Akron Metro News

As the US House decided on whether or not to give big banker billionaires even more bread, ponder the woman who encapsulates Bush/McCain world Sheriff's deputies in Summit County, Ohio, acting as the emissaries ...

A 90-year-old Akron, Ohio, woman who shot herself as sheriff's deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home became a symbol of the nation's home mortgage crisis Friday.

A 90-year-old Akron woman is in the hospital after Sheriff's deputies say she shot herself when they tried to serve her with a foreclosure eviction.

Travis L. Elder, 18, of Cole Avenue, who is a suspect in the Sept. 18 shooting of Joshua M. Robinson, was taken into custody at noon, said Akron police public information officer Lt.

The battle over Ohio's payday lending law traveled to Akron on Wednesday in anticipation of state Issue 5, which voters will consider next month.

The State Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help in locating a patient of the Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare System in Northfield.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Thursday it intends to draw $600 million from a revolving credit line because it has been unable to tap an investment in a money market fund.

John Moore, 48, has been appointed interim director of the department of planning and urban development.

AKRON Gun, drug charges AKRON: A 22-year-old Fifth Avenue man has been charged with having a loaded gun and crack cocaine.

An Akron man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for shooting a man last spring.

The all-instrumental group's overall approach respects musical heritage. By SAM MCDONALD 247-4732 September 29, 2008 T hese days, plenty of bands make money by blending Celtic music with rock 'n' roll.

Sep 28, 2008 3:45 pm US/Eastern Timeline: U.S. Credit Crunch & Financial Failures As Democratic and Republican leaders hashed out a compromise to the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of ...

A dozen people marched along Market St. in Akron yesterday to protest a proposed bailout of financial institutions.

A man wanted for bank robbery was arrested Monday at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort.

Police need help finding a man wanted for the aggravated murder of Joshua Robinson of Cuyahoga Falls.

A 52-year-old man committed suicide after kidnapping his ex-girlfriend early Wednesday morning.

AKRON, Ohio - Vehicle emissions test sites in seven northeast Ohio counties now offer free replacement gas caps.

A 52-year-old man apparently killed himself after kidnapping a former girlfriend at her Akron job and taking her to her Copley Township apartment where he held her hostage.

AKRON: An Akron man has been jailed on two counts of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in two fatal shootings, police said.

Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde is unleashing her inner cowgirl on the rock band's first new album in five years.