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SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A former lieutenant has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. Charles Mashburn claims his supervisors began retaliating against him after he tried to expose illegal activity within the department. “I worked for Summit County for almost 25 years. I had...

TALLMADGE, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – A shooting incident Saturday night at the Summit County Fairgrounds in Tallmadge sends a 17-year-old boy to the hospital with injuries that are said to not be life threatening. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is working with a suspect description. They...

A teenager is facing a felonious assault charge after an alleged road rage incident turned physical and sent an 87-year-old man to the hospital.

State troopers in Medina County are investigating an Interstate 71 South crash involving an SUV carrying a Missouri family, which hydroplaned and hit a commercial truck, killing the father.

AKRON, Ohio – A new private school that will serve boys in grades K-2 will open in Akron on Aug. 21. The school, Dreams Academy, is the lifelong dream of founder and Executive Director Brandon R. Scarborough. A Buchtel High School graduate, Scarborough has spent years working as a...

Time travel exists, and I’ve found the portal in Barberton, Ohio. It’s a small white building with turquoise trim where calories don’t count and the 1950s never ended. Let me tell you about Dee’s 50’s Place Diner, where nostalgia isn’t just on the menu—it’s baked into the vinyl booths.

People in Northeast Ohio are feeling the heat — not just from summer temperatures, but also from rising electricity bills.

The National Weather Service Cleveland has confirmed a tornado touched down in Wayne County Monday evening.

OHIO — A routine traffic stop in Portage County led to the discovery of more than 400 grams of cocaine and the arrest of two men, according to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). On July 20, deputies pulled over a vehicle on Interstate 76 for a lane violation. The driver, identified as 42-year-old Richard...

After several years of navigating legal issues without in-house counsel — including high-profile controversies — Akron Public Schools has hired a staff attorney. David Sipusic, who most recently worked at Peters, Kalail & Markakis Co., will join APS as in-house counsel. Sipusic, a product of Youngstown State...