Jail Receiving Grant for Inmate Addiction Services
CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Stark County jail is on the latest list of 11 lockups in the state receiving funding to provide more addiction-related services to inmates. The Route 62 jail is getting $227,000. The Wayne and Tuscarawas County Justice Centers are receiving similar amounts.
Northeast Ohio counties make the case for mental health and addiction services funding
Voters in several Northeast Ohio counties are being asked to consider renewal or replacement levies on the Nov. 4 ballot for their local mental health and recovery boards. These boards provide a variety of services including crisis intervention, alcohol and drug addiction recovery programs, mental health treatment...
720 Market draws big crowds to downtown Hartville
Saturday, Oct. 4, brought beautiful weather and bustling crowds to historic downtown Hartville, where the 720 Market filled the streets with shopping, music, food, and community spirit. The event stretched through the Shops on Sunnyside, Schumacker Plaza, and Prospect Avenue, offering a fall shopping experience that...
Neighbors help neighbors to improve their East Akron community
INSIDE AKRON: Akron Documenters are fanning out across the city’s 24 neighborhoods to elevate places, faces, voices and vibes — as shared by the people who live there. Expect a new profile every day through October. Akron is a working class city with a deep undercurrent of the...
City of Massillon considers roundabouts to replace 2 area intersections
The city is considering three options to ease traffic flow at the intersections of State Route 21 and Lake Avenue Northeast and First Street Northeast at Lake Avenue.
Cuyahoga County jury expected to deliberate Bionca Ellis’ fate this week
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cuyahoga County jury is expected to decide this week whether Bionca Ellis was legally sane when authorities say she fatally stabbed 3-year-old Julian Wood last year. Testimony in the aggravated murder trial began last week before Common Pleas Judge John Russo and included witness accounts...
Cleveland Clinic performs first FDA-approved surgery for stroke recovery in Ohio
CLEVELAND — More than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke each year, with nearly half of survivors living with physical disabilities. For decades, rehabilitation has been the only option for recovery, but a new FDA-approved surgical procedure is offering hope to stroke survivors who have exhausted traditional...
They used a lifesaving Narcan bill to push Bible class. Read that again: Leila...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- What does it say about our lawmakers that a bill meant to put overdose medication in schools morphed into yet another attempt to put religion there, too?. The last-minute rewrite of House Bill 57 was a move so subtle and cynical it nearly escaped notice, yet it pushes Ohio’s public schools even...
Hang out with a friendly bat in children’s book ‘Floppy’s Home’
A bat can live to be 40 years old, but Floppy has been hanging around a lot longer than that. In the endearing “Floppy’s Home: Bats Just Want Friends Too” by Green native Madeline C. Lanshe , Floppy the Bat is all alone in his great stone house. Then a family moves in: The children love Floppy and take him sledding...
9-year-old Alliance boy battling cancer receives special gift from local artist
On Sunday, a local artist found a way to make a little boy from Alliance, Ohio, feel extra special as he continues his fight with cancer.
