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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County jail inmates are once again being promised better food as officials tweak menus to replace “slurry-type” meals and avoid food waste. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department recently approved enhanced menus for regular and special dietary meals aimed at providing greater variety and...

MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) - The Medina Police Department is asking for help locating a missing 16-year-old girl. According to a Facebook post, 16-year-old Shaniya has been missing since August 3. Police said they do not have any clothing description for her at this time. Shaniya does not have a cell...

Westside Steve Simmons recreates Meat Loaf’s greatest hits with Paradise. BARBERTON A block of W Tuscarawas Avenue will shut down again Aug. 9 and fill with Jim Steinman’s 1970s operatic crescendos as Paradise takes the stage to rock cancer. Paradise is an Easy Street Band tribute project, bringing to life the music...

AKRON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Akron Police Department, making some progress as they investigate that incident last month where 15 people were injured in the parking lot of a high school building. One image is of a young person firing a weapon. Five people were injured...

A coalition of community groups is hoping for sweeping changes to a review — instigated by a civil rights lawsuit — of how the Akron Police Department polices protests. A week before the deadline to provide feedback to the city on a consultant’s draft policy, groups like The Freedom Bloc, Akron NAACP, Indivisible...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Route 62 Canton Walmart store cut the ribbon Friday on a remodeling project at the 21-year-old store. The store features a greater selection of items, while still giving shoppers more space to discover what the store has to offer, according to Walmart.

Authorities in Northeast Ohio launched a major raid against alleged human trafficking and illegal activities in four massage parlors, a law enforcement crackdown that has put a spotlight on the hidden dimension of criminal operations posing as legitimate businesses. The raid, coordinated by the Ohio Attorney General...

OHIO — Authorities are searching for Korvonna Monique Kelley, a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Canton. Korvonna was last seen on August 3, 2025. She is described as a Black female, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. At the time she went missing, she was wearing light...

A tree worker was rescued after being stuck high above ground this week in Ohio.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - 19 Investigates showed you shocking video of a local police sergeant accused of hitting a man’s car — leaving the scene of the accident — and later assaulting him. Now, police have finished their internal investigation into this incident, and some are questioning...