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MEDINA, Ohio – As part-time laborer positions within the parks department are becoming increasingly difficult to fill, the city is looking to amend the salaries and benefits code by transitioning two part-time laborer positions into one full-time position. “Our department is allocated six part-time laborers so this...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Charges are now pending after the Portage County Sheriff’s Office investigated an online child exploitation case involving a 14-year-old girl. According to a Portage County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, on Saturday morning, deputies responded to a home in Mantua Township regarding a...

Summit County Public Health announced that it now offers certified birth and death certificate copies for all Ohio counties for any person who was born or died in Ohio. This covers births from Dec. 20, 1908, to the present and deaths from January 1, 1971, to the present. The cost is $22 per copy. Anyone can...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is updating federal standards to improve how car seats are tested.

Reeves Cake Shop in Akron announced this week that the family-owned business plans to retire at the end of 2026.

CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley sent a cease-and-desist letter Thursday ordering county officials to immediately stop work on a new jail facility. He is alleging the nearly $1 billion project violated Ohio law by bypassing required oversight approvals before construction began. O'Malley...

RAVENNA − Mayor Frank Seman said the city is in a good place as it enters 2026, although he's less optimistic about the city's future than he was in years past . In his March 23 State of the City address, Seman said that while Ravenna remains in a strong financial position and is continuing its economic recovery, he...

PARMA, Ohio (WJW) — The deployment of school board member Ashley McTaggart, an Air Force veteran and active reservist, was the focus of a board meeting on Thursday with her counterparts trying to determine if she can legally attend the board meetings virtually or if her position on the board can be declared vacant.

U.S. Marshals Service, File Photo U.S. Marshals and local task force officers ended a series...

Keep Akron Beautiful is hosting its annual "Clean Up Akron Month" this April. This year, the event is part of the nation’s largest community improvement program.