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STARK COUNTY, Ohio — Tyrone Card, the man accused of stabbing a woman on Dressler Road Northwest, has been indicted by a grand jury in Stark County. According to Stark County Common Pleas Court records, Card was indicted on March 25 on the following charges:. 1 count of attempted...

AKRON, Ohio — Zachary Bonner, a 22-year-old man from Akron, has been sentenced to 10-12 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges connected with a 2025 incident in which he shot multiple times into an occupied home on Ford Avenue. Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich said Bonner’s sentence...

The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating family members of a 66-year-old man who recently died in Akron. Gary Guenther, chief investigator for the medical examiner's office, reported Tige Riordan died on March 25 from natural causes. Riordan had been living in an...

Three violent fugitives were arrested within 24 hours on March 26 in Cleveland and Akron, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force took three suspects into custody, two wanted for homicide and one for attempted murder. In Cleveland, authorities arrested Devin...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A mother and her son were shot and killed in Akron Saturday evening in their car. Tania Mangual, 47, and her 12-year-old son Jericho Mangual were inside a SUV outside her friend’s house on West Wilbeth Road in Akron. Mangual had just dropped a friend...

If someone told you that one of America’s most enchanting train rides was hiding in Ohio, you’d probably assume they were confused or trying to sell you something. The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Akron is here to prove that Ohio has been keeping secrets, and they’re the good kind that don’t involve scandal or...

AKRON, Ohio — A new restaurant is joining the lineup at House Three Thirty — and it’s bringing plenty of Akron flavor with it. Buckets, the first full-service restaurant from the LeBron James Family Foundation, opens April 1 inside the foundation’s multi-use space at 532 W. Market St. in Akron. The spot occupies part...

MEDINA, Ohio — Donald Kopchak, a Cleveland police detective and former deputized federal agent, was found guilty on all charges related to illegally detaining a truck driver at a Hinckley bar by a Medina County jury on Monday. Kopchak, 41, was found guilty on two counts of felony abduction,...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A 32-year-old Akron man was sentenced to over 10 years in prison for trafficking drugs and for having a pistol in his possession while he was out on parole. Travon Robinson was sentenced after pleading guilty in November 2025 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine,...

Akron’s 2026 proposed operating budget is expected to be voted on at the March 30 Akron City Council meeting, since it must be passed by March 31. Akron Mayor Shammas Malik proposed a $784.8 million operating budget for 2026 — that’s $13.8 million smaller than the budget that Akron City Council approved last year....