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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler concluded his tour of Northern Ohio Tuesday with visits to Akron and Cleveland and announcing more than $2 million in federal grants. Akron will receive more than $1 million for the Gorge Dam removal project as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Akron City Council has wrapped up a three-year long process to do away with Columbus Day . Beginning in 2021 because of the pandemic, the city will...

Columbus joined several other Ohio cities in requiring masks in public spaces. The Columbus mask mandate begins Friday. Akron may soon follow. “This is about science. This is not about politics,” said Akron Ward 5 councilwoman Tara Mosley-Samples. “I think that they have politicized it so much that we are ignoring the science here, and the science says we have a problem,” said Samples.

Hundreds of people lined up in West Akron for free, in-car coronavirus testing over the weekend.The parking lot at House Of The Lord Church was filled…

The phrase "Defund The Police" has become a battle cry of protesters after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. Now, like many cities, Akron…

Akron officials on Tuesday announced a reward of $45,000 for any information regarding the murder of 18-year old Na’kia Crawford earlier this week. “Today I’m humbled to say that the Akron community is stepping up in a very big way to try to help give Na’kia and her family the justice she so desperately needed in this case,” Mayor Dan Horrigan said.

You notice Galenas right away if you're driving down Main Street on Akron's east side. It's a modern, pyramid-shaped building with a wood-paneled façade,…

A new Akron startup wants to create a community of people interested in learning about crypto-currency. On an old building near North High School, a...

Billionaire and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg visited Ohio for the second time in a month on Wednesday night, picking up an…

The abrupt closure of an Akron trucking company last month came at the end of a difficult year for the industry. GDS Express shut down , putting 75...