Akron OH

A Summit County grand jury indicted nine people after a multi-year investigation into a criminal gang operating in Akron between 2019 and 2024, authorities said Wednesday. The Akron Police Department led the investigation, which centered on alleged members of the Down the Way gang, or DTW, who officials claim were...

Gerald Olin Finley drove to Deerfield Township Fire Station 57 on Sept. 7, directing medical personnel to his car, where they found 79-year-old Emilia Vinokur with two gunshot wounds to the head.

Northeast Ohio pediatric hospitals are bracing for a rough stretch as influenza B tears through the region, with children’s facilities reporting a sharp jump in positive tests over the last month. Clinicians say more kids are showing up sicker than in a typical year, and emergency departments along with pediatric...

Authorities in Ohio charge that a North East woman found dead in an Akron-area hotel room Jan. 1 was killed by a man who days later held another woman against her will and brutally beat her. The Copley, Ohio, Police Department announced Feb. 20 that 29-year-old Marcus Dangelo Price was charged with murder, felonious...

Patience has paid off for a Summit County grandmother. The Ohio Lottery says a Northfield resident has hit a jackpot in one of its scratch-off games. The winner, whose identity was not released, told lottery officials that she recently took several winning scratch-off tickets that she had been saving to a grocery...

Two Cuyahoga County men pleaded guilty to cocaine possession charges in Portage County Common Pleas Court, and now await sentencing. Richard Bertheir Johnson IV, 42, of Shaker Heights and Sir Don Kandia Simmons, 38, of Euclid pleaded guilty Feb. 17 to third-degree felony possession of cocaine during what was...

For 32 years, the Medina Ice Festival has provided residents and visitors of the city with an opportunity to see unique ice sculptures, observe ice carving competitions and patronize local stores and restaurants on Public Square. From Feb. 20-23, the annual winter tradition will continue with more opportunities to...

Coffee and pastries will be on the menu at a new bakery and cafe concept.

One person was hospitalized early Thursday following a house fire in Goodyear Heights, the Akron Fire Department reported. Fire crews responded to reports of a fire in the 1300 block of Ottawa Avenue at 2:37 a.m. Feb. 19. Smoke and fire were first spotted at the front of the one-story house, the department reported....

The Last Meal restaurant in Galion bills itself as the first true crime restaurant.