Akron OH

A federal judge handed down a sentence of 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release for former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison. Hankison was one of the officers who fired his weapon during the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment in 2020. While his bullets didn't hit anyone,...

An Ohio man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say they found five kilograms of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 90. According to court documents, Christopher James Hill, 29, of Parma, Ohio, was arrested on July 18, 2025, after a Lake County Sheriff’s Department highway...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A 43-year-old man pleaded guilty to killing a Bedford woman in December 2023. Joseph Bowman pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Brian Mooney. Bowman was also convicted...

After a week of festivities, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office is bringing the community's attention back to a more sobering matter – the search for this week's most wanted individuals. The announcement came with an air of resignation, evident from the office's own words as they took to social media with a post...

The Revere Local Schools Board of Education called a special meeting on July 18 to announce the hiring of two interim administrators at Richfield Elementary. Kirk Pavelich, former principal at North Royalton Elementary, is the new principal at Richfield Elementary, and Angela Smith, who comes from Madison Local...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Temperatures will drop and the humidity will ease Monday in Northeast Ohio, creating conditions for a very pleasant day. The National Weather Service is predicting sunny skies and highs in the upper 70s. Sleeping conditions will be ideal Monday night — temps will drop to the low 60s and skies will...

The 21st century has seen new forms of communication ecosystem take shape. The internet and social media have reworked how most Americans get their news and information, as well as who the authority is on what can be trusted. With this transformation, some scientists have begun to worry that their...

WOOSTER – Thirteen students graduated after a week-long immersion into the career opportunities Ohio agriculture has to offer at a recent Ohio Farm Bureau ExploreAg camp. During the camp, held at Ohio State ATI in Wooster, teens learned about agriculture and related STEM fields from industry experts, scientists and...

With another big "heat dome" on the way through Ohio later this week; temperatures are going to skyrocket, and your garden is going to need some extra water. But water costs a lot of money–especially here in Akron– where we're not only paying our regular water bills each month, but also a hefty surcharge for the...

AKRON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Akron police have provided images from that crowd situation in the parking lot of the Mason CLC school a week ago. That’s where 15 people were injured when gunfire rang out and people panicked. Ten of the 15 were injured by...