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A suspect was taken into custody after a stand-off with a SWAT team and other law enforcement near the Randolph Portage County Randolph Fairgrounds on Tuesday.

A 37-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday morning at the intersection of Russell Avenue and Boulevard Street in Akron.

Akron police say one man is dead and another is in custody after a Friday morning shooting. Akron Police spokesman Lt. Michael Miller said police were called to Russell Avenue and Boulevard Street not far from the Interstates 76 and 77 interchange around 7:20 a.m. for a reported shooting. Officers...

The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force on Friday arrested an Akron man charged in connection to the May shooting death of a 23-year-old man at a Forest Glen Drive home. Deair R. Johnson, 28, was indicted Wednesday, Aug. 17, on six felonies, including three counts of murder, each with a firearm specification, and felonious assault and improperly discharging a firearm at a home or in a school zone.

Leah Russell and Nicole Boring did not know each other before 2022, but now the two are bound by tragedies. Their daughters were shot and killed in separate Akron incidents.

Two detours that had been set for earlier this month on Interstate 77 in Coventry Township are taking place Friday and Saturday, when motorists planning to head north on I-77 will be detoured around construction, as work crews will be placing a bridge beam at the I-77/I-277, U.S. 224 interchange.

This story has been updated to include new cases found in Pennsylvania and Indiana and that many people who fell ill reported eating sandwiches containing romaine lettuce at Wendy's. Dozens of people in Ohio and Michigan — including around the Columbus, Cincinnati and Akron areas — have fallen ill to a "fast-moving" E. coli...

A man who allegedly shot and killed an Akron man in May in Cuyahoga Falls has been arrested and charged with murder, while two other men, including one arrested shortly after the shooting, are charged with obstructing justice. First suspect arrested:Akron man arrested in double shooting that left Cuyahoga Falls...

The end is near, at least for some closures and detours that have sent motorists touring far-off parts of the Akron highway system this summer. But the pain will linger until construction season closes and winter storms arrive. The area's biggest build, referred to as the "Central Interchange" project, is...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was on the scene of a crash on Route 14, west of Infirmary Road, in Ravenna Township as of about 8:10 a.m. Friday, a highway patrol dispatcher said. The dispatcher said the road had been shutdown and she had not heard it had been reopened....

ALLIANCE, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The family of an Alliance man badly injured at the TimkenSteel plant is desperately seeking life-saving help. Amber Farrell tells the Repository her husband Joe needs a specialized treatment for inhalation injuries suffered in the explosion at the Faircrest plant in Perry Township last month.

PAINT TOWNSHIP – A Hartville man was killed, while a woman and a Uhrichsville driver both hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Rand Luckner, 72, of Hartville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Wayne County Coroner’s Office.

AKRON, Ohio — The Freedom Bloc, a group that's outspoken in protesting the fatal police shooting of Jayland Walker in June, will host a week of activities to underscore the organization’s demands of justice for Walker. The group said the Justice for Jayland Week of Action will include...

PAINT TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said troopers took a driver into custody Thursday afternoon after he fled a deadly crash in Wayne County. According to a news release, the two-car crash happened around 4:13 p.m. on State Route 241 in Paint Township. OSHP said...

A University of Akron Police Lieutenant faces discipline for his actions during an arrest on July 13 that have since been deemed excessive.

The woman is sharing her story in hopes the people who assaulted and nearly carjacked her are caught

Authorities say aggressive teenagers threatened Ohio police officers during a gun bust arrest on July 30. The Akron Police Department said a 17-year-old was arrested after officers stopped a vehicle with five teenagers and five loaded guns inside. Bystanders apparently harassed the officers as they were conducting the arrest.

Kent City Council made official its opposition to a recent Supreme Court ruling striking down abortion protections and Ohio's "heartbeat law," despite protests Wednesday from a handful of people, most of them from Summit County. The resolution, which expresses "support of women's reproductive rights in dissent" of the U.S. Supreme...

With so many costs continuing to rise, parents might be finding themselves in a tough spot during this year's back-to-school season. While most organizations across Portage County have already held their back-to-school events, distributing supplies to those in need, there is at least one more happening Saturday. Starting at 8...

Coventry High School leaders forced a science teacher to remove two wall hangings deemed political, including a Black Lives Matter sign, from her classroom before the start of the school year. Coventry Local Schools Superintendent George Fisk said he and the high school principal told the teacher the signs needed...