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AKRON, Ohio — A community violence prevention pilot program is expanding after 18 months of implementation showed a citywide reduction in violent crime. On Tuesday, the city announced a $600,000 investment in the Akron Street Team, a partnership between the city and the Minority Behavioral Health group, which provides

Authorities said that a week-long drug investigation in Pike County ended with five people facing charges.

A new residential development with 101 single-family homes is coming to a site in Green referred to as "the old horse farm." The development, known as Greensburg Meadow, will be on Greensburg Road and along the northern section of Winning Way, directly east of Interstate 77, according to documents provided to the Beaco

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- The Brunswick Planning Commission recently heard plans for a new building at Mapleside Farms, 294 Pearl Road. It would be the first construction in a Special Planning District (SPD) on approximately 110 acres of the property at Pearl and Boston roads. Mapleside representative Jason Zak said the...

AKRON, Ohio – The city of Akron and Cuyahoga River Water Trail partners on Tuesday announced a new online safety tool for river recreation. The Cuyahoga River Conditions Tool (CUYAC) offers real-time river conditions reports for paddlers from locations along the river. The city of Akron developed the tool and has funde

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Metro’s bus operators and transit workers are holding a strike authorization vote Tuesday at their union hall. The results are expected to be announced around 7:15 p.m. A YES vote would give the union leadership the authority to call a strike against Akron Metro...

While most power has been restored, several thousand customers were still experiencing outages as of 10:20 p.m.

BARBERTON, Ohio – The city of Barberton will transition building code enforcement services to the Summit County Division of Building Standards beginning Aug. 1. Barberton City Council approved the agreement on May 26, and Summit County Council approved the agreement on Monday. Under the agreement, Summit County Buildin

YOUNGSTOWN - A tractor-trailer repair company based in North Canton has sued the Schwebel Baking Company, claiming that it owes more than $40,000 for its services. According to a lawsuit filed on Monday, June 29, Exit 111 Tractor Trailer Services LLC routinely serviced and repaired Schwebel’s trucks and trailers.

Some big changes are happening at iHeartMedia -owned radio stations in Northeast Ohio, including the dismissal of two Canton radio personalities. Dan Stansbury has been let go as host of The Stansbury Show in the morning on Rock 106.9. And Scott Davidson has been released from all of his positions with iHeartMedia, inc