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FAIRLAWN, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police say one person is in custody Friday afternoon in connection to an incident at the Summit Mall. Akron police, who are assisting Fairlawn in the investigation, said there was gunfire in the parking lot at 3pm. Officers located and apprehended a 17-year-old male suspect...

Hart County deputies have arrested a 42-year-old Eastanollee man wanted on multiple felony sex-crime warrants out of Stark County, Ohio. Authorities identified him as Anthony William Savko and said deputies found him at Knox Bridge Crossing, then took him to the Hart County Jail without incident. The warrants accuse him of two counts of rape, one count of gross sexual imposition...

MEDINA — Hope Recovery Community embodies the notion of community, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said, noting its importance in bringing people with addiction out of isolation. On Thursday, Kennedy toured a couple of Hope Recovery Community’s spaces, including the Recovery...

A business headquartered in downtown Alliance has purchased another downtown building along East Main Street, according to the latest real estate transfers from the Stark County Auditor’s Office. The Brass Duck Market will be opening soon at 250 E. Main St. The business is relocating from the Carnation Center, also in downtown Alliance. The business, currently known as Nailed It Wood Projects, will close...

The number of trips taken by Akron’s METRO RTA riders increased in 2025, said CEO Dawn Distler during a recent board meeting. METRO had more than 5.6 million trips and its drivers logged more than 6.1 million miles last year. In comparison, there were 5.3 million trips and 5.7 million miles traveled in 2024, according to the agency’s annual report.

Akron Police officers are now being required to process their own criminal complaints during a new weekend closure at the Akron Municipal Clerk of Courts Office.

An Akron animal shelter has answered a nationwide call to help find homes for hundreds of beagles.

AKRON, Ohio – In October of 2022, Akron’s Northside Marketplace was bustling with dozens of artisans and vendors. Today, several of those vendors have pulled out of the marketplace, citing payment delays. Testa Companies founded the marketplace in 2018 as a way to connect consumers with local businesses...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Akron Children’s Hospital on Thursday won the auction to buy Notre Dame College’s campus. The winning bid amount has not been announced for the 48-acre campus that went into foreclosure last year after the century-old South Euclid institution closed. The hospital system came up...

ORRVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - Orrville City Schools were under a soft lockdown on Thursday morning. The soft lockdown was prompted by an incident OCS said was “outside of town and away from our school buildings” around 10 a.m. Despite the location of the incident not being on school...