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When my parents in Copley, Ohio, raised Romney sheep primarily for fiber, they had to send the fleece out of state. The first time they sent off the wool, my father promised to take my stepmother out to dinner when the check arrived. When it did, even McDonald’s was off the menu.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Heat and humidity will be the main weather story across Northeast Ohio on Wednesday, with the Cleveland metro now included in a heat advisory. The National Weather Service in Cleveland expanded the heat advisory Wednesday morning to cover portions of North Central Ohio and the Cleveland area, includin

For those of us lucky enough to catch our heroes in the flesh and in their prime, I guess we can sleep easy. For those artists we missed for one reason or another (there was always a reason), we may be lucky enough to catch them performing late into their careers while still on their feet. And it seems that rock & roll

It’s up to the state auditor’s office now. Brimfield Township, which manages the Kent-Brimfield Maintenance and Improvement fund for the mutually beneficial Joint Economic Development District, may be in for some more bad news. The Kent-Brimfield JEDD is south, east and west of Kent, but north of a...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A man accused in a road rage shooting in Cuyahoga Falls last November, has a plea hearing in Summit County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday. Kamar Marshall Parham, of Akron, was indicted on three counts of felonious assault and one count of tampering with evidence.

Two former FirstEnergy executives have been re-indicted for their alleged roles in the House Bill 6 scandal involving the Akron-based electric utility, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich recently announced. “The roots of this complex case haven’t changed – FirstEnergy was hija

A sudden sinkhole swallowed up a woman’s SUV with her inside as she was driving to work.

Members of the union representing Akron Metro bus drivers have voted overwhelmingly, 294 against to 2 for, rejecting recommendations made by a fact finder that would have ended a stalemate between the union and the bus service since their last contract expired two years ago.

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Springfield High School student is paralyzed after being shot during a robbery Saturday. Her mother says the teen is six months pregnant and may never be able to care for her unborn child. According to a police report, 18-year-old Angel and her boyfriend drove to...

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...