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CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Canton Fire Department responded to a garage fire Thursday. The fire occurred in the garage of a home in the 1900 block of Yale Avenue NW. The department reported no injuries, and the fire remains under investigation.

GREEN — A new truck parking area is coming to the City of Green along Interstate 77 northbound south of Graybill Road. In 2024, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine directed the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to address the need for additional commercial truck parking sites. According to ODOT, in 2023, trucks logged 27.3 mi

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The man accused of intentionally setting fire to Roush’s Market back in May, leaving an Akron neighborhood without its only grocery store is set to arraigned in Summit County Common Pleas Court on Thursday morning. On June 2, U.S. Marshals arrested Manuel Eliezer Ramirez-Molina, 36,...

GREEN — Green High School sophomore Isabella Elmiger has added some art to Green restaurant Sunrise Social as shown below and at right. “It was such an honor to create something and be a part of their awesome space,” Elmiger said. During her freshman year of high school,...

On Wednesday, the Akron community rallied behind a 13-year-old boy who is bedridden and in hospice care due to a brain cancer.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — A 36-year-old man was killed Wednesday night after a motorcycle crash in Stark County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 8:34 p.m. on Battlesburg Road, west of Maplehurst Avenue, in East Sparta. Investigators said Donald W. Baughman, 36, was riding...

WEST AKRON — Mayor Shammas Malik and community partners officially cut the ribbon on the city’s first esports game room July 1 at the Judge James R. Williams Lawton Street Community Center. Speakers included Malik; Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley; Kyle Putinski, executive director of Big Brothers...

HUDSON, Ohio — A 37-year-old Northfield man was killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday night in Hudson, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. The medical examiner’s office said Joseph Gindlesperger was riding a motorcycle southbound on Ravenna Road shortly before 9 p.m. on July 8 when he went off th

FRANKLIN, Pa. (EYT) — An Ohio man faces multiple felony charges after investigators say they identified him through bank surveillance video cashing an altered business check stolen from a Franklin production company. Court records show Franklin Police filed the following charges against Eric Anthony Rogers, 61, of Akro

COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The Ohio Department of Health is advising that you take extra precautions handling fresh fruits and vegetables. There’s an increase in the number of illnesses tied to the parasite Cyclospora. As of July 2 and the latest information, there were 177...