Akron OH

Last fall, Ohio state Rep. Bill Roemer was on the campaign trail, going door to door in the Akron area, when his campaign manager notified him that an escaped convict had been spotted nearby. The location of the convict, who had escaped from Summit County Jail, was made known through Nixle, a service that provides...

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - A special prosecutor has now been approved to handle the case of the two Canton police officers charged in the April 2024 death of Frank Tyson while in police custody. Officers Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch were indicted on the charge of reckless homicide. Their next...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A former supervisor of the Cuyahoga County sheriff’s Downtown Safety Patrol unit permanently injured an unarmed motorist during a routine traffic stop, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Monday. The complaint, filed by Kevin Kinds in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, says then-Sgt. Timothy...

The Canorah lighting event, a project of Chabad of Akron and Anshe Sfard Revere Road Synagogue, will be lit at Summit Mall at 3265 W. Market Street in Fairlawn at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 16. Cans collected by Dec. 16 will be stacked into the shape of a menorah with candles...

Medina Police are still looking for the suspect or suspects involved in Friday’s vandalism at Reagan Park.

At the age of 23, Dave Szalay had just begun to tackle a lot of firsts. First house. First year of marriage. First advertising job. Then, for reasons that had little to do with his in-the-moment ambitions, he wrote a letter to one of the authors who inspired him as a child growing up in Akron.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio is facing a messy 24 hours of changing wintry conditions starting late Tuesday night and lasting into Wednesday. A burst of wet snow overnight into early Wednesday is expected to slow the morning commute across much of the region, with another round of snow possible just in time for...

There’s something special about biting into a burger that’s been perfected over the years, with a recipe that’s remained largely unchanged since the Beatles were still together. In Ohio, a state renowned for its rich culinary heritage, I’ve found 13 burger stands that have defied the test...

Solon police said it started with a phone call and ended with a senior citizen handing over thousands in cash to someone pretending to be an FBI agent.

After two mistrials , jury selection will begin Dec. 9 in the third murder trial of Jashawn Ray, 31, of Youngstown. He is accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Sydney Horton inside her Kenmore home in January 2023. By the time police discovered Horton's decomposing body on Feb. 3 during a welfare check, she had...