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MEDINA — Donald Kopchak was sentenced to time in prison on Monday for his involvement in an incident where he questioned a man’s citizenship status and detained him at a Hinckley bar when he was an off-duty police officer. Assistant Prosecutor Scott Salisbury said the incident had a...

At Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital, patient care goes far beyond treating illnesses. Nurse Manager, Chad Ziegler, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tom Rogers explained the mission is rooted in community involvement, prevention, and supporting both patients and caregivers. Caring for Medina: The People Behind Cleveland Cl

PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A former Portage County corrections officer who pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of telecommunication harassment, a first-degree misdemeanor, learned his sentence on Tuesday morning. Austin Wilson was arrested in February and placed on administrative leave without pay following an inve

MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury trial for the man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend inside a Dollar General while she was working, was scheduled to begin Monday afternoon; however, Arthur Velasquez ended up pleading guilty. Velasquez was convicted of attempted murder, aggravated burglary, and kidnapping. Judg

The Stark County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died following an ATV crash Sunday afternoon in Pike Township...

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - Deputies from the Stark County Sheriff’s Office responded to a serious crash early Monday afternoon. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to the 13100 block of state Route 225 in Lexington Township for a crash involving a passenger car and a semi-truck. With...

The City of Akron is proposing changes to its housing rules that could make it easier to build new single-family and multi-family homes in neighborhoods, allow the construction of in-law suites or carriage houses in backyards, and keep grandfathered-in housing types, like apartments on top of stores, that were built be

Sammy Hagar and Rick Springfield are steering their summer nostalgia run straight into Blossom Music Center next Saturday, with Hagar’s Best of All Worlds show and Springfield’s songbook set for an outdoor blowout. The joint tour brings together two veteran FM radio staples and promises a mix of Van Halen deep cuts, Ha

A treasured Ferris wheel in Geneva-on-the-Lake was toppled and destroyed after severe weather moved through Northeast Ohio on Sunday.

COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio (WOIO) - A powerful storm swept through northeast Ohio Sunday evening, damaging a community organization’s building just days after it opened. The Columbia Station Eagles had opened their new building Thursday. By Sunday evening, a violent storm tore through the area along Route 82, taking down..