Different ethnic groups have their own specialty foods and different regions have their favorites – especially around the holidays. One delicacy found almost exclusively in Akron is the little fried ...

An 18-year-old man has been charged in the murder of a prominent Akron attorney and his wife. Shawn Ford Jr., of Akron, has been accused of killing Jeffrey and Margaret Schobert in their New Franklin ...

On October 2, 2008, Sladjana Vidovic's older sister found her hanging out of a window with a rope around her neck. She was 16 and said in her suicide note that for half of her life, ever since her ...

David Pepper says the Ohio Democratic Party needs new leadership and new energy. Courtesy of David Pepper campaign The race to replace Chris Redfern as the chair of the Ohio Democratic Party rages on ...

The Ohio Department of Education today announced it’s retracting its evaluations of charter-school sponsors. The move comes after a department official admitted he had failed to include the grades of ...

The U.S. attorney’s office says 54-year-old Mark. Kershey stole the millions over 16 years by creating a dummy company called Aircraft Parts Services. He then allegedly used the company to bill ...

Homelessness, PTSD, substance abuse and sexual assault are among the issues returning vets are facing. Hundreds of people representing scores of community agencies met with the Cleveland VA in ...

The Ohio Democratic Party says it knows who should run for secretary of state in 2014, and the group is promoting a website to introduce her. RunNinaRun.org tabs State Sen. Nina Turner as the most ...

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with Ohio State University in a lawsuit brought by sports broadcasting giant ESPN. From Ohio public radio station WOSU, Steve Brown reports. The company brought the ...

J.B. Silvers ran an insurance company before becoming a professor at Case Western Reserve University. He's also on the board of SummaCare in Akron. And he's probably one of the few people who have ...

Pluto says 7-foot center Zeke Marshall picked Akron to play basketball because he was impressed with the school's computer program. Courtesy of The University of Akron The University of Akron men’s ...

The U.S. Justice Department announced this week it will not reopen the investigation of the Kent State shootings 42 years ago. Four students were killed and nine were wounded. One of the victims Alan ...