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AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Akron Police Department Major Crimes Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Saturday evening. According to the medical examiner’s office, Akron Police and EMS responded to a residence in the 1200 block of Winton Avenue at 6:26 p.m. for a shooting. Akron police...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- “What’s up, Mike?”. Veteran mentors clap as Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Andrew Santoli greets his “client,” Michael Williams. They talk sobriety and the struggles of going through the criminal justice system. Santoli isn’t in a robe, but this is a...

CANTON ‒ The Stark County Sheriff’s Office , in collaboration with other members of the Stark County OVI Task Force, will conduct two sobriety checkpoints today in Canton Township. The first checkpoint will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of state Route 172. The second checkpoint will be held from 8:30 t

Scattered rain showers and downpours will continue to redevelop across Northeast Ohio Saturday afternoon. The rain activity will move from west to east across the area Saturday evening. A few rain showers will linger through Saturday night. Here’s the latest hour-by-hour forecast with Futurecast:. Saturday night will b

KENT, Ohio (WOIO) - The Tallmadge Fire Department responded to a fire involving a precision manufacturing company Saturday afternoon. Crews arrived at the scene of a building fire at 4485 Crystal Park at Aptyx at 1:33 p.m. Crews had the fire under control within an hour with help from eight...

A Cuyahoga County judge has ruled that a Cleveland man accused of lunging for an officer’s gun during a chaotic street takeover on Miles Avenue will not be convicted on criminal charges. Instead, the judge found the man lacked the capacity to understand right from wrong and ordered him to a psychiatric facility for tre

BROOK PARK, Ohio – Operating a vehicle under the influence, possession of illegal weapon: Brookpark Road & West 130th Street. A Garfield Heights man, 33, was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. May 9 after police caught him driving drunk and carrying a firearm. Police recorded the man driving a...

BROOK PARK, Ohio – Two neighbors on Holland Road argued and threatened to physically harm each other May 12. Police were called to the scene at about 9 p.m. One of the neighbors, a 37-year-old man, said he was working in his yard when his neighbor’s father-in-law, 67, confronted him.

West Branch High School’s Class of 2026 celebrated its commencement May 22 with 116 students receiving their diplomas. The class had four valedictorians – Allison Kanagy, Addison Reichenbach, Raelyn Walker and Kasen Weaver. Abigail Carver was salutatorian. Weaver gave the commencement address, speaking in his deep gree