Category Archives: Local News
Ohio minimum wage increases January 1st
The minimum wage in Ohio will increase to $11.40 per hour for non-tipped employees and $7.50 per hour for tipped employees beginning on January 1st. In 2006, Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendm...
John Maczko 2h ago
Area high school player dies in crash
A Cardinal Mooney High School freshman has died following an ATV crash. Luke Duerst was a member of the soccer team, also an organ donor, and was honored with a hero walk at Rainbow Babies and Childre...
John Maczko Sep 30, 2026
Akron officer assaulted during arrest
An Akron police officer was assaulted as a burglary suspect attempted to grab her firearm during a struggle Monday. Officials say officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Copley road for a report ...
John Maczko Sep 30, 2026
Man shot and killed in Akron
An investigation is underway after a 25 year old Akron man was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle outside his home early Monday morning. It happened around 215am in the 1000 block of Ray Stree...
John Maczko Sep 29, 2026
Pedestrian struck, killed in Highland Square
The pedestrian who was struck and killed Saturday, has been identified as a 35 year old Akron man. Jaymeeson Franklin was killed when a vehicle traveling west on West Market Street in Highland Square ...
John Maczko Sep 28, 2026
State Route 8 bridge demolition
ODOT moved forward with a major bridge project Sunday morning with the demolition of 2 sections of a deteriorating bridge. Crews are replacing the old State Route 8 over the Cuyahoga River Valley. And...
John Maczko Sep 28, 2026
Measles spread in Ohio
Ohio is experiencing its 3rd measles outbreak of the year with 196 cases reported across 16 counties. The vast majority of measles cases in Ohio are among unvaccinated individuals. Nationwide, measles...
John Maczko Sep 25, 2026
Barberton City Schools in fiscal emergency
Barberton City Schools have been placed in a state of fiscal emergency after the state auditor said the district failed to submit a plan to eliminate nearly $40 million of anticipated budget shortfall...
John Maczko Sep 24, 2026
Akron officers injured in fire
Two Akron residents and eight police officers were treated at a hospital after a fire tore through a duplex on Arch Street, behind City Hospital, overnight. Akron firefighters were called to the resid...
John Maczko Sep 23, 2026
Officer involved shooting
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations is investigating a shooting involving police officers in Warrensville Heights. The incident took place Saturday in the parking lot of a Family Dollar on Warr...
John Maczko Sep 22, 2026