This week in Akron history, New York governor stayed overnight, Tadmor Shrine got a charter, Jesse Owens had surgery and ...

AKRON, Ohio – The Akron History Center, which celebrates the city’s 200-year history, opens Saturday, April 5. The $2.2-million history center spans three floors and includes more than 60 ...

AKRON, Ohio — One dozen couples took advantage of the joint effort by the Akron Municipal Court and Akron Civic Theatre to hold their wedding inside the historic theater on Thursday.

Local history: Akron photo found among Rudgers family reunion pictures from early 1900s. Gannett. ... an Ohio native, said the photographs belonged to his grandmother Eloyda Corser Yates (1895 ...

This week in Akron history, Gen. Simon Perkins bought 160 acres southwest of present-day intersection of Main and Exchange ...

Akron celebrates its bicentennial with the historical anthology "Akron at 200," edited by Dave Lieberth and Dr. Jon Miller.

Four buildings in Akron and Barberton will be rehabilitated with the aid of historic preservation tax credits from Ohio. The former downtown Akron YWCA, an East Market Street warehouse, the old ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police are asking for help identifying a woman they say stole a package from a front porch. Police released photos of the woman and the vehicle she got into July 9.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting that sent one teenager and one child to the hospital. Akron police have released three photos of people in the area ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio woman has sued a police supervisor who searched her cellphone and found a pornographic photo the lawsuit claims was illegally shared with people. The Akron Beacon ...

AKRON, Ohio — Fire crews were on the scene of a largely visible blaze at a mattress business on Akron's East Exchange Street. Officials say the fire broke out around 11 a.m. While no one was ...

AKRON, Ohio– Authorities are investigating a deadly plane crash in Akron. The plane crashed into an apartment building at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say there were no survivors on the plane.