Akron OH

A local school district is facing a teacher shortage, and while it is making progress, there's still a long way to go.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Thieves hit an Akron plumbing business twice this weekend, stealing two trailers full of equipment from J&J Plumbing. Surveillance video shows a truck pulling into the business, hitching up one of the trailers and driving off. But the suspects had no idea what was actually inside.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County judge on Friday handed down sentences for the final three people involved in the 2021 kidnapping and murder of Alishah Pointer, closing out a sprawling case that led to convictions for all six defendants. Common Pleas Judge Mollie Anne Murphy sentenced Destiny Henderson,...

Every year, it seems, an earthquake hits Lake County. The latest was a 2.5 near Madison earlier this week. One News 5 Facebook Page commenter reports, “We felt it – things moved in house.” Another wrote, “We definitely felt it on Ford Road. It was quick. Sounded like something hit the house.” Another said, “I didn't...

A Florida man is in custody following a threat made to a local high school.

James Fuell was taken into custody for allegedly robbing a Newton Falls discount store at knifepoint, and the case is now heading before a grand jury.

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Canton Police Department is looking for a 15-year-old boy who is accused of shooting and killing his 12-year-old brother Friday night. According to a release, at around 10:40 p.m., officers responded to the 3600 block of Ellis Avenue after a 911 call reported a shooting.

Thomas and Tiffany Smith moved into their home 21 years ago. It has four bedrooms, three baths and three scenic lots overlooking Summit Lake.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The married couple found dead in their Akron home have been identified in what the medical examiner confirmed was a murder-suicide. Akron police officers went to the home in the 200 block of Casterton Avenue at approximately 2:26 p.m. on Tuesday after a welfare check was requested.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Police have identified the suspect in back-to-back carjackings who is accused of shooting at Cleveland police officers and Cuyahoga County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday night in the city’s Shaker Square neighborhood. In a release Friday, police identified the man as 38-year-old Rueben...