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MEDINA TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - One person was injured after a commercial fire in Medina Township on Thursday afternoon. According to the Medina Fire Department, at around 4:22 p.m., crews responded to a large commercial fire on Pearl Road. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke from the front and back...

AKRON, Ohio – After a six-year hiatus in Akron, Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse is set to reopen Friday, March 6, the restaurant announced. The restaurant is at 4073 Medina Road at the northeast corner of Ohio 18 and Interstate 77. “We’re excited. We were disappointed we couldn’t get that...

CANTON ‒ On what would have been Christopher Smith's 36th birthday, his mother recalled the challenge of picking up the pieces after his shooting death. The pain was not new; Barbara Smith lost another son years earlier. "Christopher carried his brother's remembrance with him every single day," the mother of five...

Wadsworth, Ohio, has a diner that does not believe in small portions, and I mean that in the most delightful, plate-tilting way. I went in expecting a solid breakfast and walked out with leftovers, a happy appetite, and the sudden realization that my refrigerator was getting a second meal I never planned.

In the heart of downtown Canton, Ohio, Bender’s Tavern has been doing exactly that since 1902, making it the oldest restaurant in the city and one of the most storied dining institutions in all of Northeast Ohio. Four generations of the Jacob family have poured their hearts into this...

A 26-year-old woman is dead after a shooting took place in Akron early Saturday morning, according to Akron Police.

One look at the line outside this Akron deli tells you it is doing something very right. People regularly wait their turn out the door, and somehow the mood still feels more excited than impatient. The sandwiches have names like “Amy’s,” “The Stray Diamond,” and “Old Bald Guy,” and each...

An off-duty police officer who is suspected of illegally detaining a man at the Buzzard’s Roost tavern in April 2024 pleaded guilty to charges of attempted abduction in Medina County Common Pleas Court Feb. 9. Daniel Lajack, 48, of Brunswick, initially faced two counts of abduction, one count of...

The craft beer industry has faced a tragic couple of years with 100s of beer businesses shuttering permanently in 2025, as brewery closures outpaced openings with 434 shutting down and 268 opening by mid-December, Brewbound reported on social media. The main reasons for the economic distress have been a 1%...

Austin Wilson, a corrections officer with the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, is involved in the investigation.