Akron OH

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Because of the high Heat Index forecast for the next several days, the city of Canton is working with the Refuge of Hope and SARTA to provide relief to those without air conditioning. The Refuge of Hope in downtown Canton will be...

Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland are on the brink of resolving a long-running dispute over how city inmates are housed in the county jail, reducing the time that prisoners may be held without charges. That is progress, but let’s hope it is just a first step. When the...

The Akron Urban League, The Freedom BLOC and the Akron NAACP partnered on the Stronger Together Juneteenth celebration Saturday at the Urban League’s headquarters on Vernon Odom Boulevard in Sherbondy Hill. The event featured food trucks, live performances, local vendors, kids’ activities and health and wellness...

The MidTown site offers roughly three times the size of the original CleaveLand Grocers location that closed in Brook Park. By Douglas Trattner. When a devastating fire shuttered CleaveLand Grocers (13425 Snow Rd., 440-306-5374) in Brook Park, it left a hole in the marketplace for members of the Muslim community who...

First responders located the body of a 5-year-old boy who went missing after a raft carrying him and his father capsized on the Cuyahoga River Saturday evening, according to the Akron Fire Department.

She was found decades ago with turquoise jewelry, and had been named by investigators as the "girl with the turquoise jewelry."

The ceiling hovered high, a pale grid above soft-lit floors and brick-wrapped columns. Inside Randall Park Mall, the air once smelled like cinnamon from the pretzel stand and freon from the skating rink chill. Each step echoed sharply against terrazzo tiles that carried sound deep into the concourse. In 1976,...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter (CCAS) is asking residents to consider opening their homes for the summer to seven dogs who have been awaiting adoption for more than 100 days. A couple of the dogs have been waiting for more than a year. Some have never...

With dangerously high heat expected this weekend, Cleveland and Akron officials are keeping local cooling centers open longer.

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Several vehicles were damaged on I-480 Friday morning. This happened during rush hour between Broadway Avenue and Transportation Blvd. According to an Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) spokesperson, there was an issue with where the pavement met a bridge in the construction...