Akron OH

Three years into it, things have finally started to click for local rockers Houdini’s Code. Earlier this month, the group played a couple of shows in Akron. In addition, the local alt-rock station 107.3 just played the band’s new single, “Believe,” for the first time (the song arrives on all streaming platforms on June

Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro is pleased to announce that Summit County Animal Control has received a generous donation of 10,000 dog collars and leashes from a local small business. Sydney So Sweet, an online clothing retailer based out of Wadsworth, donated their overstocked collars and leashes this week, hel

The latest research from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates over 32,000 American military veterans experience homelessness on a single night.

ALLIANCE, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - The mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of shooting a 15-year-old girl in the head is charged with tampering with evidence. Erin Barker, 47, is charged with tampering with evidence. Barker’s bond is set at $25,000. Police said Barker’s 14-year-old son used her gun...

A summer evening at a Portage County lakeside winery turned ugly when a liquor-rule dustup spilled toward the docks and left a co-owner seriously injured, authorities say. David Wilson, who helps run the Cove W Winery on Berlin Lake, suffered significant head and jaw trauma on June 12 after he stepped in to help a bart

A late-afternoon attempt to pass on State Route 43 turned tragic yesterday, leaving a 70-year-old Sandy Township man dead and two other people hospitalized about a mile west of Malvern in Carroll County. Emergency crews shut down the two-lane highway while troopers and crash investigators worked the three-vehicle scene

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Northfield man is accused of threatening to kill a police officer in Summit County and a sheriff’s deputy in Florida. Jayson Tennant, 44, is also accused of threatening to shoot up the FBI office in downtown Cleveland, court records say. Tennant was indicted this...

A Portage County grand jury has returned an indictment against three people in connection with a fight at a local winery that seriously injured the owner.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) identified the suspect in a 26-year-old Summit County cold case, and he was charged and arrested Thursday. Using a stored DNA sample, BCI identified 48-year-old Anthony D. Collins of Seville, Ohio, as the suspect in the cold case that...

More than a month after he and Sgt. Dan Broome were stabbed in the line of duty, Wayne County Sheriff Tom Ballinger said heroism came from many directions May 12, the day the stabbing occurred. During a recent awards ceremony, Ballinger recognized Broome for his courage, honored deputies and emergency personnel for the