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CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - A jury found a 19-year-old woman guilty of killing her brother-in-law last February. The trial for Money Baccus began Jan. 13 in front of Stark County Court of Common Pleas Judge Taryn Heath. On Jan. 16, Baccus was convicted of murder, aggravated murder, and felonious assault.

The parents of Gabby Petito, whose disappearance and death in 2021 garnered national attention, are visiting Stark County in February to raise awareness of domestic violence. Authorities say Petito, a 22-year-old travel content creator, was strangled to death by her fiance, Brian Laundrie, while they were traveling...

MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Maple Heights police released the name Tuesday of the woman killed when officers said a speeding car crashed into a tree. Sherece Mays, 45, died from the single-car crash at Rockside Road near Lee Road South. Maple Heights police said officers responded around 11:30 p.m....

NEW PHILADELPHIA – An alarming trend has the city’s safety director sending a message to criminals and fugitives seeking refuge in the city. New Philadelphia Safety Director Kevin Milligan says last week’s arrest of a Stark County armed robbery suspect where an officer was nearly shot is the latest instance of...

As former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze walked into criminal court last month to face arraignment for tampering with records, my mind raced back to early 2023, when I first started investigating her. My goal was to explore whether Celebrezze was acting within the law when appointing...

Residents in Portage County are being urged to exercise caution while navigating the roads amid a Level 1 Snow Advisory. The alert, issued by Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski of the Portage County Sheriff's Office, comes in response to hazardous weather conditions affecting travel. According to the Portage County Sheriff's...

A Barberton mother is frustrated with a furniture store fallout, and she’s certainly not alone in complaints against Value City Furniture.

Schools are canceling Tuesday classes across the Akron-Canton region as temperatures are expected to plummet Monday night and remain low into Tuesday. Tuesday, Jan. 20, forecast The National Weather Service forecasts a low of 3 degrees Monday night with wind chills as low as -13 degrees. Tuesday will be sunny with a...

Schools across Northeast Ohio are already closing ahead of plummeting temperatures and Arctic air. Canton, Mentor and Lorain are among them.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Dozens of school districts and child care centers across Northeast Ohio are closed Tuesday as a powerful Arctic front brings snow squalls, strong winds and dangerously cold wind chills to the region, with forecasters warning that an even longer stretch of extreme cold could arrive later this week.