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A woman arrested in Massillon has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for a murder she committed in Maryland. Judge Kimberly McBride sentenced Unique Thorn, 27, on March 10 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. She pleaded guilty on Oct. 14 to second-degree murder for killing 31-year-old Shy'keema Turner in an...

MEDINA, Ohio – The city’s special legislation committee has chosen to table proposed legislation that would implement an emergency snow ban in the city but said they could revisit it at a later time if needed. During a March 9 special legislation committee meeting, Councilor Natalie DiSalvo asked...

When local developers Todd Baughman and Bob Thurber of One Central Commons took ownership of the former Wadsworth Central Intermediate School in January 2025, the business partners had several ideas for rehabilitating most of the 111,420-square-foot, 110-plus-year-old building. Exactly what to do with its crown jewel...

Joe Wise expects insurance to cover his family's losses from a March 7 fire at their Randolph Township home. They have some immediate needs, though, that are extra time-sensitive. Wise and his wife, Kate, are expecting twins, a girl and a boy. Joe Wise said Kate might be induced March 21. The babies will join their...

About 7% of Portage County's households still were without electricity March 14, according to outage maps posted by FirstEnergy. The utility company stated on its website that 5,091 of the county's 76,336 power customers were still without electricity after severe winds March 13. Weather conditions left as many as...

NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Ruth Miller, the Amish mother recently found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning death of her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake last summer, has been committed to a Stark County behavioral health hospital. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest made...

BAINBRIDGE, Ohio — A detective with the Bainbridge Township Police Department who served the community for more than two decades has died unexpectedly, the department announced Saturday. Detective Brian Frew died on Thursday due to a medical condition, according to a statement posted by Bainbridge Township police on...

A Kent man faces charges that he raped a woman and committed other crimes while she was at his home. Jaden Allen Proctor, 19, was indicted on two first-degree felony rape charges; and charges of second-degree felony robbery; third-degree felony intimidation of a victim; fourth-degree felony strangulation; and...

(WKBN) — High winds have knocked down trees and wires throughout the Valley, blocking off multiple roads and causing damage to a home. A tree crashed into a home in Sebring, causing significant damage inside and out. Fire Chief Mike Springer shared photos of the house on Vermont Avenue.

Cuyahoga County is rolling out a new twist on home protection, a “Deed Lock” two-factor authentication system for recorded property deeds that is meant to cut off title fraud before it hits the courthouse records. The idea targets a growing problem that often zeroes in on vacant or lightly monitored homes. Under the...