Akron OH

WADSWORTH, Ohio -- Wadsworth City Schools officials will host two community meetings next week to provide information and answer questions about the proposed income tax levy on the May 5 primary ballot. The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday at the Bayberry Estates Clubhouse, 550 Arcadia Road....

The city of Akron has move up the deadline for completing deadly police use of force investigations. The head of the Citizens Police Oversight Board hopes that means a door is open for bigger changes in the next contract. In a memorandum of understanding signed March 13 and released this...

Fleeing, I-77: On Feb. 26, police observed a speeding black Lincoln Corsair traveling 85 mph in a 60-mph zone of I-77. The officer caught up with the driver, who initially pulled over before merging back onto the highway and hitting speeds exceeding 127 mph. The driver turned off the Lincoln’s...

A big thank you to the selfish parent who decided to send their elementary-school-age child to school knowing they had a fever and were throwing up. Your child coughed in my face and now I’m sick. During the holiday time when I had planned to be with my family,...

A 34-year-old woman has been charged with a misdemeanor after her 8-year-old son, a second-grader at Longcoy Elementary School in Kent, brought a 9mm handgun to school.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A driver who pleaded guilty to a hit and run crash that killed an 84-year-old Boston Heights woman, was sentenced Thursday. Joseph Zolnowski, of Parma, was sentenced to three years community control, 90 days of house arrest, and one year driver’s license suspension. In...

For the first time in more than 50 years, Ravenna’s ward and precinct boundaries are set be redrawn. City Council on March 23 agreed to form a committee to review the redistricting process and to ultimately pass a resolution approving new ward maps. Since 1953, Ohio law has required...

Some hikes are simply a way to stretch your legs. Others make you pause mid-trail and look around in disbelief at the scenery surrounding you. In a quiet corner of northeastern Ohio, one short forest loop manages to feel far more dramatic than its modest distance suggests. Towering sandstone walls rise beside shaded...

BARBERTON — A lifelong Barberton resident will turn 100 April 24, and all who know and love her are invited to help celebrate. Virginia Haynes, who lives now at Barberton Post Acute, will mark her 100th birthday with an open-house style party at 2:30 p.m. that afternoon at the facility. A second party will take place...

An Akron man is wanted in connection with a 2025 shooting at a Circle K gas station left witnesses shaken, according to the Akron Police Department.