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CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - A judge is expected to decide Monday whether to appoint a special prosecutor for two Canton police officers accused of reckless homicide in the April 2024 death of Frank Tyson while in police custody. Canton Police officers Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch face felony charges in...

OHIO — Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing teen from Canal Fulton, Ohio. Seventeen-year-old Scott Alan Richard Popovich III was last seen on November 24, 2025, and has not been heard from since. Scott is described as a White male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 145 pounds, with...

PLAIN TWP. ‒ A single-story frame house on Stone Crossing Street NE has divided a family against itself. On one side is 92-year-old Ellen Fotiadis. She shared the place with husband, Fotios, until he died in 2008. Soon after, she was made sole owner of the three-bedroom house in the Stonehedge allotment, according to...

The annual Evening in the Village event will be held in downtown Hartville on Sunday, Dec. 7. Mayor Cynthia Billings reminded council at its Nov. 24 meeting of the various activities planned, beginning with Santa Claus arriving on a fire truck, followed by lighting the village Christmas tree. Shops will be open, and...

The City of Canton will open a winter warming shelter on Monday, Dec. 1, due to winter weather conditions.

This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. After nearly a year dark, Akronym Brewing flipped the lights back on downtown with a ribbon‑cutting and grand reopening on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Out front is a new ownership team; in back, original brewmaster Shawn Adams is back on the controls. The...

Police reported two incidents of vehicles being broken into between 8:30 and 8:50 a.m. Nov. 29 on Topsail Drive and Forecastle Trail. Police had no further information at the time of the reports, and the incidents remained under investigation. Traffic crash/OVI, Lawrence Street. Police responded to a single-vehicle...

This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. Akron’s latest café story is unfolding inside the 526 S. Main St. innovation campus: Kabylia Baguette has taken the reins of the on‑site café at the Bounce Innovation Hub, opening October 6 with a clear focus—artisan breads and pastries alongside coffee...

The crash happened outside Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights.

Police arrested an East Cleveland man and a South Euclid woman following a theft-in-progress call at Meijer at 2:40 p.m. Nov. 23. Store security reportedly saw the couple try to leave the store with $245 worth of merchandise without paying. The suspects were identified by police, cited and released. Impaired...