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TWINSBURG, Ohio (WOIO) - Giesecke+Devrient ePayments America, Inc. said it will permanently close its Twinsburg facility, prompting 240 employees to be laid off. The business located at 1960 and 2020 Enterprise Parkway engineers “customized security tech with passion and precision in three segments: Digital Security,...

COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) — A body found in a wooded area near Main Street and State Route 224 has been identified by family members as 58-year-old Randy Burgess, a homeless man who lived in the woods for about five years. Mark Trew said his cousin’s body was discovered...

Snowflakes are expected to arrive Sunday night, and local hardware stores like South Hills Hardware have been seeing an increase in customers needing service and different winter supplies.

BROOK PARK, Ohio -- An Edgehurst Drive woman stole at least one package of Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy from Marc’s Deeper Discount Store, 5725 Smith Road, at about noon Oct. 23. A Marc’s security guard saw the woman hide the candy in her purse and leave the store...

BROOK PARK, Ohio -- A Middleburg Heights man, 32, was arrested -- and his 91-year-old grandfather was cited -- at about 11 a.m. Oct. 28 after police found four bags of what they believed was marijuana and a baggie containing a rock-like substance in the grandfather’s Ford Ranger. Police...

An East Washington restaurant called police Oct. 28 after a 62-year-old Novelty man exhibited disruptive behavior toward customers and staff on Oct. 25. Two other restaurant managers filed police complaints also on Oct. 28 about the man’s behavior in their Main Street restaurants on Oct. 27. Police criminally...

A Mahoning County grand jury returned an indictment in August, charging Clay Krcal, 66, with a fourth-degree felony.

But one person in Alliance called 911 this week to report suspicious activity of a man riding a bull, and the department dispatched an officer.

The death toll in the UPS plane crash in Louisville has risen.

The calendar has hit November and the government shutdown has become the longest ever, affecting millions of Americans including those who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed themselves and their families. As SNAP benefits ceased Nov. 1 and Summit County officials pledged to help...