Akron OH

An Akron man was sentenced today for his connection to the 2020 shooting death of an 8-year-old girl.

SEBRING, Ohio - A mother from Sebring spoke at a school board meeting Monday evening to call on the district to change its policies in response to reported sexual assault or harassment on school grounds. "Believe children. Act first. Investigate later. That's how we protect them all," the mother said...

For more than three decades, Jim Collver has transformed Northeast Ohio into a gallery of public symbols. Bras. Banners. Red maple trees. Anything that makes people stop and feel something. Collver uses such items to amplify voices that are or were muted by society’s past norms. Yet he initially struggled...

AKRON, Ohio — The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by an Akron police officer sued the city on Monday over the Thanksgiving Day 2024 shooting that sparked controversy and protests. Jazmir Tucker, a North High School freshman, “posed no immediate threat” before Akron police officer...

(RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio) — Judge Tonya R. Jones and the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court are combating domestic violence within the county. Judge Jones, accompanied by her colleagues, are presenting the Domestic Violence Community Awareness & Safety Resource Forum in different cities across the county...

The last of six people indicted in the 2021 torture and murder of a 21-year-old woman in East Cleveland in 2021 was convicted by a jury.

Ohio is drowning in local governments—a staggering 2,234 separate cities, villages, and townships, each with their own councils, services, and parochial interests, and Today in Ohio podcast hosts applauded a new bipartisan effort aims to tackle the fragmentation. How? With the power of the purse. Lawmakers propose...

Taste This: Crab stuffed mushrooms ($12.99 as of Nov. 20) at Papa Joe’s Iacomini’s Italian Restaurant, Market, and Wine Shop , located at 1561 Akron Peninsula Road in Akron’s Merriman Valley neighborhood. Creator: Joe Alvis, executive chef. Eye test: Five Silver Dollar mushrooms are filled with the...

A 75-year-old woman was arrested Monday evening on what authorities with the Canfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol say is her fourth OVI offense in the last decade.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Summit County residents can get a free ride home over the Thanksgiving holiday, thanks to Arrive Alive, a campaign that hopes to keep drunk drivers off the roads. The program aims to keep the roads safe as families gather for Thanksgiving. To do this, Prosecutor...