Akron OH

AKRON, Ohio — A private school in Summit County is a finalist to win $1 million, and if it wins, its innovative teaching style could be taught in other schools across the state. Brandon R. Scarborough leads an all-boy nonprofit private school in Akron. “It has been a very...

Police responded to an open 911 call at 12:47 a.m. Nov. 7 and found the caller had accidentally hit 911 on her cell phone as she was leaving the 42Eighty Food and Drink. She was pulled over on Pearl Road and was arrested after she refused to submit to field sobriety tests. The woman also had a suspended driver’s...

A Cuyahoga Falls man won a life-changing jackpot after buying a $30 scratch-off lottery ticket.

Who’s that girl? Here is a correction that’s long overdue. In 1946, the Beacon Journal misspelled Angelina Merendino’s name in a photo caption. Even worse, we repeated the mistake in September when we republished the image to illustrate an article about readers’ memories . The black-and-white photograph shows a...

The East Liverpool Police Department is searching for the owner of a "starved, neglected" dog.

This story was edited to correct an error. RAVENNA − North Carolina man will spend at least a decade behind bars after his conviction on charges he assaulted a man and the man's sister. Kirey L. Holley, 36, was sentenced Nov. 17 to 10 to 12 years in prison by Portage County Common Pleas Court Judge Laurie J. Pittman....

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - U.S. Marshals announced a reward Monday in connection to the capture of a Northeast Ohio man wanted for attempted murder. Marshals say Dylon Ridgeway spends time in Cuyahoga, Lorain and Erie counties. Further information about the attempted murder was not released. Marshals describe the...

AURORA, Ohio (WOIO) — The family of a 93-year-old Solon man is suing a local nursing home, alleging staff failed to properly supervise him and allowed him to fall three times in five days, with the final fall proving fatal. Roger Andrews died from blunt impact to his head...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Federal prosecutors have charged a former Ohio Senate candidate with embezzling more than $4.5 million from a Warrensville Heights company he worked for and funneling money into his doomed campaign. Jonathan Leissler, 44, of Stow also embezzled money from the Fraternal Order of Police Associates,...

If you thought Ohio’s fast-food scene was calm compared to bigger states, think again, because a Wingstop in Akron just delivered a full-blown drama episode straight out of a reality show. Instead of the usual customer complaints about missing fries or long wait times, people grabbing wings that day ended up...