Akron OH

CANTON – A proposal to bring a rehabilitation facility to a residential area is dividing neighbors. The former Smith Nursing Home at 2330 Penn Place NE has sat vacant for years. Now, Community Restoration Centers of Stark County has received zoning approval to transform the building into a social service facility...

Wadsworth High School experienced a bomb threat at 1:45 p.m. on March 2, 2026. All WHS students were asked by the principal, Dr. Vincent Suber, over the intercom to evacuate the building, with two groups of students and staff going to both Wadsworth Intermediate School and Wadsworth Middle School. “I...

At the Towers at Summit Ridge in Akron's Chapel Hill neighborhood, residents say daily life has turned into a grind of broken basics and bad smells. Tenants describe a complex in disrepair, with long-running maintenance failures that left some units without heat over the winter and others without hot water for weeks....

MASSILLON – The 10-bed urgent care unit that opened in September inside the Massillon Community Health & Innovation Center has temporarily closed for a potential rebranding. Chris Zimmerman, chief executive officer of the health center , said on March 2 that staffing and services at the care unit "are being reworked"...

A network outage that caused government offices to lose phone and Internet services in an Ohio county is now being blamed on a meddlesome squirrel.

Howard Street in Akron used to be a vibrant, predominantly Black neighborhood and business district. Not much is left from its heyday, due to an urban renewal project in the 1970s. “There was a feeling of community and safety,” said lifelong Akron resident GinaKaye Maddox. Maddox’s father had a...

AKRON, Ohio — Summit County Animal Control announced it's reducing adoption fees this month in hopes of helping pups find their forever home. Through March 31, adoption fees will be reduced to $28. Those looking to adopt can stop by animal control at 250 Opportunity Parkway. The adoption includes...

An armed male surrendered March 3 to Ravenna police after he had barricaded himself in the bathroom of a Clinton Street home. Police said the man peacefully surrendered after they responded to the report of a suicidal male at the home, the department said in a news release. The police said they began a conversation...

Under the lights they stood — tiaras and pearls glinting, white gowns sweeping the floor — poised for their formal introduction to Akron. Behind them, their escorts waited in black tuxedoes and bow ties, a quiet counterpoint to the anticipation filling the John S. Knight Center. This moment...

Akron Superintendent Mary Outley used her first “State of the Schools” address at the Akron Press Club Tuesday to call for state and local action on issues facing the district. She said educators will need to focus on data-driven strategies backed by research to improve low early literacy...