Akron OH

Settlements have been reached in two lawsuits against the City of Akron over police misconduct, one alleging state law violations in the April 2024 non-fatal shooting of 15-year-old Tavion Koonce-Williams, and one alleging federal constitutional violations over the January 2024 body slamming of a woman named Dierra...

According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Matthew Ponomarenko died on Dec. 7 at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, Ohio.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Cleveland, OH – A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for northeast Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania as lake effect snow showers continue to impact the region through Thursday night into early...

Canton police said a wanted man turned himself in Wednesday in connection to the murder of a resident who was found dead at his home in September.

WYOMING COUNTY, WV (WVNS) — A man from Ohio was sentenced for a drug crime in West Virginia. According to a press release from the Wyoming County Prosecuting Attorney, 20-year-old Lucas Alexander Robinson, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to one to fifteen years in prison for possessing with intent to deliver a...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A dog was saved from an Akron house fire by firefighters Thursday afternoon. The fire was at a home in the 1000 block of Herbrich Avenue. Crews were called to the house around 5:20 p.m. There were no residents at home at the time of the...

Inside the laundry room at Homeward Bound, a homeless shelter in Wooster, a volunteer folds the latest batch of bedding, while a washing machine spins a sudsy load. "We do a lot of laundry as you can imagine. We provide all the bedding and the shower and towels and stuff like that," says Brandon Barnes, the shelter's...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The victim of a hit-and-run accident in Canton has died from his injuries. 52-year-old Eugene Rogers of Canton passed away on Monday, according to the county coroner’s office. He was struck the day after Thanksgiving while walking along 34th Street NE...

Weeks after members of Akron’s police union and non-union City of Akron employees received retroactive and future pay raises, more than 500 additional city employees are getting pay bumps. Akron City Council voted on Monday evening to approve the financial terms in the city’s new collective bargaining agreements...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Sad news with the passing this morning of former Mayor Tom Bernabei. Mayor Bernabei was undergoing a medical procedure when WHBC News is told he suffered a stroke. He was removed from life support at 9:18 Thursday morning. Thomas Bernabei was born...