Category Archives: Local News

Drivers are feeling pain at the pump across the state of Ohio. Gas prices climbed to nearly $5 per gallon Wednesday for the first time since the 2022 energy spike when they hit record highs of $5.06 p...

FirstEnergy plans to propose a new residential rate structure. If approved by state regulators, customers will be paying more. The plan could go into effect as early as 2027. The Akron area utility sa...

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank received a massive 3 million dollar donation from the Cleveland Clinic to support meal programs throughout Northeast Ohio. The donation will help strengthen the food...

Bond was set at 50 thousand dollars for an 80 year old who is accused of shooting another man after a political argument. Officials in Bainbridge Township say last Tuesday, they arrived to find a 55 y...

Ohio launched the first of its kind in the nation, statewide public dashboard to track student attendance. It will be updated weekly so chronic absenteeism trends can be viewed across the state,, and ...

Two teenage boys were taken to the hospital Friday with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening after being shot while on the front porch of an Akron home. According to a press release from the A...

Rootstown Local School District will close its middle school within 4 year, according to Superintendent Andrew Hawkins. Under the plan, 6th graders will attend Rootstown Elementary when the building c...

The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is advancing its mission to collect unpaid tolls from rogue commercial trucking companies. In a press release, the commission said 315 trucking companie...

A 51 year old Canton man, who was shot at his apartment this past weekend, has died. Canton Police, in an update on Wednesday, said Richard Staats was taken off life support Tuesday afternoon and died...

Parents are calling for safety changes after a student fatally shot herself inside Valley Forget High School's cafeteria earlier this week. A petition calling for metal detectors in every Parma City S...