Akron OH

The Akron Zoo announced Sunday morning it would be closed for the afternoon following the weekend snowfall.

CLEVELAND — Several Northeast Ohio companies are set to add hundreds of new jobs as part of a broader statewide economic development announcement from Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved 17 projects across the state that are expected to create 2,347 new jobs and...

When the government shutdown forced many nationally funded programs to halt their efforts for several weeks, one of those programs that saw its funds completely stopped was Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, a national program that provides food benefits to low-income families to...

Brandi Miller and her family will celebrate this Christmas in their own home. Miller received the keys Dec. 10 from Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity during a ceremony at the new home on East Patterson Street in Alliance. Miller, a 35-year-old mother of three, took possession of the new ranch home with four bedrooms...

BARBERTON, Ohio — A Doylestown man just hit it big after winning a prize worth $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket he bought in Barberton. The Ohio Lottery says that winning ticket -- which was from the $1,000,000 Cashword game -- was sold at Circle K #5594 at 224 31st Street SW.

In 2014, Jake Wherley’s parents adopted a 9-year-old calico cat named Mackenzie from Paws and Prayers, a foster-based pet rescue in Cuyahoga Falls. On the surface, Mackenzie behaved like any other cat. But she didn’t have claws. That became an issue when the Wherley family adopted a younger, playful kitten. Mackenzie...

AULTMAN HOSPITAL Nov. 24, 2025 Cassidi and Drake Lohnes of Alliance, girl Alexa Santomen-Marshall and Tylor Hendrie of Canton, girl Nov. 25, 2025 Jennifer Uplinger and Hogan Wade of Louisville, girl Teeya Brown and Andrew Deal of Canton, girl Nov. 26, 2025 Katherine Jenkins and Cameron Johnson of Canton,...

Police are investigating a traffic crash at 10:13 a.m. Dec. 11 involving a garbage truck and an Amazon delivery vehicle. The drivers were reported driving in opposite direction and struck each other’s side mirrors. Officers at the scene were unable to determine which of the drivers was at fault.

Despite a fatal mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, many Northeast Ohioans gathered for the lighting of the first candle on the Menorah on Sunday.

Sheriff’s Office gets traffic safety grants CANTON – The Stark County Sheriff’s Office recently received $630,034 in federal traffic safety funding through the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office for the federal fiscal year Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2026. This money is a combined total...