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AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron organizations are now receiving funds through the city’s new sports and wellness grants program. The city announced Wednesday a collaboration with the council to give $100,000 to organizations focused on combating youth violence. This is an initiative to offer an alternative to kids and...

Akron, Ohio (WOIO) -Saying enough is enough, the 100 Black Men of Akron, a professional Black men’s organization, is using the latest shooting incident outside the Mason Community Learning Center as a motivation to help stamp out crime. Lt Michael Murphy of the Akron Police Department is a member...

On a warm, sunny Tuesday, for the first time in more than a month, Amani Smith-McDaniel got to feel the fresh air on her face, surrounded by the people who love her most.

In the heart of Akron stands a bargain hunter’s paradise that has loyal shoppers whispering heresy: “Who needs Costco when you’ve got Village Discount Outlet?”. This sprawling secondhand emporium transforms ordinary shopping trips into treasure hunts where the bounty doesn’t require a membership card—just a keen eye...

BARBERTON, Ohio (WOIO) -A Barberton councilman wants FirstEnergy to see the light and pay up for ratepayers. “Nobody has been spared in this. This has gotten to the point of absurdity, to the reliability, the distribution, everything,” says Thomas “Bebe” Heitic who is a Barberton Councilman At-Large.

OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (WOIO) - Police are looking for 16-year-old Alicia ”Lee Lee" Dexter, who was last seen at her home on Free Ave. on May 31. Alicia is known to frequent the Bear Creek apartments in Bedford Heights, Bedford Greens Apartments in Bedford, and Rockside Park Towers in Bedford Heights and East Cleveland.

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Canton police detectives have solved five of the six homicides in the city this year. But one killing remains elusive. 61-year-old Lily Zamlen-Held was found dead in a 10th Street SW home just west of Raff Road back In January. She had...

Police chase follows reported shooting on Coventry Drive. Northfield Village police arrested a woman Monday afternoon following a shooting incident that killed a dog and led to a brief vehicle pursuit. Daila La’Shay Wilson, 24, of Euclid, was arrested after officers responded to reports of gunfire on Coventry Drive...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police say officers tracked down a suspected gunman Wednesday after he shot a woman multiple times. According to police, the shooting happened around 4:25 a.m. in the 800 block of Bellevue Avenue. Officers say they found the victim, a 26-year-old woman, shot in the arm...

Sometimes the best meals don’t come with white tablecloths and sommelier recommendations, but instead arrive on sturdy ceramic plates in places where the coffee never stops flowing and the servers know the regulars by name. Fa-Ray’s Family Restaurant in Barberton, Ohio, is exactly this kind of place – an...