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Plain Township is on alert as the Stark County Sheriff's Office and the family of 15-year-old Karan Alkaied ask for the public's help after he was reported missing Friday evening. Authorities say he left his Plain Township home and was last seen on foot around 6:30 p.m. Karan has cerebral palsy and uses leg braces,...

DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A 78-year-old man pleaded guilty to murder after shooting a woman in a self-described “mercy killing” before driving to a Deerfield Township fire station, prosecutors said. Gerald Olin Finley will spend 18 years to life in prison after he drove to Fire Station...

CANTON ‒ A man and a woman were sentenced to eight to 12 years in prison for allowing a 3-year-old boy to starve to death while he was in their care in Canton. Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin G. Farmer sentenced Jamie L. Thompson and Demetres S. Givens on Feb. 20 after they pleaded guilty to involuntary...

CANTON − Dozens of McKinley High students walked out of class on Feb. 20 to protest against operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Many left the campus and marched through Stadium Park to demonstrate at the McKinley National Memorial, according to some who took part. Dozens or more took part, with...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Cleveland, OH – Lake-enhanced snow could begin piling up after sunset Sunday, threatening to coat Interstate 90 and slow traffic across northeast Ohio before the Monday morning commute. According to the...

After more than three decades in the restaurant business, the owners of Bricco West , Dave and Stacy Sharp, have announced they are retiring and closing the popular eatery at the end of the month. In a Facebook post , the Sharps shared that the restaurant’s last day of service will be Saturday, Feb. 28. “It is with...

A 29-year-old man faces a murder charge in the death of a 24-year-old Erie, Pa., woman and faces additional charges for the sexual assault and kidnapping of a second woman, according to police.

Cleveland, Ohio — Accumulating snow is set to return to Northeast Ohio this weekend, bringing renewed travel concerns as late-winter cold air settles back into the region. While forecasters stress that this is not expected to be a major snowstorm, Weather Impact Alerts have been issued due to the likelihood of slick...

Beachwood City Council voted 6-0 during its Feb. 17 meeting to move along a rezoning proposal to allow Sheetz, a 24-hour gas station/convenience store/restaurant to be built on the property of what is currently a three-story office building at 24700 Chagrin Blvd. to a committee of the whole meeting on March 9 for...

PARMA, Ohio - When it comes to the best places to eat and drink in Parma and Parma Heights, who decides? You do. Cleveland.com asked readers to nominate and vote for the restaurants and bars they believe are must-visits in the area — and once again, you delivered. In...