Akron OH

A new program in Akron hits hard and is striving to connect with the city's youth. Don't Blink Boxing Clinic hosts kids ages 7 to 17 to teach them to put their hands in the right positions.

CLEVELAND — The families of two innocent bystanders who were killed in separate police chases are suing Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel and the deputies involved. “Every person that has been listed in that lawsuit failed to meet the standard, failed to do their duty,” Stanley Jackson, the attorney representing...

SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO — Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro and her Department of Job and Family Services (DJFS) are excited to announce the return of the TANF Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) for 2026, in collaboration with Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG). Applications open today, April 1, and...

JACKSON TWP. − If anyone believes in the Easter narrative of life after death, it's the Rev. Ryan Wilson Sr. Before becoming a Christian, the 44-year-old spent most of his life in the throes of alcohol and drugs. On Easter Sunday in 2027, he and his wife, Sarah, and a church-plant team have been tapped to start a new...

Most people think affordable retirement means compromising on everything from culture to healthcare, but Akron, Ohio is here to prove that theory spectacularly wrong. This former Rubber Capital offers something increasingly mythical in modern America: beautiful homes with actual character for less than the cost of a...

NORTHFIELD CENTER TOWNSHIP — The Northfield Center Township Board of Trustees approved two significant actions at a March 16 special meeting, resolving a long-running zoning dispute and reinstating its zoning inspector. Trustees voted to authorize a settlement agreement with property owner Craig Skorepa drafted by...

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office used the March 2 trustees meeting to warn residents about a phone scam in which callers impersonate deputies by name — information pulled from public court records — and demand payment in Bitcoin or gift cards. The sheriff’s office was clear: it never asks for money over the phone....

Recess chatter at Longcoy Elementary in Kent, Ohio, turned into a gun scare Thursday when school staff discovered a second-grader had a loaded handgun tucked in his backpack. A classmate quietly told a teacher they had seen a weapon, and staff quickly tracked down the bookbag and secured a loaded 9mm before anyone...

LAKE TWP. ‒ Lake Township trustees have fired an officer from the Uniontown Police Department , but it's unclear why. Dylan Soisson was within his first year of probationary employment at the department. He was a full-time officer and began work at the beginning of May. His termination is effective immediately....

OHIO — A 25-year-old man is dead following a stabbing Wednesday night in Bedford, according to police. Officers with the Bedford Police Department were dispatched around 8:03 p.m. April 1 to a reported disturbance in the 200 block of Union Street. While en route, officers were informed that a man had been stabbed....