Akron News

Actress/singer Rachel York will bring a dose of Broadway glamour to Akron on Sunday with her cabaret For the Love of It, which she'll perform at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Akron-Summit County Main Library Auditorium.

A 43-year-old Akron man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for running a methamphetamine lab in his home while children lived there.

Motorists on Interstate 77 soon won't have to worry as much about their speed. Akron City Council today approved legislation urging the Ohio Department of Transportation to increase the speed on Interstate 77 between Vernon Odom Boulevard and Cleveland-Massillon Road from 55 mph to 65 mph.

AKRON, Ohio Cassandra Hirsh, DO, has joined the Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center at Akron Children's Hospital.

Two employees at an Akron water plant were taken to the hospital Saturday night after a chemical spill.

Donnie Grigg, 36, of Akron, will be sentenced Nov. 24 for burglarizing an office at Oriana House, a treatment center for drug and alcohol abuse.

An Akron man awaiting sentencing today for assaulting his former roommate with a machete apparently attempted to commit suicide at the Summit County Jail this weekend and is being held in the jail's mental unit, authorities said.

The Akron Zoo is taking steps to convert 16 acres of leased land into more space for attractions.

Christmas is arriving early all over Akron, as New Hope Christian Fellowship prepares to serve as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child.

A knife fight between two homeless men left one dead and another injured and charged this morning with murder.

An Akron man is fatally stabbed at a gas station late Wednesday night. Nicholas Bobo died after the incident at the Speedway gas station on E. Market Street.

An Akron woman faces a murder charge for planning the stabbing death of her mother.

Prosecutors in Ohio intend to seek the death penalty against a woman accused of hiring a friend to kill her mother.

Columbus police took an Akron man into custody Tuesday who was wanted on felonious assault and drug charges.

The following list of homes for sale will be updated as new listings come on the market in Summit County.

An Akron man has died after he was stabbed last night at a Speedway gas station on East Market St.

Summit County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a 20-year-old Akron woman accused of paying a hitman $5,000 to kill her mother.

The Akron call center of Teleperformance USA will shut down and more than 300 people will lose their jobs on Dec.

Firestone High School in Akron needs some help with its visual and performing arts program.

Akron Children's Hospital is getting ready for another growth spurt. The pediatric hospital recently acquired the Neurology & Neuroscience Associates' building on West Exchange Street as it looks to expand its main campus.