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An Akron mom is finding new hope thanks to some special people. She had just wanted to help warn people about the work-from-home problem she was having, but then your generosity kicked in.

Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center, a physician-owned hospital system, has received a five-star quality rating, the highest rating possible, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Crystal Clinic is one of 290 hospitals nationwide to earn this recognition, which reinforces its leadership position as a...

Zion Lutheran Church in Wooster will offer a free opportunity for local children to learn more about music. The church, located at 301 N. Market St., invites children in kindergarten through fifth grade to join in an after-school music program, which will start Jan. 7 on Wednesdays from 4-4:50 p.m.

Before Santa takes off on his worldwide journey, he made a few special stops here in Northeast Ohio.

A man suspected of shoplifting from a Walmart in Ohio pulled a gun and attempted to shoot an officer in the store's loss prevention office, video released by the local police appears to show.

Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives are once again asking to see secret grand jury testimony from an agent with Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation whom the executives said may have provided “materially false or misleading” testimony in their case. In a Monday afternoon filing in Summit County...

Eddie Ward had a severe car accident on December 22, 2025, and will be hospitalized for an undetermined amount of time in Cleveland. He requires surgery, and the Ward family humbly requests prayers for his healing and strength for their family as they walk through this together. Eddie’s life revolves...

OHIO — A 63-year-old woman from Lodi was killed Monday evening following a two-vehicle crash in Lafayette Township, according to authorities. The Summit County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Pegeen Razem. Officials said Razem was a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the crash, which occurred...

New at the Mu: New Seashell Exhibition at the Massillon Museum A new exhibition – What the Tide Brought In: Shells and Specimens from the Permanent Collection – fills the Massillon Museum’s second-floor Judith Paquelet Gallery. Massillonian Ellla O. Shoemaker (1857-1944), a women’s suffrage and education advocate and...

What’s the thread that links the images Signal Akron’s staff selected for our Photos of the Year?. It’s that the photographs capture the experiences, the joys and the tragedies, the best and the worst of the lives of our readers and neighbors. They show moments of celebration and grief, awe and reflection — the full...