Category Archives: Local News

Ohio launched the first of its kind in the nation, statewide public dashboard to track student attendance. It will be updated weekly so chronic absenteeism trends can be viewed across the state,, and ...

Two teenage boys were taken to the hospital Friday with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening after being shot while on the front porch of an Akron home. According to a press release from the A...

Rootstown Local School District will close its middle school within 4 year, according to Superintendent Andrew Hawkins. Under the plan, 6th graders will attend Rootstown Elementary when the building c...

The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is advancing its mission to collect unpaid tolls from rogue commercial trucking companies. In a press release, the commission said 315 trucking companie...

A 51 year old Canton man, who was shot at his apartment this past weekend, has died. Canton Police, in an update on Wednesday, said Richard Staats was taken off life support Tuesday afternoon and died...

Parents are calling for safety changes after a student fatally shot herself inside Valley Forget High School's cafeteria earlier this week. A petition calling for metal detectors in every Parma City S...

A 27 year old Stark County man will spend several years behind bars after cocaine was found inside his vehicle during a traffic stop last year in Portage County. Judge Laurie Pittman sentenced Michael...

3 people were taken to the hospital after a boat crash on Lake Erie near Kelleys Island on Monday. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, officers responded to a report of a collision ...

Bobcats have been sighted in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Bobcat populations are expanding northward from a core population in southern Ohio. National park officials say there have also been sig...

Akron Children's Hospital has received a huge gift, a $50 million donation, the largest in their history, from philanthropist, entrepreneur, and child health advocate Tom Golisano. Akron Children's Ho...