Akron OH

Akron City Council finalized the Highland Square Special Improvement District Monday, requiring that businesses in the district be billed for the safety and beautification services the SID is expected to provide. The approval comes on the heels of five Highland Square property owners on West Market Street — who were...

STOW, Ohio -- Stow City Council has approved a $13.75 million capital plan for 2027 that puts infrastructure projects such as road repairs and stormwater improvements at the center of the city’s spending. Through 2031, the plan calls for nearly $57 million in capital spending, including more than $14...

AKRON, Ohio — Ohio has over 1,400 miles of designated bicycle routes. The Bike Shop, a local nonprofit in Summit County, is working to make sure everyone has a chance to earn their wheels. This year the organization passed a major milestone. After four years of volunteering, Chris Usner...

A tractor Machinery Pete grew up around sold big in Iowa — and earned his “Pick of the Week” honors. On Sept. 25, a 1979 John Deere 4440 with 3,651 hours sold for $53,000 at Dennis and Myrna Johnson’s farm retirement auction in Akron hosted by Zomer Company Realty & Auction. The sale featured several other notable gree

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News 5 was granted rare access to the 21,000-acre installation, now known as Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, where it trains the next generation of soldiers.

Three companies secured Defense Logistics Agency contracts to supply steel and other metals. The largest share goes to Metallus Inc., which is based in Canton, Ohio. Its $995 million contract is for High Fragmentation 1 Steel, a specially formulated steel alloy that is used as a component of large-caliber artillery and

CLEVELAND, Ohio — An Akron man is charged in connection with a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed a 26-year-old Shaker Heights elementary school teacher. Quintin Walton, of Akron, is charged with felony aggravated vehicular homicide and misdemeanor operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in th

Five students, four from the Massillon City Schools District, were charged with assault after they “jumped” another student outside of a school dance on Saturday, Sept. 26, according to a police report obtained by FOX 8 News.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Tuesday that he has directed Ohio EPA to begin the process of ending the vehicle emissions testing program in seven local counties, including Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit.