Category Archives: Local News

The City of Fairlawn received a $21 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program, officials announced Friday. The money will be used to improve saf...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is looking to hire 250 new troopers over the next year to stay ahead of retirements and staffing shortages. The agency currently has about 1,370 troopers and hopes to rea...

The Medina Police Department and the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office are investigating a Dec. 22 car crash that resulted in the death of a 63-year-old woman. The victim, identified as Pegeen R...

Canton city leaders recently turned down a $2.9 million federal grant to hire 15 firefighters because the administration would have been responsible for one-third of their salaries, plus ongoing costs...

Free or discounted Lyft rides for Summit County residents will be available over the Christmas and New Year's holidays to encourage safe celebrations. Summit County Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich and Sum...

Multiple police departments in NE Ohio shared they are receiving reports of scam calls where scammers are impersonating officers. A scam call is going around where the caller is impersonating an offic...

The Canton Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving an Amish buggy. The patrol says, just after 4pm Wednesday, the crash occurred on US 62 near milepost 3, in Sugar Cre...

One person was killed in a 4 vehicle crash Thursday evening on U.S. Route 30 in Stark County. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says, the crash happened just before 5pm near milepost 24 in Osnaburg Townsh...

A 26 year old Akron man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the 2023 murder of 34 year old Ernestine Stallings. In October, Jontae Watkins pled no contest to Stallings' death. He was found gu...

Deshawn Stafford and Ehmani Thomas, 2 men indicted in connection to the fatal shooting of Timothy Hutchinson, of Wooster, in Akron's Highland Square neighborhood, each pleaded not guilty at their resp...