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SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A 90-year-old woman was robbed while grocery shopping and Akron police have released a surveillance picture of the wanted thief. Police said the woman was at Dave’s Supermarket in the 800 block of E. Exchange St. on Aug. 13 when an unknown man snatched her purse out of her cart.

A pilot makes a heart-pounding and rare emergency landing at Akron-Canton Airport on Tuesday.

Shirley and Jack DeCheco opened their original Firestone Park pizzeria just a few houses down from Jack’s childhood home. The space, a small, brick building at the corner of South Main Street and East Ralston Avenue, was originally split between Shirley’s beauty salon and Jack’s barber shop — ventures the couple opened

UPDATE: Authorities in Stark County have located a missing Canal Fulton 67-year-old woman with psychosis.

U.S. Attorney David Toepfer just announced the results of "Operation Northern Shield." The effort was held over the summer to combat violent crime across Northeast Ohio.

Akron's signature pizza celebration is growing up. The Akron Pizza Fest has expanded into a full three-day event for 2026, running Thursday, Aug. 27, through Saturday, Aug. 29, at Lock 3 in downtown Akron, with pizza judging, live music, and a lineup of vendors spread across the park's newly redeveloped grounds.

STREETSBORO, Ohio (WOIO) - Police have issued a warning about a new scam where criminals are impersonating bank employees and calling bank customers from a spoofed phone number. According to police, when the victim said they didn’t make the purchase, the “creepy scammers” volunteer to come to the victim’s home...

Akron's police chief appears to be looking for a change. Copley Township Administrator Greg Tracy confirmed that Akron Police Chief Brian Harding is under consideration for the open chief position there. "I can confirm that Brian Harding is a candidate for the position of Chief of Police for Copley Township,”...

A Waffle House soon will be built in Brimfield Township after its Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for the eatery. The board granted the restaurant a 5-foot variance from the township's minimum lot width requirement of 100 feet. The lot, at 136 Tallmadge Road, is 95 feet wide. Drew Schuler, director of real

Noling was given a rare opportunity to argue for a full pardon before the Ohio Parole Board Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer via AP Tyrone Noling has spent three decades on death row for the double murder of an elderly Ohio couple, crimes he maintains he did not commit. On Tuesday, he was given a rare opportunity to arg