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CLEVELAND — Hit-and-miss storms with torrential rainfall are expected for the next few hours, especially for communities away from the lakeshore. As a front slides through from north to south, rain chances will gradually push south by tonight, but for the next few hours, downpours and lightning will be possible. These

A quiet evening at an Ohio golf course suddenly turned into the kind of scene...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Akron Zoo welcomed two snowy owlets Friday. The zoo said adult snowy owls Frost and Cirrus welcomed the two owlets. The sex of the owlets is unknown at this time, but they are living with their parents in a private bedroom in the zoo’s Garden View Place Building.

Ciao! The Summit County Italian-American Festival returns to Akron on Friday, July 10. The two-day festival put together by the Council of Italian American Societies of Summit County will be on South Main Street at Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron. The free festival opens at 11 a.m. each day and closes at 10 p.m. The fest

The popular Guido’s Pizza & Catering Restaurant will celebrate a significant milestone by hosting a block party to commemorate its 60th anniversary on July 19 at 214 West Main Street in Ravenna beginning at 12 p.m. “I am proud to be a part of it and it is humbling...

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Canton Police Department is asking Friday for the public’s help in identifying a Circle K theft suspect. Police said detectives are looking for the man pictured above, who is wanted in connection with a felony theft from a Circle K. Anyone with information on...

A 6.77-acre property in Lexington Township has been sold for $600,000, according to the most recent property transfers from the Stark County Auditor’s Office. The home on McCallum Avenue NE has an extensive forested area on the property. The property has two buildings and a gazebo. The main house has three bedrooms, th

Two homes in Portage County were sold separately for $575,000 during the week of May 18, according to the most recent property transfers from the Portage County Auditor’s Office. A home at 3952 Heron Creek Drive in Rootstown has three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms in its 4,152 square feet. The home, built in 2014, sits on

New Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 6728 Adams St. in Ravenna, has marked two milestones. Pastor Lisa Cooper-Buford has been appointed the church's first African-American woman pastor. She succeeds the late Pastor B.J. Grant, who led the congregation for several decades prior to his death. New Mount Calvary Baptist Chu

JACKSON TWP., Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The annual Stark County Italian American Festival that was held downtown, at Weis Park and even at the fairgrounds at one time seems to have found a permanent home. The event is back on the campus of Kent State Stark in...