Akron OH

A team of Summit Metro Parks employees and volunteers are completing an archaeological dig this week that they hope will reveal more clues about a long-forgotten Akron neighborhood. Beneath a section of Cascade Valley Metro Park lie remnants of Wheelock Cuyahoga Acres, an interracial neighborhood from the late 1940s...

You haven’t truly experienced culinary nirvana until you’ve bitten into a Philly steak sandwich that makes your taste buds stand up and salute. Johnny’s Diner in Hudson, Ohio serves up exactly this kind of transcendent experience, nestled in a time capsule of 1950s nostalgia. The unassuming brick...

OHIO — A 21-year-old motorcyclist from Kent was killed Friday night in a two-vehicle crash in Trumbull County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred around 8:50 p.m. at the intersection of State Routes 5 and 534. According to troopers, a 2007 Jeep Commander was traveling east on SR 5 and attempted to...

The dog's grateful owner let the rescue team name the pup, and they called it "Cinco" — a nod to the Station 5 firefighter crew that made the save

After he returned from studying abroad in Italy in 2002, Michael Maghes and his family received a letter: A cousin from Sicily wanted to reconnect with the American side of their family. “We had no connection, for 40 or 50 years, with anyone back in Italy,” says the co-owner of...

This upcoming school year, parents will spend an estimated average of $628 per child on back-to-school essentials, such as supplies and clothing, according to a recent Savings.com survey. The survey also found that 72% of parents are working to find ways to cut costs in order to afford supplies — an increase of 16%...

Ethnic intimidation, Vienna Drive: On July 7, police were dispatched to a Vienna Drive address regarding a suspicious incident. An arriving officer talked to the resident, who said someone damaged their mailbox and set fire to tree lawn. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...

The first time Melissa Haney and a fellow volunteer performed water testing for Summit County, they had to navigate a busy roadway by foot to access their assigned waterway. The second time, a neighbor led them through her backyard to a portion of the creek. “We’ve kind of made a...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County has secured $30 million in state funding to build its first Community Correctional Facility, a major step toward keeping young offenders closer to home, where they can receive treatment near their families and, ideally, achieve better outcomes. The Ohio Department of Youth Services...

Two people indicted in an September 2023 shooting in Garfield Heights that injured a 6-month-old girl while in her father's arms are headed to prison.