An Akron middle school was vandalized over the weekend and evacuated this morning when a bomb threat was discovered.

Tensions are high between Akron’s Fraternal Order of Police and the Akron City Council when it comes to pending contract ...

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[In the player above, learn more about the Safer Ohio School Tip Line.] AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Suspected vandals trashed at least 10 classrooms at an Akron school sometime over the weekend and also ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A 26-year-old died in a motorcycle accident on Friday. According to a release from the Akron Police Department (APD), officers were called to the scene on I-277 near South ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A 23-year-old man was killed after a shooting Sunday morning in the parking lot of a McDonald’s restaurant in Akron. According to police, officers first responded to the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Akron police were called to two schools Monday after one received a bomb threat and the other was struck by gunfire. Innes Community Learning Center was evacuated after someone ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron students were redirected Monday morning after school officials discovered a threatening note and vandalism in a school. According to a release from Akron Public Schools ...

AKRON, Ohio – Clarence Bucaro, an eighth-grade student at Akron Public Schools’ Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts, has secured a spot in Mikva Challenge’s Soapbox Nation ...