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Northeast Ohio’s job market is pulling in two directions. Health care employers kept hiring this spring, but the gains at hospitals and clinics were not strong enough to counter job cuts in manufacturing and other goods-producing sectors. The result: regional payrolls that are flat to slightly down and an uneven recovery that depends a lot on which side of town – and which industry...

The J.M. Smucker Co. is unveiling redesigned packaging for its Smucker’s fruit spreads — the first visual overhaul in nearly three decades. The new jars began hitting shelves this spring, building on the brand’s iconic ’90s-era design with bolder colors, larger fruit imagery and an expanded use of its signature gingham pattern.

Four U.S. cities say the hamburger was invented within their bounds. Here's what history shows.

School staff at Longcoy Elementary in Kent, Ohio, scrambled into lockdown mode Thursday afternoon after a second-grade student was found with a loaded 9mm handgun in their backpack. The incident, which took place around 12:30 p.m. on April 2, resulted in the arrest of the child’s mother, 34-year-old Gloria Luster.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The air mass will continue to get colder through early tomorrow. A couple of disturbances will be impacting the area today and tonight. Mostly cloudy today. Showers will be in the area containing a winter mix. It will be mainly rain during the afternoon hours. High temperatures 46 to 56 degrees.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WVDN) — Pickering Associates, a West Virginia-based architecture, interior design, engineering, and surveying company, has acquired TC Architects, an experienced architecture and interior design firm based in Akron, Ohio. “We are excited about this new venture and the opportunity to offer clients across the region expanded services and greater value,” said Pickering Associates […] The post Pickering Associates Acquires TC Architects TC to...

The Akron Planning Commission approved the renewal of Welcome Home Akron, Mow to Own and Summit Lake Lot Sale at its March 13 meeting. These property programs will help facilitate the sale of nearly 400 city-owned lots to builders, individuals or homeowners, depending on how the sales fit within each program’s rules.

AKRON, Ohio — Gas prices have dropped in Northeast Ohio within the last week. Drivers in Akron are now paying an average of $3.73 per gallon after prices went down 12.5 cents compared to last week, according to new data released by GasBuddy early Monday. Cleveland’s average has now...

The Eastwood Swim Park in Akron’s Goodyear Heights neighborhood was a popular destination for local families for decades. Now, the family member who owns it is asking for a conditional-use permit to rezone the land for commercial use as a defense education training facility. The 12-acre property, which is...

AKRON, Ohio – In a way, Stricklands was destined to take off - literally. Back in 1936, Bill Strickland liked the location for his ice cream stand because planes were taking off and landing right across the street. “What better spot in Akron, Ohio, to watch airplanes?” owner Scott...