Here’s some of the news that happened this week in Akron history, including Ohio canal legislation, a railroad plan and an ...

The Akron SWAT team is in the Highland Square neighborhood after a man barricaded himself in an apartment. According to ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - According to the Akron Fire ... Homes around 730p.m. for a fire at a four-unit one-story apartment building. Fire crews had to rip open the roof to extinguish the fire that ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron elementary school is on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were seen in the area. According to the Akron Education ...

AKRON, Ohio -- — Tavari Johnson's 15 points helped Akron defeat Miami (OH) 102-75 on Saturday. Johnson added six assists for the Zips (14-5, 7-0 Mid-American Conference). Nate Johnson scored 14 ...

AKRON, Ohio — Jazmir Tucker -- the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by an Akron police officer during an incident on Thanksgiving night-- had three gunshot wounds, according to findings ...

He charged former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and two Akron-based utility FirstEnergy executives for a pay-to-play scandal at the Ohio Statehouse. Former presidential candidate Vivek ...

* Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale. Founded in 1870, the University of Akron is a large, public ...

AKRON, Ohio — Darrin Welch, a 19-year-old from Akron, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Antenio Louis. The case dates back to Aug. 2023, when Welch shot and killed the 17 ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Three children were uninjured after escaping a Monday morning apartment fire by climbing out a second-story window. Akron firefighters were dispatched just before 10 a.m. to ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A Summit County jury convicted a 24-year-old woman of murder for a fatal point-blank shooting in the bathroom of an Akron bar two years ago. Jurors on Tuesday handed up ...

But Ohio State presented a template for roster building in this new era of college football during its College Football Playoff title run. The plan is very difficult and expensive to replicate ...