Norton, OH

A driver was killed in a head-on crash on state Route 21 in Norton on Monday morning, according to the Norton Police Department. The department said in a news release that the crash was around 7 a.m. Monday on state Route 21 southbound at the Dorothy Road overpass. According to police, witnesses said a...

A man said he was nearly carjacked at gunpoint in Akron's North Hill neighborhood on Monday evening, according to the Akron Police Department. The department said the man told police around 8:15 p.m. Monday that as he was dropping off a passenger in the 400 block of Cornell Street when two unknown men approached on foot, and one pulled a handgun and demanded he get out of the truck.

AKRON, Ohio — Akron police are looking for two suspects who are accused of attempting to carjack a vehicle, then firing at least one gunshot into the car as it attempted to flee the robbery. SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with...

ATHENS, OH – When Marlon Primes came to Ohio University from Akron, Ohio in the early 1980s, he wanted to be a news anchor or reporter. Little did he know that he would end up using his voice in a different way. “There was a couple of people I...

AKRON, Ohio — A man threatened a manager with a handgun during the robbery of a Family Dollar store in East Akron, police say. The robbery occurred just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the store located on the corner of Archwood Avenue and South Arlington Street. A worker at the store tells police the suspect was seen stuffing electronic merchandise into his pockets.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - After five years of operation, Melt Bar and Grilled will be closing its Canton and Dayton locations to focus on the guest experience in Cleveland, the restaurant said in a press release Tuesday. According to a press release, the Dayton location at Fairfield Commons Mall and...

Valentina Lenoir passed away at a local hospital last fall. Authorities have not yet specified how the drugs may have gotten into her system.

Are you looking for a delicious way to begin your morning?. If you're in Greater Akron, you should visit these local places (this list is by no means comprehensive!). If you're searching for a delicious breakfast, you can't go wrong with this local favorite. Fans of corned beef hash should check out the Red Eye hash, which is made with house-made corned beef and has a bit of a kick due to the addition of green chilis, hot sauce, and pepper jack cheese. Other customer recommendations include the wake up call omelet (which is filled with potatoes, chorizo sausage, pepper jack cheese, and green chilis), the E.O. Boughnut (which is a deep-fried biscuit that's topped with sugar and jam), and classic eggs benedict (you can add crabmeat to it, and a vegetarian option with tomato and spinach is also available). Each breakfast is served with a side of jam from Cooper's Mill, an Ohio-based company.

AKRON, Ohio — With temperatures expected to plunge into the teens the next few nights, Akron’s Overnight Emergency Shelter plans to open this Wednesday through Friday. The overnight shelter, located at 111 E. Voris St., provides a safe place for the area’s unsheltered residents to sleep when winter temperatures become dangerously cold. It operates from about 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. on nights it's opened.

Akron voters overwhelmingly approved a citizen police oversight board last November. Now, they’re less than a week away from finding out who the first candidates for that board will be. The city received 112 applications for the nine-member board. A team of mayor’s office staff and city councilmembers have...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Fox 8’s Kenny Crumpton gets a rare treat and visits a local potato chip factory to see how the popular snack food is made. The Hartville Potato Chip Co. in Akron makes potato chips the old-fashioned way, in small batches and kettle cooked with simple ingredients!

An Akron toddler died due to fentanyl toxicity last year, and her death has been ruled a homicide, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office. The office's chief investigator, Gary Guenther, said Valentina Lenoir, 2, was found unresponsive in a house in the 200 block of Oberlin Court in Akron's Summit Lake neighborhood on Oct. 27. ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The family of an Akron man shot and killed during a vigil last summer is now offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect. Christopher Johnson, 30, was murdered on June 1, 2022 in the 800 block of Wall Street in Akron. This is in the city’s North Hill neighborhood.

An early love for legos has made 45-year-old Scott Brown a "Lego Master" and TikTok famous. He has 156,000 followers, over 4.7 million total likes and his most popular post has over 38 million likes.

A driver was stopped on Ryan Road near Lafayette Road at 3:17 p.m. Jan. 30 for a marked lanes violation and was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while impaired. A resident called police at 12:34 p.m. Jan. 27 to report that a neighbor had ridden their dirt bike in the caller’s yard.

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They had been paying 1.5% in income tax, when they should have been paying 1%. The 1.5% income tax was established in 1977, but was only supposed to last for 30 years.

The district already has a policy that states cell phones 'must be powered completely off and stored out of sight' during school.

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – A 49-year-old Canton woman is dead in the city’s second apparent homicide of the year. Stacey Armstead died at Aultman Hospital Sunday afternoon, after being taken there with a gunshot wound to the back. Police say it was from a small...

A resident reported that his neighbor knocked on his door at 8:27 a.m. Jan. 3, then entered the apartment while asking for a cigarette when the caller’s girlfriend answered the door. The caller reportedly confronted his neighbor and called police. The neighbor told officers he had had a few...