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CUYAHOGA FALLS — Cuyahoga Falls City Council is saying goodbye to traditional, coin-operated parking meters. At the July 27 regular City Council meeting, Council members approved an ordinance to amend Chapter 353 “Parking Meters” of the Cuyahoga Falls Codified Ordinances. The legislation cites the parking meters curren

Tucked away in downtown Canton, Ohio, Bender’s Tavern has been serving up some of the most talked-about seafood in the region for well over a century. What keeps people coming back, though, is one dish that regulars and first-timers alike can’t stop raving about: the crab cakes. With...

Ohio's Canton Fire reported that they no longer believe a man is missing after a search through a debris field on Thursday following a home explosion.

Summit County deputies are asking for help locating 28-year-old Cheyenne Sexton, who the Sheriff’s Office says is wanted on breaking-and-entering and fentanyl-possession offenses. The alert also doubles as a pitch for the agency’s mobile app, which sends residents future warrant bulletins and other public-safety update

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury trial for a Barberton man charged in a deadly domestic dispute shooting at a Barberton intersection, is scheduled to begin Thursday in Summit County Court of Common Pleas. Justice Oney was indicted on the charges of murder, felonious assault, and abduction for the April...

A display of more than 20 tractors spanning nearly 80 years caught the attention of folks driving by a field on Gidding Road in Edinburg Township, in Portage County, Ohio on July 4. Kevin Kibler organized the display of mostly Farmalls and Internationals in honor and memory of his father,...

AKRON, Ohio — The mother of a Stow man who died by suicide in the Summit County Jail after repeatedly asking for mental health treatment has settled her wrongful death lawsuit for more than $1 million. Summit County agreed to pay the estate of Patrick Butcher $770,500, while Summit...

Mystery solved, in that huge blast on Bonnot Place NE in Canton early Thursday morning. Over four hours after the incident, the man reported as missing from the house visited his neighbot on 15th Street NE. That neighbor called 911, with the man having suffered severe burns. He is at...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio law generally bars cities from imposing firearm regulations stricter than state law. Cleveland, Columbus, Akron and Toledo are using other municipal powers to address firearm violence, including funding neighborhood organizations, distributing voluntary storage equipment and supporting programs t

This story has been updated with new information. Twelve Akron Fire Department crews are onsite at an active fire at Holub Recycling, located at 470 N. Arlington St., in Akron the afternoon of July 30. As of 4:10 p.m., fire crews were still battling the blaze, said Tawanna Young, AFD public information officer. A shelt