"We have been hired to conduct our own independent investigation into the tragic shooting death of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker. Jazmir was a freshman at North High School in Akron and is being ...

The Akron Police Department has released body camera video from officers involved in the Feb. 17 shooting of 39-year-old ...

The following is a partial list of the Ohio Department of Health death notices for December, which will be continued next week. Gilbert R. Swisher, Akron, Dec. 13, 1951 to Dec. 1, 2024 Patricia F.

"This was a dangerous interaction that had the potential to become much worse," Akron Police Chief Brian Harding said ...

Abyesh Thulung survived being born in a refugee camp only to be bullied so significantly in Akron that he took his own life, ...

AKRON, Ohio – A U.S. marshals task force has arrested an Akron man accused of killing a five-month-old boy. Azeil Apollo Rivera, died Thursday at Akron’s Children Hospital, according to police ...

A former Mahoning County woman is on trial for the murder of her 3-year-old son in Akron nearly nine years ago.

AKRON, Ohio – A man died Monday in shootout with Akron police during a traffic stop in the city’s Summit Lake neighborhood, officials said. The shooting happened about 8:45 a.m. when officers ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – An Akron man was arrested Tuesday after an infant was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. According to a press release from the Summit County Sheriff’s ...

A 38-year-old Canton man was arrested Thursday in connection to the October 2024 shooting death of Marla Carter ... an investigation conducted by the Akron Police Department determined he was ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury trial for an Akron mother accused of killing her son in 2016, is now underway in Summit County Court of Common Pleas. Amanda Bunner’s trial began on Feb. 27. Bunner is ...