Four games featuring Akron-area teams squaring off against each other highlight today's second-round matchups in the OHSAA high school football playoffs. Games will all start at 7 p.m., and teams ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – 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 — 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 ...

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 — 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 ...

“We are confident that few, if any, other programs in the state match this level of assistance, making the University of Akron the best choice for local students looking to further their ...

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 (AP) Ben Finley's 21-yard touchdown pass to Adrian Norton with four minutes remaining lifted Akron to its first Mid-American Conference win of the season, 25-21 over Eastern Michigan ...