner's Office, a body was recovered from the Portage County section...

The following item is a written record of the Akron City Council Ward 1 meeting from March 4, compiled by Akron Documenter Michelle DeShon. It is not a reported story. Documenters are residents who are trained to observe and document local government meetings. Their notes are edited before publication for clarity and...

The Amish woman accused of drowning her 4-year-old son at Atwood lake in Tuscarawas County will eventually be confined to a behavioral healthcare center in Massillon, a judge ruled on Friday.

A 2,000-square-foot home in Lexington Township has been sold for $369,500, according to the latest real estate transfers from the Stark County Auditor’s Office. The home, which was built in 1988, has a two-car garage and a large barn at the back of the property. The home has three bedrooms and 2½ bathrooms and sits...

A Summit County man has been sentenced to prison for possessing and intending to distribute more than 1,400 grams of methamphetamine, as well as distribution quantities of fentanyl and cocaine, and for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. Cedric Thomas, 47, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to 240...

AKRON, Ohio — Testimony in the FirstEnergy bribery trial is officially over, defense attorneys said Thursday. No more witnesses will be called in the case, including the defendants, former CEO Chuck Jones and ex-top lobbyist Michael Dowling. Jones and Dowling, from the witness stand and outside the presence of...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Summit County Medical Examiner has identified the 17-year-old boy killed in a road rage shooting early Wednesday. The victim is Honore Sommerville, of Akron. According to Akron police, Sommerville’s 15-year-old brother shot at another vehicle and Sommerville was struck in the return...

CANTON − A 25-year-old Canton Township man has avoided prison for accidentally killing his friend by backing a skid steer over him during a party in Perry Township. Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione sentenced Michael A. Kennedy on March 12 based on the guilty plea Kennedy made March 2 to a reckless...

A jury should decide whether a Canton police officer was wrong to shoot through a fence and kill a man firing a semiautomatic rifle in the air to celebrate the new year, an appeals court has ruled. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded a lower court was correct in finding that officer Robert Huber is not...

A changing of the guard has happened at the Highland Square landmark Mary Coyle ice cream shop. Michael Trecaso, who owned and operated Trecaso's Mary Coyle Fine Italian Cuisine & Ice Cream in the neighborhood for 39 years, sold the property and business to new owners Joe Sofio, Kristy Clark and Michael and...