Akron police are investigating after a 50 year old man was struck in a hit-and-run that occurred Sunday just before 4pm. Officers were dispatched to Circle K in the 400 block of W. Market Street for a hit-and-run incident. On scene, police discovered the man had been hit by a vehicle and then run over.…
Akron School Board approves contract
The Akron Public Schools board voted in its new superintendent for the next 3 years. The board, by a 5 to 1 vote, approved a contract for Mary Outley, a Buchtel High School Alum. She will now lose her interim label. Outley will make $240,000 a year. She takes over for Dr. Michael Robinson, who…
17 year old shot in Akron
A 17 year old was shot Saturday afternoon near the I-Promise School in Akron. According to a release from the Akron Police Department, it happened around 3:30pm. The teenage victim was transported to the hospital. Officers recovered nearly 2 dozen shell casings from the scene.
Boy dies after fall from parade float
A community is mourning after an unthinkable tragedy during a Memorial Day Parade in green. A 13 year old boy died after he fell from a parade float and was run over. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says, the 13 year old boy was riding in the front of a parade trailer being pulled by…
Akron officer involved shooting
A suspect is in custody after firing at officers. Around 11:30pm last night officers were doing a welfare check on Grant Street when they heard gunshots nearby. That’s when a 33 year old man ran out of an apartment on Sherman Street firing his weapon, causing the officers to return fire. The man was found…
Former OSU player injured in accident
A former Ohio state wide receiver is recovering this morning after being seriously injured in a fatal ATV crash in Pennsylvania. Authorities say, Julian Fleming was riding an ATV with his girlfriend in Bradford County when a deer jumped out an struck them. The girlfriend, 23 year old Elisa Boyd was pronounced dead at the…
The Cleveland Browns will be playing in a brand new dome stadium in just a few years. It’s time for everyone to get used to it and quit this nonsense about they need to renovate the current stadium and stay near the lakefront. The politicians in Cleveland knew this was coming and sat on their…
Fatal crash in Jackson Township
One person was killed and another person hospitalized after a 2 car crash in Stark County. According to a release from the Jackson Township Police Department, the crash happened around 11:45am Thursday at the intersection of Wales Avenue and Strausser Street in Jackson Township. The crash involved 3 people, with one fatality. One person was…
Man convicted of aggravated assault
A 39 year old Akron man was sentenced to 9 years in prison for aggravated vehicular assault after causing a serious collision while driving drunk. Darrell Vanhorn was found guilty of 3 counts of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of operating a vehicle while under the influence. In August of 2020, Vanhorn was travelling…
Lyft driver shot
Akron police are investigating after a female Lyft driver was shot while on the job. Police say it happened around 11:30pm Monday night in the 800 block of Bisson Avenue. The 29 year old victim said she had just completed a ride and dropped off the passenger when an unknown subject opened fire on her…