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This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. Akron’s East Market Street is getting a new neighbor: Whitfield’s Creole & Soul Food. Backed by The Well CDC, the restaurant will soft open Dec. 8–11 and celebrate its grand opening Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Middlebury. Expect gumbo, po’ boys, and...

Guest columnists Tom Wetzel, a Certified Law Enforcement Executive, and Denise DeBiase have over 60 years of combined police experience. As this is our last article co-written together, we wanted to find something that really hits home in our local communities. One of the things that has plagued Northeast Ohio...

CANTON ‒ The Athens Restaurant, a Canton fixture for Greek cuisine for decades, is closing. The restaurant at 816 Harrison Ave. SW made the announcement Dec. 7 on its Facebook page. The last day will be Dec. 24. The post on Facebook read: "Canton ... you've been our home for 50 years. You've watched our family grow...

Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary treasures are hiding in plain sight, tucked away in modest buildings that you might drive past without a second glance. In Twinsburg, Ohio, Fresh Start Diner is exactly this kind of hidden gem, where breakfast aficionados can discover what might just be the best corned beef...

If you want to find the soul of Canton’s culinary renaissance, you have to look inside a deli. Mike Carvajal didn’t start with a grand restaurant opening; he started with a monthly pop-up that became a local legend. Partnering with Ryan Miller of Deli Ohio, Carvajal served his...

Ohio has quietly built a reputation for serving some of the crispiest, most craveable fried chicken in the Midwest, and the best spots rarely need a billboard to prove it. These are the places where parking lots stay packed, regulars arrive on autopilot, and new customers stumble in through word of mouth alone.

Susan Ferenec stood in the passenger seat of her Mazda 5, her head through the moon roof, gawking at the Goodyear Blimp. She was in Portage County’s Suffield Township, inside the cavernous Wingfoot Lake Blimp Hangar, just after 2 p.m. Friday. Christmas songs played in the background as she and her husband, Joe,...

A Canton resident has filed a lawsuit against the city of Canton and council members challenging a ban on public speaking at council meetings.

Hidden in plain sight along a Barberton street sits a time capsule disguised as a diner, where the chicken fried steak isn’t just a menu item—it’s practically a religious experience that keeps locals coming back and visitors planning return trips to Ohio. Dee’s 50’s Place Diner doesn’t...

Medina Police Department said they are looking for the culprits behind a recent joyriding incident at Regan Park that caused damage to the grounds.