The family of an employee who was stabbed to death is suing the owners of the Akron group home where she was killed.

The family of Jazmir Tucker has filed a wrongful death suit against both the city of Akron and multiple members of the police department, nearly a year after the 15-year-old was shot and killed by a ...

A routine fire call turned into a death investigation Saturday after Akron firefighters discovered a body in the remains of a ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A 12-year-old Akron boy whose suspicious death is now under investigation was allegedly forced into ice baths for more than 30 minutes at a time as a form of corporal punishment, ...

Prosecutors say Dorell Davis was one of three men involved in the shooting death and robbery of an Akron man in December 2020. Joe Gorman, Davis’ attorney, says Davis was there but wasn't involved in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Akron police officer who killed a teenager on Thanksgiving fatally shot a man holding a gun during a standoff in 2022, according to records and interviews. Officer Davon Fields, ...

AKRON, Ohio — Several months after an Akron teenager was shot and killed by police on Thanksgiving night, his family and the community gathered Tuesday to commemorate what would have been his 16th ...

An Akron man was sentenced to 15 to 20.5 years in prison on Wednesday for drug trafficking charges and his involvement in the ...

The father of a 6-year-old boy who died after a possible fentanyl exposure pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, according to Summit County prosecutors. William ...

The mother of her 6-year-old boy who died after a possible exposure to fentanyl pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy ...

Larry Williams, a former Browns offensive lineman and University of Akron athletic director, died on Oct. 16 while working out on the University of San Francisco's campus, USF announced. The Akron ...