Fairlawn News

Here's a riddle for you. Why did the snapping turtle cross the road? If your answer is to get to the other side, you would be partially correct.

The following list will be updated as new listings come on the market in Summit County.

Father Michael Murray stands on the wing of his Mooney Eagle plane at Medina Airport on Monday while talking with the Rev.

"Business is up over last year," said Holly Workman, owner of Holly's Book Rack in the Johnny Appleseed shopping center.

A 22-year-old Akron man was arrested early Saturday after police said they found an AK-47 assault rifle in the vehicle he was driving.

A long and heated battle over adding hydroelectric facilities to a Cuyahoga River dam between Akron and Cuyahoga Falls appears over.

AKRON OPEN M fundraiser AKRON: Reserved tickets for five Akron Aeros games are available at a discount as part of a fundraiser for OPEN M. The agency provides ministry, health services and food to needy people in the area.

Summit County Executive Russ Pry was honorary canalboat captain at the Canal Captain's Ball Saturday night at Fairlawn Country Club.

More than 16,000 permits for concealed handguns were issued statewide in the first three months of this year - more than double the number approved in the first quarter of last year.

You've changed all of your light bulbs to those energy-saving twisty kind, you faithfully recycle your newspapers, glass and plastics, and you've even installed a low-flow toilet.

Alyssa Becenti remembers going to Derby Downs as a 4-year-old to watch the races from the sidelines.

PATASKALA - New West Licking Joint Fire District Chief David Fulmer loves everything about being a firefighter, and his affection for the profession started at a young age.

At the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn, individual bathrooms are getting $20,000 makeovers, being doubled in size and refitted with imported Italian marble.

The Memorial Day holiday weekend is here. The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Ohio is $2.44, according to Triple-A, while the national average is $2.39. Northeast Ohio prices are closer to the national average.

Eleven-year-old Raynard Whitthorne snapped up the book about Barack Obama. Tyler Hill, 10, went for the latest Harry Potter.

In certain areas, the earth has settled into a curious grid of ridges and hollows.

An upscale shopping center and housing development may soon replace the dilapidated State Road Shopping Center.

People from throughout the Greater Akron area gathered today to pray on the steps of the Summit County Courthouse, marking the 58th annual National Day of Prayer.

AKRON Senator at dinner AKRON: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown will be the honored guest at the Summit County Democratic Party's 10th-annual Franklin D. Roosevelt Dinner on May 17.

The Akron Area Association of Churches is hosting an influenza pandemic workshop for faith communities from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Fairlawn West United Church of Christ, 2095 W. Market St.