DOWNTOWN AKRON — Summit County Council heard a financial update from the Department of Finance and Budget, including 2025 year-end reports, at the March 2 meeting. Finance Director Phil Montgomery ...

WEST AKRON: Employees called police to a South Hawkins Avenue business Feb. 21 and stated a man was waving a gun around and threatening employees. Police found a man who fit the suspect’s description ...

AKRON — The Summit County Clerk of Courts website has been upgraded as of Feb. 23. The website URL remains clerk web.summitoh.net. All existing links will redirect to the updated pages. “Security and ...

GRANGER — Granger Township Service Director Mark Novak updated township trustees Feb. 26 on the latest meeting of the Medina County Stormwater Commission, specifically addressing illicit discharge ...

CANTON — Several area high school swimmers took part in the state swimming and diving tournament Feb. 25-28 at C.T. Branin Natatorium. In Division I, Walsh Jesuit junior Andrew Gerstenmaier finished ...

AKRON — Akron Public Schools (APS) Superintendent Mary Outley delivered her inaugural State of the Akron Public Schools address March 3, highlighting progress and a vision for the future. Speaking to ...

GREEN — Ross McDonald, Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) director of community expansion, and Brenda Fargo, a city consultant and president of Strategic Aggregation Consultants, spoke at a ...

NEW FRANKLIN — The Manchester Local Schools Board of Education has a new face on it this year. Krisi Gindlesperger was appointed to the seat vacated by Steve Rector, who was elected mayor of the City ...

GRANGER — Despite the unknown impacts from new state legislation, the Highland Local Schools District Board of Education approved an updated financial forecast for the district at the Feb. 23 meeting.

DOWNTOWN AKRON — Akron City Council approved a resolution March 2 to recognize the late Orlando Green, who served as a coach at Buchtel Community Learning Center (CLC). Green, 52, was a 1988 Buchtel ...

DOWNTOWN AKRON — St. Vincent-St. Mary High School girls basketball coach Carley Whitney recorded her 200th win Feb. 25 following a 68-29 playoff win against Revere High School. Whitney is a 2007 STVM ...

AKRON — On Feb. 27, U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-District 13) hosted her annual Faith Leaders Breakfast at The Faith Place. The roundtable brought together clergy and community faith leaders from across ...