Category Archives: Local News

New details are emerging about an officer- involved shooting in Akron on Thursday, that left a 34 year old man dead. Officials say the fatal shooting happened as police were attempting to arrest the s...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...