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The Portage County Sheriff's Office in Ohio is actively leveraging the power of social media to enlist the help of its community in tracking down the region's most wanted fugitives. In their latest Most Wanted Monday shared by the Portage County Sheriff's Office in Ohio in a social media post, Sheriff Bruce D....

A fourth grade girl at West Main Elementary School in Ravenna died May 7, and the Ravenna school district is offering resources to students who may need support. Several parents on social media reported receiving an email from the district, offering to connect students with counseling if needed. The email, posted in...

For students at Garfield Community Learning Center (CLC) in Akron, Ohio, the message is clear: Their presence matters. With a strong support system and the right incentives, they are showing up not just for class but for their futures. At Garfield CLC, a program supported by FirstEnergy is playing a...

Join us in wishing Macedonia Police Lt. Costello and Officers Neal and Lockwood a safe journey as they and officers from Cleveland, Brooklyn Heights, Toledo, Bluffton and Euclid participate in the Police Unity Tour. Starting Friday, they'll bike from New Jersey to Washington, D.C., for the start of National Police...

GREEN — In recent years, the City of Green has been unofficially recognized by motorists as one of the most roundabout-populated municipalities in the state. Last month, the city and its design partner, American Structurepoint, received national recognition for one of its most recent roundabout projects. The city...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – You can thank Perry Township-based Operation Flags of Freedom for all the red, white and blue flapping in the breeze in front of the Stark County Sheriff’s Office in Canton. The flags are there through National Corrections Officers Week this week,...

A large power outage during the noon hour on Thursday left thousands in and around downtown Akron in the dark. FirstEnergy says it is still investigating the exact cause of the outage that left as many as 3,000 customers without power in downtown Akron and west of the Erie Canal. This represents about 1% of the...

Carrie Danger is Afternoon Drive Host at Rubber City Radio Group in Akron, OH, for 107.3 Alternative Cleveland. She introduces new music to the market in her “Danger Zone” segment and brings awareness to Mental Health with “Mental Health Mondays.”. Carrie’s radio career began in 2010 at...

AKRON — The City of Akron and Akron Bicentennial Committee have announced the next steps in a process to create a new City of Akron logo. The process will be guided by a subcommittee under the Akron Bicentennial Commission and will last throughout the year with a goal of unveiling the next city logo at the...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police say officers are searching for two robbers who targeted a woman walking into her home. Officers say they were called out around 1 a.m. Wednesday to Sumner and Wheeler streets for the robbery. The victim told police she was walking home from a gas...