The Ohio State Highway Patrol is looking into a fatal crash between a car and a semi-tractor trailer that happened early Saturday morning in Medina County. The Patrol says 43 year-old Thomas McKenzie of Cleveland drove…
Ohio Governor John Kasich has declared a statewide state of emergency following the storms that knocked out power for close to one million Ohioans Friday night. The widespread outages in northern, central and western Ohio,…
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans remain without power in the aftermath of severe storms that swept across the state Friday, pounding Ohio with what one utility says were the most powerful, damaging…
An Akron mother who set her three-year old child in the middle of an intersection was convicted by a Summit County jury on several charges Friday. A jury found Melissa D. Swiger, 33, of Doty Drive in Akron, guilty…
The Stark County Jail, which had its inmate population trimmed to 300 last year, due to budget cuts and deputy layoffs, will be adding more deputies and prisoners beginning next month, thanks to county voters…
The driver involved in a fatal traffic crash involving an ambulance pleaded not guilty in court Friday. News Channel 5 reports 20-year old Cherica Jones of Akron appeared in court in front of Judge Jerry Lawson…
Akron fire officials said the cause of the fire that tore through a community center at the Timber Top Apartment Complex in May is 'undetermined.' Investigators were unable to find significant evidence pointing to the…
The Stow-Kent Shopping Plaza could become the site of a new mixed-use housing for those over 55, commercial and retail properties. Citing the partially empty plaza off of Rt. 59 as a "major concern for…
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office and the Akron Police Department are investigating the death of a 35-year old Wadsworth man after he reportedly climbed on top his vehicle and over the fence of the…
There's two new furry residents at the Akron Zoo. or the first time its history, two snow leopard cubs were born in May at the Akron Zoo. The cubs are staying indoors for now, spending…
