Category Archives: Local News

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...

Ohio governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would have allowed 14 and 15 year olds to work longer hours on school nights. If passed, Senate Bill 50 would have made it legal for them to work until 9pm...

The president of Summa Health System Medical Group pleaded not guilty to felony revenge porn charges. Vivek Bhalla was in court, facing charges of dissemination of an image of another person, after Co...

The Windham Police Department will be at Dollar General, 9132 N. Main Street for its annual fill-a-cruiser event, 2-to-4pm on Sunday, December 7th. Donations of new, unwrapped toys, makeup, and hygien...

There were 8 fatal crashes across the Thanksgiving holiday leading to 11 deaths, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, same amount in 2024. According to the patrol, 2 of the deaths were OVI rela...