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Italian wine dinner series continues with polenta dishes at Vaccaro’s

AKRON, Ohio – Vaccaro’s Trattoria is continuing its monthly wine series with a dinner featuring family-style courses. The family-table dinner - 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 - will include five Italian wines and a focus on polenta. Menu. • Asiago polenta – fire-roasted fall vegetable mélange. Wine: Terredora...
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Medina man doubles Powerball prize to $100K with one extra play

Matching four numbers and the Powerball delivered $50,000 before the Power Play option doubled the...
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Shalersville Woman Barricades With Knife, Tactical Team Ends Hourlong Standoff

A Shalersville Township woman barricaded herself inside her home armed with a knife, touching off an hourlong standoff that ended when a tactical team breached the residence and took her into custody using less-lethal force. Armed Standoff. The Portage County Sheriff's Office said deputies had probable cause to arrest
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Independent police auditor to investigate Akron’s Flock camera usage

Akron's police oversight board has given the city's independent police auditor the green light to put the department's Flock network under a microscope. On Sept. 16, the board voted unanimously to authorize the office of Independent Police Auditor Anthony Finnell to begin scrutinizing the network, including all searche
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East Canton Drivers Fight $175 Speed Camera Tickets as Court Backlog Grows

Dozens of drivers ticketed by East Canton's new speed cameras showed up in court Friday to challenge their $175 fines, as the small Stark County village's automated enforcement program has generated thousands of citations since the summer. The hearings mark the latest flashpoint in a rollout that has already produced a
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Stow Family Pushes Ohio Bill Requiring Escape Lanes at Certain New Drive-Thrus

Nick Keleman was on the phone with his daughter Megan when the attack that would kill her unfolded at a Stow Taco Bell drive-through on August 14, 2024. Now he is pushing Ohio lawmakers to pass a bill named for her that would require escape lanes at certain newly built or substantially renovated drive-through facilitie
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Drunk driver convicted in fatal I-480 crash

Jurors in Summit County have convicted a 28-year-old woman in a 2023 fatal drunk-driving crash on Interstate 480.
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Minnesota vs Akron: Gophers Nation staff predictions

The Minnesota Golden Gophers take on the Akron Zips on Saturday morning/afternoon at Huntington Bank Stadium. Below, Gophers Nation publisher Dylan Callaghan-Croley and staff writer Maguire Doyle give their picks for the game. Matchup: Akron Zips at Minnesota Golden Gophers Date & Kickoff: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 | 11
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OSHP: School bus hits steps, embankment in crash with kids on board

Minor injuries have been reported in a crash involving a school bus in Ravenna Township, in Portage County.
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Woman cleared of charges in Canton homicide after grand jury issues no bill

A Stark County grand jury has chosen not to indict a woman who was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service last month in connection with a homicide and arson that left two women dead.

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