Akron News

Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said Daniel Roy Spiegel, 41, of Akron, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of robbery.

John Otterman, a former Akron councilman and state representative, was one of two new members appointed to the Akron Civil Service Commission this week by Akron City Council.

Cuyahoga Falls Police Chief Tom Pozza said the boys, ages 15 to 17, were charged in Summit County Juvenile Court.

Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards says 21-year-old Eric Jones of Littledale road walked in the back door of Glen's bar on East Glenwood Avenue and put a gun to the bartender's head.

A 21-year own Coventry Township man was arrested Monday for the June 11 armed robbery of an Akron bar.

Here! Now! Imperative: not to be avoided: necessary. In a typical week, the show will cover not only all the big news stories, but also the stories behind the stories, or some of the less crucial but equally intriguing things happening in the world.

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News of a tragic explosion at an olefins plant in Louisiana is featured in this week's video.

Akron Ohio is the Mecca of soap box derby racers and references to "going to Akron" was heard often on the Murray Street hill in Glens Falls this past Saturday.

Tallmadge police arrested a Diamond man June 1 and charged him with robbery and kidnapping after he attempted to carjack a 56-year-old Akron woman's vehicle.

Bethany Sendelbach of Akron gets a makeover from stylist Megan Dempsey at Bessay Beauty Salon on Friday in Akron, Ohio.

June 16--BARBERTON -- The casting call for the movie ZombieMom brought out some of the local talent in the Akron-Cleveland area.

The 22-year-old from Akron turned that love of food and drink into a family outing with his parents: John Zipp, 60, and Jan Yoder, 60, both of Akron.

"The Bikinis," a juke box musical about a 60's girls group reunited to save a trailer park, will wrap up Actors' Summit's 2012-13 season.

Not infrequently, I'll be driving down the interstate and watch a police cruiser from another jurisdiction blow by me at 80 mph.

Summit County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise announced the review phase of the state-mandated 2014 reappraisals will begin in Green June 17. According to Scalise, field staff will evaluate residential parcels through the city between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Staff members doing the work will have identification badges, wear yellow vests and have official ... (more)

Employees in the Clerk of Courts offices are the next Summit County workers to get pay raises after several years of going without.

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