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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Students at Akron’s I Promise School are getting new bikes and a renovated market ahead of the first day of school next week. New bikes lined the playground at I Promise School on Thursday, featuring a red, white and blue design. “It just shows you...

Canton police are searching for the suspect in a Tuesday night shooting that injured two, according to a release from the department.

AKRON, Ohio — High-profile shootings and beatings by Akron police have brought a slew of headlines, national attention and lawsuits in recent years. The lawsuits have accused Akron officers of misconduct in fatal and nonfatal shootings, beatings and wrongful arrests, including at protests. In a three-day span this week

An Akron man is growing frustrated and worried for his safety more than a month after part of a tree came crashing down onto the house where he lives.

Akron's Offensive Coordinator of the Game contest is under fire and drawing "rigged" claims after two creators, including Barstool's Big Kat, reached the final group of contenders

Akron’s viral “Offensive Coordinator of the Game” contest sparks CFB outrage after celebrity finalists accuse it of a rigged promotion.

COVENTRY — The Coventry Township Board of Trustees approved an electrical upgrade and an additional concrete pad at Logan Field during the Aug. 13 meeting. The township has been making improvements at the field including the construction of a new field house. Trustees approved a $5,134 purchase order with...

On West Market Street on the edge of Highland Square, next door to Rockne’s at Merriman Road, sits Frank’s Place On Market. The small neighborhood restaurant with the U-shaped bar is known for both its smiling servers and seasoned burgers. Since it opened in Akron, the “peoples’ bar” has been called “The Village” in th

Eufrancia Lash has long heard that Akron families take their young children to parks in neighboring communities. That’s why he wants Hardesty Park’s playground, part of an open, grass-covered 17-acre space in the Wallhaven neighborhood, to serve as a closer option. And not just for adults and children who live near the

FAIRLAWN — At its Aug. 17 regular meeting, Fairlawn City Council approved an addition to the city code that will require any application for a utility work permit in a city right-of-way to include a safety plan. The application for a permit must now include “a safety plan that...