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PENINSULA, Ohio -- Hale Farm & Village is hosting a celebration of Black culture from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11. The event will take place in the Gatehouse Visitor Center at 2686 Oak Hill Road, Peninsula. The event will explore the power of storytelling and the experiences of...

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...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- The Brecksville Planning Commission voted unanimously last week to allow clothing stores, restaurants, pharmacies, beauty and barber shops and other types of retail businesses in the mixed-use section of Valor Acres at the northwest corner of Brecksville and Miller roads. However, the commission delayed approval of the...

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...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Authorities arrested a man and a woman Tuesday in connection with a fatal shooting that happened two weeks ago in Cleveland’s Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood. Amira Duncan, 24, of Garfield Heights and Dajhawn Taylor, 27, of Cleveland were wanted by police on charges of aggravated murder. On...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Residents, speaking at a Jan. 26 public hearing on the proposed mixed-use section of Valor Acres, expressed concerns that crime, flooding, bright lights and low-rent housing might result from the development. Some residents also didn’t care for the five-story height of each proposed building in the 24-acre...

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.

CUYAHOGA, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad says it is back in full operation after four months of abbreviated work due to erosion near the tracks. Tickets are available for the Cleveland Dinner and Event train, which will return Friday, according to the organization. The nonprofit says scenic...

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Garfield Heights police say a 71-year-old woman was carjacked Saturday outside a senior living facility. According to police, the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. at Jennings on Granger Road. As of Tuesday, police said there are no arrests. The victim received a minor injury during...

A 35-year-old corrections officer is facing federal charges for allegedly smuggling drugs into Lorain Correctional Institution, according to U.S. District Court records.

Police attempted to pull over a driver at 10:03 a.m. Jan. 3 for driving in rainy conditions without headlights, in violation of Ohio law. The man reportedly fled and threw something out the window during the chase, which was later joined by officers from the Cuyahoga Heights Police Department. The...

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...

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.

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

Featured Photo: Several small businesses now operate from the 1830 Stagecoach building. Photos by W. Turrell. The Stagecoach Building, on the corner of Brecksville and Streetsboro roads, has seen many incarnations since 1830 when James Weld built the Center Hotel and stagecoach mail stop. A large room upstairs was used as a dance hall well into the 20th century, and late in the century, the building was a popular lawn and garden store.

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.

A 15-year-old and a 13-year-old were found shot in Bedford Sunday night; the 13-year-old boy died from his injuries, and now police are asking the public for information as they investigate.

As the regular high school bowling season continues, conference events for local schools have been set for Feb. 4 to determine champions and individual bowling awards. The Portage Trail Conference tournament boys and girls will compete at Spins Bowl in Kent on Feb. 4 beginning at 8:30 a.m. and includes Rootstown and Southeast among Portage County teams.

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. ...

Homeland Security agents have joined the investigation of the death of 17-year-old James Woods, a Streetsboro High School student who allegedly committed suicide after becoming a victim of sextortion.