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CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Sad news with the passing this morning of former Mayor Tom Bernabei. Mayor Bernabei was undergoing a medical procedure when WHBC News is told he suffered a stroke. He was removed from life support at 9:18 Thursday morning. Thomas Bernabei was born...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected Ohio lawmakers’ attempt to allow Cleveland-area vehicle owners to avoid E-Check emissions testing simply by signing a form attesting that their vehicles meet the program’s standards. In response, a Northeast Ohio lawmaker leading the charge against...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron man was sentenced to 15 to 20.5 years in prison on Wednesday for drug trafficking charges and his involvement in the overdose death of Austin Guildoo in 2024. According to a release from the Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich, earlier this month, 21-year-old Victor...

CANTON ‒ Sometimes trying something new pays off. A Canton man opted to buy a Cash Explosion 25X scratch-off ticket instead of his usual Holiday Lucky Times 10 and won $50,000. He bought the ticket at the GetGo store at 6215 Whipple Ave. NW in Jackson Township. "He scratched it off in the store and said he 'almost...

Athens Restaurant, a popular mom-and-pop Greek diner in Canton, is closing after 50 years in business.

AKRON, Ohio - A section of Akron’s interstate highway system will be closed from 9 p.m. Thursday through 5 a.m. Friday, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced. The closing involves what is called the Kenmore Leg, the portion of I-76 that runs between I-77 and I-277 west of downtown Akron.

Two men from Ohio were apprehended when police discovered them transporting drugs into West Virginia. On Friday, Dec. 5, detectives from the Parkersburg Police Department and agents from the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force were conducting surveillance on patrol officers as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation....

Jingle in the Woods — A Creepmas Holifest & Misfit Market is an event held at Boston Township Hall in Peninsula, Ohio, located in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The event features characters such as Santa Squatch, Krampus, and Mr. Jingeling from Cleveland.

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - A Stark County Grand Jury indicted a Canton woman and her mother in connection with the murder of a 54-year-old Canton man. Yolanda R. Lowery, 54, was indicted on the charges of:. Aggravated murder. Kidnapping. Murder. Felonious assault. Tampering with evidence. Gross abuse of a corpse.

The 31-year-old Akron police officer who shot at an unarmed man 15 times outside a bar in Ellet in November, striking him multiple times, was reprimanded by supervisors for not determining whether a crime had occurred in a separate incident that occurred in March. Akron Police Auditor Anthony Finnell released his...