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The Summit County Sheriff’s Office used the March 2 trustees meeting to warn residents about a phone scam in which callers impersonate deputies by name — information pulled from public court records — and demand payment in Bitcoin or gift cards. The sheriff’s office was clear: it never asks for money over the phone....

Recess chatter at Longcoy Elementary in Kent, Ohio, turned into a gun scare Thursday when school staff discovered a second-grader had a loaded handgun tucked in his backpack. A classmate quietly told a teacher they had seen a weapon, and staff quickly tracked down the bookbag and secured a loaded 9mm before anyone...

LAKE TWP. ‒ Lake Township trustees have fired an officer from the Uniontown Police Department , but it's unclear why. Dylan Soisson was within his first year of probationary employment at the department. He was a full-time officer and began work at the beginning of May. His termination is effective immediately....

OHIO — A 25-year-old man is dead following a stabbing Wednesday night in Bedford, according to police. Officers with the Bedford Police Department were dispatched around 8:03 p.m. April 1 to a reported disturbance in the 200 block of Union Street. While en route, officers were informed that a man had been stabbed....

AKRON, Ohio - A Summit County judge set bond at $3 million Thursday for an Akron man charged with fatally shooting a mother and her 12-year-old son following a parking dispute. Brandon T. Casto, 28, faces two counts of aggravated murder and two counts of felonious assault in the deaths...

Some restaurants in Ohio keep coming up for a reason. Once you hear about the dishes people cannot stop talking about, it starts to make sense. Think Wagyu pigs in a blanket, a halibut that gets a lot of praise, tableside Caesar salad, lobster deviled eggs, and steaks cooked the way they were actually ordered.

Jarrett, an award-winning third-party logistics provider, announced the official opening of its newest warehouse facility, encompassing 408,000 square feet, located at Wooster’s Innovation Park. The opening marks a milestone for the company, pushing its total warehouse footprint over 1 million square feet and further...

A man drove away after hitting an 84-year-old woman leaving a children's Christmas concert. His punishment? Three years of community control and a really long time stuck at home.

Some of the best steakhouses in Ohio are the ones people almost miss. This one sits along the road in Ravenna with a buzzing neon sign out front and very little interest in showing off, but inside, it serves the kind of meal that stays on your mind long after dinner is over.

This story has been updated with additional information. Facing chronic staff shortages, the state is pausing admissions to the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, one of Ohio's three youth prisons. Ohio Department of Youth Services Director Amy Ast sent a letter April 2 to juvenile court judges, announcing...