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Dockside Grille is lining up to be Portage Lakes' newest lakefront hangout, with owners targeting a May opening in the building that previously housed The Ramp. The concept leans into grill-forward comfort fare, with plates like steaks with potatoes and asparagus, pastas, shrimp, and perch, plus beer, wine, and...

CANTON ‒ A 15-year-old who fatally shot his 12-year-old brother on Jan. 9 will spend at least a year in the custody of the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Amir P. Lucas was sentenced after pleading "true" April 2 in Stark County Family Court to a charge of being delinquent by reason of reckless homicide in...

OHIO — A woman has been charged after her 8-year-old child brought a loaded handgun to an elementary school in Kent on Thursday, according to police. Authorities said officers responded to Longcoy Elementary School around 12:30 p.m. after a student reported seeing a gun in a second grader’s waistband during recess....

WADSWORTH, Ohio -- Wadsworth City Schools officials will host two community meetings next week to provide information and answer questions about the proposed income tax levy on the May 5 primary ballot. The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday at the Bayberry Estates Clubhouse, 550 Arcadia Road....

The city of Akron has move up the deadline for completing deadly police use of force investigations. The head of the Citizens Police Oversight Board hopes that means a door is open for bigger changes in the next contract. In a memorandum of understanding signed March 13 and released this...

Fleeing, I-77: On Feb. 26, police observed a speeding black Lincoln Corsair traveling 85 mph in a 60-mph zone of I-77. The officer caught up with the driver, who initially pulled over before merging back onto the highway and hitting speeds exceeding 127 mph. The driver turned off the Lincoln’s...

A big thank you to the selfish parent who decided to send their elementary-school-age child to school knowing they had a fever and were throwing up. Your child coughed in my face and now I’m sick. During the holiday time when I had planned to be with my family,...

A 34-year-old woman has been charged with a misdemeanor after her 8-year-old son, a second-grader at Longcoy Elementary School in Kent, brought a 9mm handgun to school.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A driver who pleaded guilty to a hit and run crash that killed an 84-year-old Boston Heights woman, was sentenced Thursday. Joseph Zolnowski, of Parma, was sentenced to three years community control, 90 days of house arrest, and one year driver’s license suspension. In...

For the first time in more than 50 years, Ravenna’s ward and precinct boundaries are set be redrawn. City Council on March 23 agreed to form a committee to review the redistricting process and to ultimately pass a resolution approving new ward maps. Since 1953, Ohio law has required...