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RITTMAN, Ohio (WOIO) - Funeral services are taking place Saturday for the Rittman mother and daughter slain in a mass shooting. EN ESPAñOL: Revelan los detalles de los funerales de la madre y la hija asesinadas en Rittman. Loved ones will gather to remember Christine (Christie) McWilliams, 44, and...

AKRON, Ohio — An historic statue has been in the same spot, in front of an Akron fire station for nearly 150 years. After being damaged, this piece of history has been taken down, and the fire crew at Station 2 is not happy to see it go. Akron...

A nighttime ride on Ravenna Road in Hudson ended in tragedy today when a 37-year-old motorcyclist was killed after hitting a downed tree, authorities said. According to officials, the crash happened around 9 p.m. when the motorcycle left the roadway, went into the grass, and struck a fallen tree. The rider was ejected

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Canton Fire Department responded to a garage fire Thursday. The fire occurred in the garage of a home in the 1900 block of Yale Avenue NW. The department reported no injuries, and the fire remains under investigation.

GREEN — A new truck parking area is coming to the City of Green along Interstate 77 northbound south of Graybill Road. In 2024, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine directed the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to address the need for additional commercial truck parking sites. According to ODOT, in 2023, trucks logged 27.3 mi

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The man accused of intentionally setting fire to Roush’s Market back in May, leaving an Akron neighborhood without its only grocery store is set to arraigned in Summit County Common Pleas Court on Thursday morning. On June 2, U.S. Marshals arrested Manuel Eliezer Ramirez-Molina, 36,...

GREEN — Green High School sophomore Isabella Elmiger has added some art to Green restaurant Sunrise Social as shown below and at right. “It was such an honor to create something and be a part of their awesome space,” Elmiger said. During her freshman year of high school,...

On Wednesday, the Akron community rallied behind a 13-year-old boy who is bedridden and in hospice care due to a brain cancer.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — A 36-year-old man was killed Wednesday night after a motorcycle crash in Stark County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 8:34 p.m. on Battlesburg Road, west of Maplehurst Avenue, in East Sparta. Investigators said Donald W. Baughman, 36, was riding...

WEST AKRON — Mayor Shammas Malik and community partners officially cut the ribbon on the city’s first esports game room July 1 at the Judge James R. Williams Lawton Street Community Center. Speakers included Malik; Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley; Kyle Putinski, executive director of Big Brothers...