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The top selling property in Portage County for the week of May 4 was a home at 998 Sweet Grass Circle in Aurora . The home, which is 3,288 square feet, has four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It was built in 2005 along Aurora Lake. Another property was sold for more than $900,000 in Portage County during the same time per

WADSWORTH — Local animal rescue volunteers are seeking information after a 13-month-old cat was found with a broken leg containing bullet fragments in what is believed to be an animal cruelty case. The tortoiseshell cat, known as Reggie, returned last week to a property near Reimer Road with a...

TWINSBURG, Ohio -- Facing questions about why the Twinsburg Board of Education is spending $1.7 million to renovate Tiger Stadium while cutting expenses after two failed operating levies, school officials said Wednesday the project is being paid for with money that legally cannot be used for teachers, salaries or other

RAVENNA - A Portage County grand jury has indicted four people in connection with a June 12 fight at a winery on Berlin Lake that left a co-owner with severe head injuries. Court records show that Eric Blose, 48, of Sandyville, faces multiple charges, including two counts of felonious assault, one count of aggravated r

Three years into it, things have finally started to click for local rockers Houdini’s Code. Earlier this month, the group played a couple of shows in Akron. In addition, the local alt-rock station 107.3 just played the band’s new single, “Believe,” for the first time (the song arrives on all streaming platforms on June

Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro is pleased to announce that Summit County Animal Control has received a generous donation of 10,000 dog collars and leashes from a local small business. Sydney So Sweet, an online clothing retailer based out of Wadsworth, donated their overstocked collars and leashes this week, hel

The latest research from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates over 32,000 American military veterans experience homelessness on a single night.

ALLIANCE, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - The mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of shooting a 15-year-old girl in the head is charged with tampering with evidence. Erin Barker, 47, is charged with tampering with evidence. Barker’s bond is set at $25,000. Police said Barker’s 14-year-old son used her gun...

A summer evening at a Portage County lakeside winery turned ugly when a liquor-rule dustup spilled toward the docks and left a co-owner seriously injured, authorities say. David Wilson, who helps run the Cove W Winery on Berlin Lake, suffered significant head and jaw trauma on June 12 after he stepped in to help a bart

A late-afternoon attempt to pass on State Route 43 turned tragic yesterday, leaving a 70-year-old Sandy Township man dead and two other people hospitalized about a mile west of Malvern in Carroll County. Emergency crews shut down the two-lane highway while troopers and crash investigators worked the three-vehicle scene