AKRON, Ohio — Akron Mayor Shammas Malik held a press conference Monday "to provide details on an incident which occurred last week at Firestone High School between a student and a school ...

AKRON, Ohio – The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man who was shot 46 times by police after he fled law enforcement and fired a bullet out of his car window, will receive $4.85 million from ...

AKRON, Ohio — The family of Jayland Walker, the man shot and killed by Akron police officers more than two years ago, has reached a tentative agreement to settle its federal lawsuit against the ...

Police in Akron, Ohio, released body camera and security video Saturday showing an officer fatally shooting a man suspected ...

The family of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio, in June 2022, has reached a $4.85 million settlement with the city of Akron in a federal lawsuit over ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The bench trial for the 33-year-old man accused of murdering an Akron mother in July 2022 was continued until November due to “unforeseen evidentiary issues.” Quinton ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Mayor Shammas Malik will provide details on a use-of-force incident between an Akron police officer and a high school student on Monday afternoon. According to a release ...

By Jesus Jiménez The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by eight police officers after an attempted traffic stop in Ohio in 2022 settled a wrongful-death lawsuit with the city of Akron ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – Akron police are investigating the circumstances that led to a man’s shooting death Friday night. According to a press release from the Akron Police Department, officers ...

AKRON, Ohio – To help address the shortage of nurses, Akron Children’s Hospital and the University of Akron are partnering to offer a free Associate of Applied Science in Nursing degree ...

The University of Akron is a public institution that was founded in 1870. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 11,452 (fall 2023), its setting is city, and the campus size is 218 acres.