As the city celebrates its bicentennial, it does so at the new-look Lock 3 during the Heart of Akron Festival this week.

The All-America City Award recognizes 10 communities that leverage civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness and ...

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

AKRON, Ohio – Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan gave his final State of the City address on Wednesday at the John S. Knight Center, but his speech wasn’t like others he has given.

If you live in Northeast Ohio, there's a good chance you've had one of the region's most iconic food items: the Swenson's ...

AKRON, Ohio — The city of Akron along with the Akron Bicentennial Commission has unveiled the official logo to commemorate the city's 200th anniversary. The logo that was selected came from Eric ...

An Akron Bicentennial Commission subcommittee is guiding the yearlong process, with a goal of unveiling the next city logo at the Bicentennial’s closing ceremony on Dec. 6, 2025.

The Cleveland Charge made its most significant logo change in 14 years on June 24 with a look that honors the city and the ...

An Akron, Ohio, school resource officer has been assigned to administrative duty after he was recorded on video punching a high school student in the head, the mayor said.

AKRON, Ohio – The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man who was shot 46 times by police after he fled law enforcement and fired a bullet out of his car window, will receive $4.85 million from ...

Akron's lone win came in 1894 in a game played at the Ohio State Fair. Akron won that game 12-6. The schools did not play between 1895 and 2001. This will be their fifth meeting since 2001.

A birthday celebration was ended by a mass shooting that left one person dead and 25 injured, two of them critically, in Akron, Ohio, over the weekend, and police have offered a $22,500 reward as ...