Jontae Watkins, 26, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the ...

Officer who body-slammed handcuffed woman still with Akron PD; officer who shot teen now working for another agency ...

Akron firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to a fire at a tire shop on Cuyahoga Falls Avenue. No injuries were reported.

Deshawn Stafford is accused of several charges, including murder, for the death of Timothy Hutchinson. Last week, ...

Two use-of-force lawsuits against the members of the Akron Police Department and the city of Akron reached settlements in ...

Four arrested following a Fairlea traffic stop, three from Ohio. Two adults and two juveniles face drug and child ...

Four people were arrested on Thursday, December 11, 2025 after an on-scene investigation involving drug trafficking and child ...

Three Ohio residents and one local man are in police custody following a traffic stop in Greenbrier County. In an official statement, on Thursday, December 11, officers with the Greenbrier County ...

Jose Ortiz, 46, of Akron, Ohio, was charged in a fatal hit and run DUI crash involving an Amish Buggy that occurred Dec. 2 around 10 p.m., according to state police at Rockview. The accident on North ...

An Akron man will spend nearly 17 years in a mental health facility after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in ...

A Canton man is accused of attempting to purchase sex with minors as part of a wide-ranging human trafficking sting in the ...

An Akron man was sentenced to 15 to 20.5 years in prison on Wednesday for drug trafficking charges and his involvement in the ...