AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – Lorie Turner describes the Kenmore neighborhood where she and her family have lived for the past ten years as quiet. On Monday, her husband was leaving for work when he found racially charged flyer in their door. “A promotional flier, if you will, from the Ku Klux Klan. That flyer also […]
Akron’s ordinance that outlaws performing conversion therapy on minors could soon be amended to include a path to prosecute violators. First, though, Akron Mayor Shammas Malik’s administration wants to discuss the proposed amendment with community organizations that supported the original ordinance. City Council had planned on voting on the amendment’s adoption at Monday night’s meeting, […]
Have you seen all that earthmoving and construction at Lock 3 Park in Akron? It’s being managed by two women. On the $17.5 million Lock 3 renovation project, Kathryn DeMuesy is project manager, and NeShaunda Lockett is chief inspector, which DeMuesy said means they’re administering and inspecting all of the site construction, including quality assurance […]
A man, 36, was arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Akron of another 36-year-old man early Sunday morning. Dareeque Dorman, 36, was charged with murder by Akron police and taken to the Summit County Jail. Akron police officers were called to the 800 block of a Lindsay Avenue residence at around 1:30 a.m., […]
Akron is moving into the final stages of eliminating its remaining lead water service lines. Akron City Council voted 12-0 Monday to forgo the timetable for adopting new legislation and immediately authorize the city to begin installing copper tubing to replace roughly 1,500 of the 2,000 lead service lines still connected to occupied homes. Ward […]
Two recent, volatile arrests may end an Akron officer’s tumultuous time with the department. Officer Ryan Westlake, who has been an officer for nine years, was fired, then reinstated the next day and instead suspended in 2021. He has faced four other disciplinary actions and has had more than 30 use-of-force incidents, most of which […]
AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – One man is dead and two others were taken to the hospital after an overnight drive-by shooting in Akron. According to the Akron Police Department, officers were called to a shooting in the 800 block of Johnston Street around 2:20 a.m. When they got there, officers found a 32-year-old man on […]
Akron police are investigating a Sunday morning shooting that has left one dead and two others injured. Police were called to a reported shooting on the 800 block of Johnston Street at around 2:20 a.m. When police arrived, they found a 32-year-old man outside on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound. Officers administered emergency […]
It turns out you don’t have to travel hundreds of miles to take in one of the nation’s best amusement parks. The final rankings are out by USA Today’s 10 Best and one park in Ohio and another in western Pennsylvania made the cut. A panel of experts and enthusiasts was asked to cull the […]
We knew it! Akron is for lovers! According to a new poll, our fair community is the No. 1 Ohio city where people would move for romance. In fact, it’s No. 11 in the nation. The website DatingAdvice.com conducted “a comprehensive survey of 3,000 people in long-distance relationships” to find out whether the city in […]
A reporter for the news website Signal Akron has been removed from a witness list after city prosecutors initially named him as a witness for the Akron Municipal Court trial of a woman who was body-slammed by an Akron police officer in January during a domestic incident call. Signal reported Tuesday that Doug Brown, who […]
Akron Public Schools Board member Barbara Sykes gave an impassioned speech Monday night about the recent police shooting of a 15-year-old boy who had a fake gun, saying “shame on us” for expecting kids to trust the adults in this community. “Shame on us that we would sit here and act as if nothing has […]