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Arrive Alive: Free rides for Summit County residents for New Year’s celebrations

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Summit County residents can get a free ride to ring in 2026, thanks to the Arrive Alive, a campaign that hopes to keep drunk drivers off the roads. The program aims to keep the roads safe as families gather during the New Year’s holiday.
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Macedonia Police Reports: Thrown Bread Argument, Suit-Clad Shoplifter, and a GetGo Disappearing Act

MACEDONIA, Ohio – The latest Macedonia police blotter features several unusual incidents, including a domestic dispute involving thrown bread, a shoplifting suspect in a suit jacket, and a wanted man who disappeared from a gas station while an officer ran his information. The reports also cover a DUI at Chili’s, a...
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2025 Best of the Blotter

Below is a collection of some of the best police reports from 2025 compiled by the Leader Publications staff. WEST AKRON: On May 24, police responded to a disturbance at a West Market Street store and viewed video surveillance of an altercation between a cashier and customer. The customer was buying balloons, and...
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2 arrested after multi-county police chase in Ohio

A vehicle pursuit on Interstate 80 that began Saturday afternoon resulted in two arrests and minor injuries to a state trooper, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Troopers with the OSHP Hiram Post stated the pursuit began around 12:15 p.m. on the Ohio Turnpike in Streetsboro Township, when troopers attempted...
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Man accused of filming boy in Great Lakes Mall bathroom

A Beachwood man is in custody following a report of an incident in the restroom at Great Lakes Mall.
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Local woman turning 100 in January

AKRON — Adele Hamad, shown below, will turn 100 Jan. 29. She has four children, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, with whom she loves spending time. She is pictured at right with her great-grandson, Emerson Morton. A lifelong Akronite, Hamad and her late husband, Cemil, owned two local restaurants...
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A Mammal Missing for 200 Years Just Reappeared on an Ohio Trail Camera

In 2025, a motion-triggered camera quietly watching a forest corridor in Cleveland Metroparks captured something unexpected. A dark-furred predator moved through the leaf litter, paused, and looked directly into the lens. The animal was a fisher, a forest carnivore that had not been confirmed in Ohio since the...
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SWAT called in after man robbed, assaulted in Ravenna

A man and woman were taken into police custody following a standoff in Ravenna, which reportedly stemmed from an assault and robbery of another man.
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Car crashes into Twinsburg gas station, nearly missing employee

A car crashed through the front of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Twinsburg Tuesday night, barely missing an employee who was sweeping up inside.
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Charge Reduced to Misdemeanor in October Shooting Death

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Still a homicide charge, but at the misdemeanor level. 32-year-old Corey Partee of Canton has been arraigned on a negligent homicide count after being recently indicted. He had initially been charged with felony reckless homicide in the October shooting death of 35-year-old...

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