Summit County News

A teenager was killed Wednesday night as he entered Interstate 77 in Summit County.

With his family facing eviction from their large home in Hudson, Michael Knudson snapped and killed his mother and brother with a hatchet before setting fire to the house a few days later, Summit County prosecutors said Friday.

Applications are currently being accepted by the Summit County Educational Service Center for the vacant seat on the Governing Board.

Two men have been charged in the death of a motorcyclist who struck a trailer that had become unhitched after the men allegedly stole it.

Officials recently adjusted general fund revenue estimates for 2010 to $98.6 million, down from earlier projections of $100.5 million and $111.6 million received in 2008 as sales tax and interest income continue to slide.

Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention to the living - to any women who might be reluctant to come forward after encounters with a man now charged with murder and rape.

A suspect is now is custody after an alleged abduction of a woman, 25, from a home in Coventry Twp in Summit County.

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 20-year-old woman and two friends accused of plotting to kill the woman's mother are being held in the Summit County Jail in lieu of separate $1 million cash bonds after being arraigned on aggravated murder charges this morning.

Today's sentencing hearing for the killer of Twinsburg police officer Joshua Miktarian has been delayed because his attorneys dropped out, saying the client had "undermined" their relationship.

Sentencing for admitted killer Ashford L. Thompson of Twinsburg police officer Joshua Miktarian has been delayed while he gets new attorneys for the fifth time.

Summit County has booted nearly 100 people off its health insurance plans - including a dead person - after determining they were ineligible for coverage.

Authorities in Ohio say a woman abducted at gunpoint by her ex-boyfriend was rescued unharmed after a 100 mph chase along Interstate 77.

Akron police and firefighters converged on the Metro RTA Transit Center on South Broadway this morning after suspicious-looking suitcase caught the attention of a supervisor.

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

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

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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.

A Summit County Grand Jury has indicted three people in the murder of a Copley businesswoman.