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SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A 34-year-old Barberton man accused of hitting a police officer with a hammer, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Summit County Court of Common Pleas Monday. Jacob Culbertson was indicted on the charges of felonious assault, domestic violence, and resisting arrest. Judge Christine...

CLEVELAND — A Canton woman is behind bars after police say a fight devolved into the suspect chasing and hitting victims with her car in the early hours of Monday morning. According to an investigative report provided by the Canton Police Department, officers were called to the Shorb Drive Thru on 12th Street...

A car with a child inside goes over a cliff during a police chase in Maple Heights. Both the driver and the child survived.

Summit Metro Parks is in the process of nominating the site of the area’s first racially integrated neighborhood — the former Wheelock Cuyahoga Acres (WCA) — to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Now part of Summit Metro Park’s Cascade Valley Metro Park, WCA...

MEDINA TOWNSHIP, Ohio. (WOIO/Gray News) - A woman in Ohio made more than 1,700 fraudulent returns at Home Depot locations in multiple states. Medina County prosecutors said Tracy A. James used counterfeit driver’s licenses and aliases to obtain store credit through fraudulent merchandise returns over several years at...

Akron, Ohio’s Shiym Edwards pleaded no contest in Midland to criminal enterprise over $3,930 in lottery tickets; he got 5–10 years and $1,600 restitution.

Gary Allan says that when came from his native southern California to Nashville, “I set out dreaming of a career like Willie Nelson’s.”. Allan (nee Herzberg) has certainly made his mark in country music. He came out strong 30 years ago; his first album, “Used Heart For Sale,” was a Top 20, gold-certified success and...

The following item is a written record of the Akron City Council Ward 4 meeting from Feb. 25, 2026, compiled by Akron Documenter Rebecca Ritterspach. It is not a reported story. Documenters are residents who are trained to observe and document local government meetings. Their notes are edited before publication...

Horseplay between two teenage boys in an Ohio youth prison quickly escalated to shoving and punches and a catastrophic injury . Video released by the Ohio Department of Youth Services shows one employee managing half a dozen youths at Indian River Juvenile Correction Center in Massillon on Jan. 12. Youth Specialist...

AKRON, Ohio — Drivers in Northeast Ohio are seeing a notable jump in gas prices when compared to last week amid the war in Iran. Gas prices in Akron have jumped 64.2 cents per gallon within the last week, bringing the city’s new average up to $3.44, according to new data released by GasBuddy early Monday.