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The top selling property in Portage County for the week of March 16, 2026, was a home at 825 W. Club Drive in Aurora , which was sold for $1.37 million. The five-bedroom, 4½-bathroom home was built in 2024. The 5,000-square-foot home has a three-car garage and a large kitchen with two islands, one with work space and one with...

Unassuming from the outside but extravagant on the inside—an Ohio home is getting national attention after an appearance on Zillow Gone Wild. The popular Instagram account boasts over 2 million followers. The Akron, Ohio home was featured in this post. BROUGHT TO YOU BY. The 3,862 sq. ft. home...

STOW, Ohio — Stow officials are confronting a question that more cities across America are beginning to face, as technology changes faster than zoning codes: If a modern retractable safety cover can seal off a swimming pool with the push of a button, should homeowners still be required to build a fence around it?

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) — Akron police and the Ohio Casino Control Commission raided two businesses this week after complaints of illegal gambling operations. Exclusive body camera video obtained by 19 Investigates shows officers entering a business on East Tallmadge Avenue just before 2 p.m. on May 5 to join a search warrant being executed. The video shows a man on the floor in handcuffs and...

FAIRLAWN, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police say one person is in custody Friday afternoon in connection to an incident at the Summit Mall. Akron police, who are assisting Fairlawn in the investigation, said there was gunfire in the parking lot at 3pm. Officers located and apprehended a 17-year-old male suspect...

Hart County deputies have arrested a 42-year-old Eastanollee man wanted on multiple felony sex-crime warrants out of Stark County, Ohio. Authorities identified him as Anthony William Savko and said deputies found him at Knox Bridge Crossing, then took him to the Hart County Jail without incident. The warrants accuse him of two counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition...

MEDINA — Hope Recovery Community embodies the notion of community, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said, noting its importance in bringing people with addiction out of isolation. On Thursday, Kennedy toured a couple of Hope Recovery Community’s spaces, including the Recovery...

A business headquartered in downtown Alliance has purchased another downtown building along East Main Street, according to the latest real estate transfers from the Stark County Auditor’s Office. The Brass Duck Market will be opening soon at 250 E. Main St. The business is relocating from the Carnation Center, also in downtown Alliance. The business, currently known as Nailed It Wood Projects, will close...

The number of trips taken by Akron’s METRO RTA riders increased in 2025, said CEO Dawn Distler during a recent board meeting. METRO had more than 5.6 million trips and its drivers logged more than 6.1 million miles last year. In comparison, there were 5.3 million trips and 5.7 million miles traveled in 2024, according to the agency’s annual report.

Akron Police officers are now being required to process their own criminal complaints during a new weekend closure at the Akron Municipal Clerk of Courts Office.