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Akron METRO RTA riders could be left stranded due to a schedule that stretches drivers to the limit.

A 43-year-old Florida man was arrested Dec. 2 after being accused of multiple break-ins, including at the MAPS Air Museum in Green, where the suspect reportedly stole multiple items, including a rifle, the Summit County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies responded to the MAPS Air Museum at about 8:15 a.m. after reports...

KENT, Ohio – To meet the needs of Ohio’s rapidly growing cannabis industry, Kent State University has expanded its partnership with Green Flower and will add six new online Cannabis Career Certificate programs. In 2023 Ohio became the 24th state to legalize the use of cannabis products for...

A man jailed while awaiting trial in the murder of 26-year-old Ryan Godbey died by suicide on Wednesday morning, Dec. 3, according to the Stark County Sheriff's Office.

An Ohio trucking company operator was sentenced this week in connection with a tax evasion scheme. On December 2, 2025, Louisville, Ohio, resident Alice F. Martin, 66, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The 15-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old Twinsburg High School freshman, appeared in Summit County Juvenile Court Wednesday morning. The Twinsburg Township boy is charged with murder and tampering with evidence. The state has filed a motion to have his case bound...

OHIO — A major crash involving a tanker truck has shut down Interstate 271 in both directions from I-71 in Medina County to I-77 in Summit County, creating significant traffic impacts Wednesday morning. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), a tanker carrying ethanol overturned in the northbound...

AKRON, Ohio — Do you know this woman?. Akron police are asking for the public’s help in identifying her after she “was captured on video stealing a deposit bag that contained a large amount of cash and checks” last month from somebody’s purse at Goodwill on East Waterloo Road.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Late last month, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith announced that the state will award more than $24 million in grants to support construction and renovation projects at three jails across the state. According to a release from...

MASSILLON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC and ONN) – Massillon-based Shearer Foods has expanded again, this time in the Dayton area. Production has started on a new chip- and snack-manufacturing facility in Moraine, in a converted General Motors plant. The six-million dollar facility will make single-serve and multi-pack...