An innocent phone call, followed by an email exchange, opened the door to the Dr. Richard Strauss sexual abuse scandal that eventually cost Ohio State millions of dollars and continues to sully ...

Jim Jordan, a former Ohio State assistant wrestling coach who is now a U.S. congressman, has long denied any knowledge of the decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by Richard Strauss during his ...

Akron police say they executed a search warrant in the 1100 block of Nestor Avenue Thursday that returned a stolen rifle, as well as five handguns and drugs.

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – An Akron woman is celebrating after she recently purchased a winning lottery ticket worth $150,000. The Monopoly Bonus Spectacular 25X scratch-off ticket was sold at the ...

AKRON, Ohio -- The Ohio Attorney General’s office “conditionally approved” the $485 million sale of Summa Health to a venture capital firm on Wednesday, with the caveat that $30 million in ...

AKRON, Ohio — Several hundred people gathered in Akron Wednesday evening to peacefully protest the ongoing ICE raids in Los Angeles. Just after 7 p.m., people began lining West Market Street ...

AKRON, Ohio – Akron is offering a new program to keep teens in grades 6-12 busy this summer–Connect at the Rec. The program offers recreational opportunities for youths at the Ed Davis and Joy ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A 20-year-old clerk who fell asleep on the job was shot and a smoke shop robbed early Tuesday morning in Akron. According to a press release, just after 1 a.m., officers with ...

The weather service says the expected heat wave could set some record highs in Ohio cities. The all-time hottest June 22 in Akron was set in 1988 when it hit 98 degrees. The record high on June 23 ...

Nation World Akron woman wins $150,000 on scratch-off lottery ticket: 'I sat there in disbelief' “I couldn’t process it until I got to the Canton office to make a claim,” the winner said.

In partnership with Keep Akron Beautiful, the city of Akron, Ohio, will deploy trained personnel to make curbside recycling bin checks this summer, starting this week, Akron Beacon Journal reports. As ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Police Department’s Anti-Violence Bureau and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force seized six firearms and over 200 grams of suspected fentanyl. According to a release ...