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Calista Cottingham remembers warning her daughter about potential dangers near water. “Don’t walk on slippery rocks,” the mother said at the time. Yet Calista Cottingham did slip, falling into Lake Erie. She was rescued by her older brothers. She did not know how to swim. Two months later,...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – There have been a few notable house explosions over the last twenty years in Canton. We asked Canton Fire Department Division Chief Steve Henderson what he remembered, recalling a January 2015 vacant home exploding on McKinley Avenue near 7th Street SW, just three blocks from the ce

WADSWORTH, Ohio (WOIO) - A car fire in Wadsworth has shut down part of I-76 on Monday morning. According to the Wadsworth Police, drivers should avoid the area of I-76 eastbound east of 261. The police said they will share when the roadway reopens. This is a developing story. Return...

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The State Fire Marshal is assisting the Canton Fire Department in investigating the huge explosion early Thursday morning. That blast not only blew a house to pieces and injured two men inside, but impacted an entire neighborhood. Fire investigators had not been...

Police are searching for a 17-year-old male last seen in Hills and Dales Village, and an alert has been issued for multiple counties, including Columbiana and Mahoning. Cameron Kiser was last seen on July 31, according to the alert from the Hills and Dales Police Department in Stark County, wearing a white hoodie with

While many families are still shopping for school clothes and supplies, two Portage County academies are getting ready to open. Students at one will return to the classroom Aug. 6. The other, a new charter school, will open Aug. 18 in Ravenna. Bio-Med Science Academy , an independent STEM school based in Rootstown, wil

A man died Saturday night after firefighters pulled him from a burning home in Stow.

AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum is presenting Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors, a sweeping exhibition of monumental paintings by internationally renowned Cree artist Kent Monkman. Through his bold and subversive lens, Monkman reimagines the genre of history painting to confront colonial narratives and o

ERIE, PA - Josue Briceño blasted his second home run of the game in the seventh inning to give the Erie SeaWolves (22-10, 58-42) a 5-4 lead, but two ninth-inning runs from the Akron RubberDucks (12-20, 47-53) proved too much to overcome in a 6-5 loss at UPMC Park on Saturday night.

Akron-Canton Airport has been used for ICE deportation flights since April, according to media partner, the Akron Beacon Journal, sparking protests from nearly 200 community members.