A 49-year-old Akron man drowned at Portage Lakes State Park Tuesday afternoon. The Summit County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Walter O’Neil Cox. According to the medical examiner, Cox was ...

Search teams have recovered the body of a swimmer who investigators said went missing at Portage Lakes State Park on Tuesday. Witnesses said the man was in the designated swimming area when he went ...

Tragedy at a popular Ohio state park is highlighting what some believe is a need for safety improvements. One man is ...

AKRON, Ohio -- Sitting in your Adirondack chair on a deck overlooking the Portage Lakes, it's easy to forget you're in suburban Akron. That's one of the charms of this 6,000 square foot home on ...

CLEVLAND, Ohio – Authorities recovered a woman’s body from the North Reservoir at Portage Lakes on Thursday morning. Catherine Altizer, 49, of Akron was pulled just before 7 a.m., according to ...

The air temperature was right around 44 degrees when the event made its first splash at 2 p.m. -- a frigid contrast to two years ago when Mother Nature kissed Northeast Ohio with near 70 degrees ...

PORTAGE LAKES, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division (ODNR) ... The park is located at 2400 Harrington Road in Akron, less than four miles from Portage Lakes.

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A free spot for youth fishing opens Saturday, May 27, at Portage Lakes State Park.. It’s at 912 Portage Lakes Drive in Akron, and it’ll be open to anglers ages 15 and ...