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A full grocery cart should not feel like a financial jump scare. Ohio shoppers know that, and this discount grocery store has built a loyal following by making the weekly stock-up feel a lot less painful. The thrill here is not fancy shelving or mood lighting. It is finding name-brand...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) — A winery owner in Ohio was seriously injured when he was attacked by a customer while trying to protect a bartender, officials said. According to Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski, Eric Blose was arrested Tuesday. The sheriff said Blose assaulted the owner of...

Seven years after opening its own group home so teens in foster care wouldn't have to be sent outside Portage County, a county agency will transfer management of the home to an outside organization. The department announced that on Aug. 1 it will transition operation of the residential program on Brady Lake Road to The

Attempted breaking and entering, Akins Road: On May 5, police were dispatched to an Akins Road rehab center regarding a possible break-in. An arriving officer talked to the caller, who said she returned to work that morning to find a window partially open, her computer monitor turned sideways and an office phone unplug

MONTVILLE TWP. — Veterans who live in the Medina County area will be able to get their healthcare from a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Montville Township starting next year. Dave Chmielewski is the chief of community outpatient services for the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System. He said around...

From stormwater management to dam removal, Akron-area waterways are seeing investments following decades of pollution and neglect. And while multimillion-dollar projects, like Akron’s sewer project, tend to get the fanfare, much smaller — and cheaper — community-led efforts are helping to restore the health and beauty

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Bond was set at a million dollars on Tuesday for Larry Grimes of Canton. He’s one of two men charged in the shooting death of 51-year-old Richard Poole of Canton in the parking lot of the Skyline Apartments last month. The...

A total of 256 different families came to the Love Center during May. Some families came in more than once, making a total of 357 visits. Food from the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank was 30,325 pounds, and food donated by businesses, churches and individuals was 12,923 pounds. Volunteer hours served at the Love Center

Nathaniel Hang is 20. He's been missing since June 3 and was last seen in Alliance.

SOLON, Ohio -- Extortion: Solon Road. At 3 p.m. June 16, a Solon man, 40, reported that he was the victim of online extortion. The man had begun a conversation with someone he believed was a woman on a Reddit chatroom. They then switched to another platform, Telegram, to continue communicating.