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CANTON, Ohio — New court records and a courtroom appearance Tuesday are shedding more light on a Canton Walmart incident that escalated during a shoplifting investigation. Twenty-one-year-old Shane Newman appeared in Canton Municipal Court, now charged with attempted murder and several other charges. His case will...

Sheriff's deputies recovered $110,000 that a Green man had lost earlier this year in a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme, according to a news release.

Cleveland Metroparks recently announced an exciting find on a trail cam placed in the greater Cleveland, Ohio-area parks system—a rare animal that scientists haven’t seen in the area since the 1800s. The animal is a fisher, a medium-sized carnivore in the same family as weasels, martens, and otters.

A 21-year-old man has died days after he was involved in a crash in Stark County.

In Dateline S21 E22, the murder case of Hannah Hill is explored. It is one of the most tragic things to have ever happened in Akron. The eighteen-year-old disappeared in May 1999 after she left home the previous year, before beginning a new job. Seven days later, she was found in the trunk of her car, on a deserted...

Almost monthly we read reports about local juveniles breaking into parked vehicles and either hot-wiring or stealing contents from them. One was as young as 11 years old, with other children with him (“Watch Video: 11-year-old leads police on pursuit, crashes into home in Newburgh Heights,” cleveland.com, Dec. 22).

PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - The Stark County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a missing 15-year-old girl last seen on Tuesday. According to a Stark County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, 15-year-old E’laela Torres was last seen around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the 2600 block of Dutch Circle NE in Plain...

I stumbled upon Worden’s Ledges Loop Trail on a crisp autumn morning, and honestly, I wasn’t prepared for what I found tucked away in Hinckley Reservation. This short but spectacular 0.75-mile trail combines Mother Nature’s ancient sandstone artistry with some of the most bizarre and captivating hand-carved...

It’s rare to see someone openly taunting and provoking the police. Most people, when faced with officers, either keep their distance or try to stay as cooperative as possible. In Berea, Ohio, however, one man chose a very different approach. Instead of avoiding attention, the Berea man leaned into it, openly mocking...

An Akron mom is finding new hope thanks to some special people. She had just wanted to help warn people about the work-from-home problem she was having, but then your generosity kicked in.