Akron OH

A man has pleaded guilty for his part in a fatal shooting that took place at a 2024 Halloween party in Springfield Township, the Summit County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday.

Northfield Center Township trustees voted unanimously on April 13 to add a new section to the township’s zoning resolution prohibiting vehicles from being parked off driveways on residential properties. The new rule, Section 410.16 of the Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations, bans off-driveway vehicle parking with limited exceptions including...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Summit County prosecutor is warning residents about a phone scam Wednesday. According to Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich, residents received phone calls about failing to appear for jury duty. One resident responded to these calls, saying they never signed a jury summons and were...

MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) - The Medina Fire Department rescued a man trapped in a grain bin Wednesday afternoon. The department responded to a call at 2:12 p.m. about a man stuck inside a grain bin. The fire team said when they arrived on the scene, the man was discovered to...

A quiet Monday night in Akron's North Hill neighborhood ended with three people in the hospital, after separate shootings rattled a small cluster of residential streets and sent bullets into at least two homes, police said. The victims, a 24-year-old man, a 20-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy, all suffered injuries described by authorities as non-life-threatening...

STREETSBORO, Ohio — As more school districts across Northeast Ohio ask voters to approve tax levies, some community members are pushing back. In Streetsboro, an organized group opposing a proposed property tax increase on the May 5 ballot says now is not the time, pointing to affordability concerns for families already feeling financial strain.

CLEVELAND — Foster The People announced their “Good Mourning Sunshine” tour on Wednesday, with an October stop in Summit County on their list. The multi-platinum indie pop band will be performing at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls on Oct. 8, along with The Beaches and Goth Babe.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - In December 1928, a mysterious woman in a blue chinchilla coat walked into a quiet Northeast Ohio home, shot a man eight times, and then vanished into the night. Vernard Fearn’s dying words were, “I don’t know that woman. I’ve never seen her in my life.”...

AKRON, Ohio — Two former FirstEnergy officials accused of bribing a state regulator have again asked for a judge to toss out the charges. Former CEO Chuck Jones and ex-top lobbyist Michael Dowling filed motions Tuesday asking Summit County Judge Susan Baker Ross for a post-trial acquittal. Baker Ross...

A Cleveland man awaits sentencing after he admitted April 27 that he caused a head-on crash that killed a Kent man in Streetsboro more than two years ago. A jury trial was scheduled to begin April 28 in Portage County Common Pleas Court for Devonte Cordelro Anthony , 35, but he pleaded guilty to third-degree felony aggravated vehicular homicide the day before during...