Akron News

November 27, 2009, 6:42 AM / An Akron man talked his way into trouble Wednesday night when he was stopped for using his cell phone while driving and an Erie County sheriff's deputy discovered he had the painkiller Lortab without a prescription, authorities said.

November 26, 2009, 7:18 AM / Newstead's 11 water districts will be consolidated into one, effective Dec.

This weekend marks the 46th anniversary of President Kennedy 's assassination in Dallas.

November 21, 2009, 6:44 AM / An Akron company is donating an estimated $113,500 in stone to rebuild the retaining wall surrounding the Akron Central High School gymnasium.

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Richard Mehls said he took two sick days during his 30 years working as a machinist at a factory in Akron and he had hoped to retire from the plant.

November 04, 2009, 7:15 AM / A good deal of site work has been completed for the Newstead/ Akron public works facility planned for Clarence Center Road - the bulk of it done by town and village work crews.

Joseph J. Hogan, 83 of Corfu, died Friday at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo.

October 30, 2009, 7:00 AM / Enhancements totaling an estimated $1.8 million will be added to Akron School District's capital building project, the Board of Education agreed Wednesday.

Ohio man was shocked to have his high school ring back after 57 years and was surprised by where it was returned: at the wake for his high school sweetheart.

Halloween is just over a week away, and we have the list of times for Trick-or-Treating times in each Erie and Niagara County town.

When Jean Deahn retired, she wanted to move closer to her daughter, Susan, and granddaughter, Cheyenne, who live in Blasdell.

October 20, 2009, 6:45 AM / Signs will be posted at two intersections banning tractor-trailers from those routes in Akron, the Village Board decided Monday.

What's the state of photography in Akron? That's the question Andrew McAllister seeks to answer every couple of years when he mounts his biennial photography show.

Two Western New York manufacturers- one makes plastic bags, the other makes specialty steel - are expanding their operations after purchasing neighboring properties.

October 09, 2009, 6:54 AM / Perry's Ice Cream in Akron will be the scene of a simulated hazardous materials release for an emergency response drill Saturday.

October 09, 2009, 6:54 AM / Site work "is in very good shape" for the new Newstead/ Akron public works complex under construction at Clarence Center and Hake roads, aided by nearly three weeks of rain-free weather in September.

Akron funeral director Paris J. Childs pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling $175,000 from the estate of a Lancaster widow prior to her death last month.

Two veteran Newstead Town Board members are not seeking re-election this year and a third is making a bid for the Erie County Legislature, creating a major change in the makeup of the five-member board.

One man is accused of causing an accident while driving the wrong way down a one-way street.