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CLEVELAND, Ohio --Ohio distilleries brought home 29 medals in the 25th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC). Northeast Ohio winners included Gervasi Spirits in Canton and Towpath Distillery in Akron. Ohio has 74 distilleries of varying sizes. Not all entered spirits into the competition. Of those...

GREEN — If walls could talk, those of Green Intermediate School (GIS) would have many stories to tell. Built in 1956, the building served as the high school until the new Green High School on Boettler Road opened in the fall of 1996. The school had an estimated 8,000 graduates while it was a high school.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bright light shines through the Iler home in Broadview Heights. “The smile,” says Rich Iler, as he begins to get emotional, gazing at pictures of his daughter. “She really did light up the room. She really did. She was so vivacious in life.”

Brooklyn Heights Police Chief David Meade has been placed on administrative leave as he faces OVI charges.

Every year, SUNY Plattsburgh remembers the six killed and 11 injured student protestors at Kent State University and Jackson State University. — PLATTSBURGH | SUNY Plattsburgh will remember the students who were killed on May 4 and May 14, 1970, on the Kent State and Jackson State college campuses at a noontime...

LAKEMORE — Requesting body-worn and dash camera footage of Lakemore Village Police calls could now cost those requesting the footage a bit more. In response to a recently passed state law, village Council May 5 approved an amendment to the employee policies and procedures manual to allow for the charge of $75 per...

Last Monday, the Portage County Sheriff's Office's K-9 Division conducted a drug-sniffing operation at Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School in Rootstown Township. Their goal was clear: to locate and deter drug activity to ensure the safety and well-being of the school environment. The operation included a thorough...

We're learning more about a viral video that shows Akron police arresting a man at an apartment complex and an officer punching him repeatedly in the head as he lay on the ground handcuffed.

The scar on Julian Alford's head, just above his left eye, is the result of a bullet that grazed him last summer after a large street party turned violent in Akron.

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - Brecksville police say a man was fatally hurt Thursday in a landscaping accident. Officers say they were called out around 10:45 a.m. for a man injured while landscaping. Police say a bystander preformed CPR until first responders arrived and took over. Sadly, the man died after...