Category Archives: Local News

Fire crews responded to what became a 3 alarm house fire with entrapment, and that sent one person to the hospital. The fire department says they responded to the 1000 block of Federal Avenue around 8...

A man who body was found in Summit Lake on Friday has been identified as 24 year old from Akron. The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office and the Akron Police Department are currently investigating...

a 34 year old woman who was hit by a truck and killed as she was leaving work at Summa Health's Barberton Hospital on September 4th was identified as an Akron resident. Ceaira cook died after she was ...

Sunday at the Canfield Fair, an armed man was arrested after lunging at Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Amy Acton during a campaign appearance. According to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patr...

An Ohio Auditor of State news release reports that more than $1.2 million in improper Medicaid payments were made to a Summit County behavioral health agency. Auditor of State Keith Faber made the ann...

A Canton man is facing charges after a 21 year old woman was shot in the head and killed Tuesday afternoon. According to a release from Canton Police, t around 2:35pm, a 911 call reported a shooting i...

Akron fire crews were called to the scene of a fire in the 600 block of West Exchange Street about 12:30pm, Monday afternoon. There was smoke coming from the front of the 2 story multi-family home at ...

stow Fire Chief Mark stone announced that he will retire in mid-September after 26 years with the city. He joined the city department in 2000, after spending 8 years with the City of Akron. Stone spen...

Akron Police are investigating an early morning shooting on Sunday that resulted in the death of a man at a South Arlington street gas station. Police responded to a call about a shooting at the Circl...

A handful of Glenville High School football players allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a Dick's Sporting Goods store while at an out of town game. Police were called to the...