The death of a 29-year-old man is being investigated by the Summit County Medical Examiner and the Akron Police Department.

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, ...

Ethan Liming was found beaten to death in the parking lot of the I Promise School in Akron in June 2022. Police said Ethan, 17, and his friends shot toy gel pellet guns at three males playing ...

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 ...

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 (WOIO) - An Akron Municipal Court judge ruled Thursday morning that one of the two siblings charged in the Akron shooting death of a 24-year-old woman will be held on a $1 million bond. 25 ...

AKRON, Ohio — 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 ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - According to Akron Police, a man stabbed his mother, 59 year-old Courtney Jones-Hunter to death and critically injured a man on Bronson Road Wednesday afternoon. Police and EMS ...

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 ...

AKRON, Ohio — The scene Thursday outside the Summit County Courthouse has become a familiar one in Akron: Protesters gather, seeking repercussions for officers who shot Black men in the line of duty.

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A 39-year-old woman’s sudden and unexpected death was caused by injuries she suffered in an assault at a West Dalton Street home, police said. Her domestic partner was deemed a ...