Category Archives: Local News

General Motors says it plans to layoff 1200 workers at its all-electric factory near Detroit. And also about 550 jobs will be cut at its battery cell facility in Warren, Ohio. GM will also temporarily...

City of Akron leaf removal will begin November 3rd in ward 3. To view the entire schedule, visit www.AkronOhio.gov/Leaves. Each ward takes multiple days to complete. Signs will be posted in the variou...

A 41 year old Mogadore man is scheduled to be sentenced this week for an intentional hit and run that occurred outside a Circle K on the 400 block of West Market Street next to the I-PROMISE School la...

Food banks and pantries are preparing for a surge in demand if federal food aid is paused this weekend from the government shutdown. SNAP benefits are set to pause on November 1st. Earlier this week, ...

The Portage County Emergency Management Agency will be facilitating an active shooter training EXERCISE at Waterloo High School on Friday October 31st. Atwater and Randolph Township safety forces and ...

Flu season is upon us. According to the CDC, flu activity typically rises in October and November, with peaks between December and March. The flu shot has always been your best protection; helps preve...

Canton police say they are still trying to determine a possible motive for why a mother and a daughter allegedly beat a man to death and how the man's body ended up in Akron. Detectives continue worki...

A 26 year old woman has been identified as the pedestrian who died after being struck by a train around 9:30am Thursday near the 1200 block of Camden Avenue SW. Joselyn Stanley, of Canton, was pronoun...

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an innocent bystander that occurred in the Highland Square area earlier this month. One of those men has already served time in the ...

An Akron man has been sentenced to 11 to 16.5 years in prison for charges stemming from 2023 aggravated drug possession offenses. 38 year old Spencer Hackney was also designated a Major Drug Offender ...