Category Archives: Local News

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man who died in a house fire in Barberton late Wednesday night as that of 73 year old Danny Jenkins, of Barberton. Around 1145pm Wednesda...

A Stark County Grand Jury indicted a Canton woman and her mother in connection with the murder of a Canton man. 54 year old Yolanda Lowry, was indicted on charges of aggravated murder, kidnaping murde...

One person was killed in a fire overnight in Barberton. Fire crews were called to the 100 block of 16th Street NW just before midnight and found smoke and flames coming from the second story of the st...

Two people were rescued from a second floor apartment in Akron Tuesday night in the 100 block of E. South Street. Heavy fire was reported when firefighters arrived on scene. According to officials, al...

A 37 year old Barberton man was sentenced yesterday to 9 to 13.5 years in prison for charges stemming from a 2025 drug trafficking offense. In October, Tavares Skipper pleaded guilty to 1 count of tra...

Akron Mayor Shammas Malik is bringing legislation to Akron City Council to fund new contracts with the Akron Firefighters Union (Local 330) and the Civil Service Personnel Associations Union (CSPA). A...

Beginning January 1st, Ohio residents will have to pay more to get around. It will cost 5 dollars more to register a car. That means that you will have to pay 35 dollars a year for a commercial vehicl...

The Portage County Sheriff's Office is collecting donations of non-perishable food and other items until December 23rd. Donations, including toys, baby items, winter apparel, can be dropped off in the...

Fire crews in Akron discovered a body Saturday morning while extinguishing a blaze behind a vacant building on South Arlington Street. According to this release, the Akron Fire Department responded ar...

The Ohio Department of Transportation is renewing its call for drivers to give snow plows plenty of room to do their work in clearing roads after 8 ODOT snow plows have already been hit this winter se...