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AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron HAZMAT team was called to investigate a threatening letter that was reported at the John F. Seiberling Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Downtown Akron. Akron fire said they were called around 4:15 P.M. Tuesday, and all precautions were taken. There are no...

BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A new restaurant is scheduled to open next month in a building formerly occupied by Salted Dough Artisan Pizza on Broadview Road. Rewind will move into a standalone building in the Broadview Commons retail plaza off the west side of Broadview just north of Ohio 82.

The good vibes will be flowing in downtown Akron when Lock 3 hosts the two-day Rasta Vibe fest this weekend. It starts Friday evening when two of the area’s longest-running reggae acts, Jah Messengers who roots reach back to the ’70s, and Akron’s own Umojah Nation, with its woman-heavy lineup, take the stage. Local reg

An Alliance police officer faces disciplinary action following his June 7 arrest in Austintown. Sgt. Ethan Griffith faces multiple charges, including a felony, after Austintown police said he crashed a pickup and fled the scene. Griffith, who is the son of former Alliance Police Chief Scott Griffith, was hired May 31,

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Summit County Jail will continue to offer addiction treatment to inmates after an Opioid Remediation Grant was renewed. The two-year, $400,000 grant is through the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. It follows the initial grant of $187,000 in March of last year. That initial award...

The money will enable the addition of aseptic filling and oral solid dose capabilities to support Hikma’s products and contract manufacturing clients.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Akron Fire Department warned that a major gas leak is closing a part of East Avenue on Tuesday morning. According to a social media post, the leak is near East Avenue at the I-76 and I-77 overpass. Akron Fire is asking residents to avoid the...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a man who reportedly stole scratch-off lottery tickets back in March. According to the sheriff’s office, on March 15 at 3:35 a.m., the man came into the Speedway gas station at 3535 Massillon Road in Green.

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio - The Big Idaho Potato Truck, a traveling attraction featuring a giant potato mounted on a flatbed trailer, is scheduled to make a one-day stop in Middleburg Heights on June 11. The truck will be at MOOYAH Burgers, 19137 Bagley Road, on Wednesday, June 11, from 4...

MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) — A local dentist already stripped of his anesthesia license is now facing a second state investigation that could cost him his medical license entirely. It’s a story 19 Investigates began covering last September. In August 2023, 48-year-old Matthew Miller died after having what his...