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CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Cuyahoga County medical examiner’s office has come up with the cause of a Stark County jail inmate’s death back in May. They say 33-year-old Zachary Snoeberger of Canton died from heart issues and chronic opioid dependency at the hospital after being found unresponsive in his...

Law enforcement agencies across Northeast Ohio are crediting coordinated task force work for major drug seizures in 2025, removing millions of dollars worth of narcotics, guns, and cash from local communities. According to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, task forces operating under the Ohio Organized Crime...

The Medina County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by staff from Highland Middle School Dec. 13 after a threat was made involving a student. The district’s school resource officer said they were contacted by a parent who reported that a student threatened to bring a gun to school. The officer worked with patrol...

The Akron Police Department is investigating after a postal worker was robbed at gunpoint.

Akron may be one step closer to saving nearly $230 million while still fulfilling the requirements of its water treatment consent decree. The city presented a plan to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to update its Cuyahoga Street Storage Facility for about $30 million rather than build a new $265 million...

GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — A Geauga County, Ohio, grand jury indicted four men accused of an October 9 home invasion and attempted kidnapping at an Amish family’s home and cabinet business in Middlefield Township, Ohio. The men arrested and indicted for alledgedly commiting the attack include:. Ricky Lee...

In the cavernous basement of Akron’s O’Neil’s building, rows of carousel horses stand at attention. They are poised; their knees are bent, their nostrils flared. Among the horses is scattered an occasional tiger, ostrich or cat with an eyepatch. Most days, all are covered by a tarp.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cities across Northeast Ohio have opened warming centers and overnight shelters for those who need to escape the artic air that surged into the region with snow, bitter cold, and high winds. Cleveland EMS Deputy Commissioner Christopher Chapin explained ways to avoid a cold emergency. “Stay...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – No word on a cause yet for a Christmas evening fire in Canton that displaced two families and did $70,000 damage. The Canton Fire Department says one unit of the side-by-side duplex was heavily damaged and will not be able to be reoccupied.

The driver of the vehicle struck in a crash Friday afternoon on state Route 301 has died. Michael Patterson, 63, of Wayne County, died hours after the crash that killed his wife, Elaine Patterson, 71. According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, Michael Patterson died shortly before 1 a.m....