Akron OH

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We asked for your favorite burgers in Akron , but some couldn't resist. Submissions for our bracket tournament poured in from outside of the city, from neighboring communities like Copley and Cuyahoga Falls to counties surrounding Summit. Of the nearly 85 restaurants nominated, more than half were outside of Akron....

There's a major traffic backup in Summit County Tuesday afternoon on I-77 North due to a significant crash.

Speeding “hell on wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla has been refused a new trial — because her lawyers were too slow and filed the request a day late. The ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court decision denying another trial for Shirilla, who was just 17 when she intentionally slammed her...

PLAIN TWP. − At John’s Bar & Grille , big portions and loyal customers have been the recipe for success since 1945. Even after relocating in December 2021 from Canton to 2658 Easton St. NE in the Oakwood Square, the longtime Stark County favorite continues to fill its dining room with customers eager for ribs,...

If you buy a house in Perry Township in Stark County these days, you may not have access to water. But it’s not because of service issues. Since early February, requests for Canton water service in Perry have been denied amid a legal dispute between the township trustees and Canton’s mayor.

The office launched the program in 2018. It sees hundreds of people take advantage of the coupon code during major holidays and weekends.

NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Holmes County woman found ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ to aggravated murder charges in the drowning death of her four-year-old son at Atwood Lake last Summer has been sentenced. 40-year-old Ruth Miller will will receive mental health...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – A shot was fired at a Canton bar with two off-duty city police officers and a crowd of people inside Sunday evening. Fortunately, the only injury was to a man behind the bar grazed by the bullet. It happened at the Wave...

A Pennsylvania man will spend several years behind bars for a crash that killed a friend and injured another motorist , but only after he receives his university degree. Judge Laurie J. Pittman sentenced Jakob Quentin White , 21, to three years in prison during his sentencing hearing March 16 in Portage County Common...