AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron elementary school is on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were seen in the area. According to the Akron Education ...

He charged former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and two Akron-based utility FirstEnergy executives for a pay-to-play scandal at the Ohio Statehouse. Former presidential candidate Vivek ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Three young kids in Akron had a terrifyingly close call Monday morning. The children narrowly escaped an apartment fire. The good Samaritan who helped them escape from the ...

South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith is reportedly acting like a "complete nightmare" behind bars, months after she was convicted of a disciplinary charge for speaking with a filmmaker and ...

AKRON, Ohio — Jazmir Tucker -- the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by an Akron police officer during an incident on Thanksgiving night-- had three gunshot wounds, according to findings ...

Susan Smith, who is serving a life sentence in South Carolina for the cold-blooded murder of her two sons, has stopped playing nice since she was denied parole — revealing that her previously ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Three children were uninjured after escaping a Monday morning apartment fire by climbing out a second-story window. Akron firefighters were dispatched just before 10 a.m. to ...

Born on March 2, 1945, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Fred and Margaret (nee: Rancken) Clouston, Susan spent her life passionately dedicated to her family, her students, and the many hobbies she loved.

AKRON, Ohio — Darrin Welch, a 19-year-old from Akron, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Antenio Louis. The case dates back to Aug. 2023, when Welch shot and killed the 17 ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A Summit County jury convicted a 24-year-old woman of murder for a fatal point-blank shooting in the bathroom of an Akron bar two years ago. Jurors on Tuesday handed up ...

South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith told an unknown male over the phone that she "wouldn't talk" to the media just weeks before she was ultimately disciplined behind bars for doing just that ...

* Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale. Founded in 1870, the University of Akron is a large, public ...