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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week in Akron history, canal commission awarded contracts, workers installed pipes, motorists bought maps and ...

Areas that may be impacted include Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Tallmadge, Mogadore, Stow, Brimfield, Randolph, Munroe Falls ...

Celebrations are taking place across the country, from huge metropolises to small towns. One of the finest in Ohio is in the Portage Lakes area just south of Akron. Things kicked off in New ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW)– Portage Lakes, located in Summit County, is a chain of seven lakes covering 2,300 acres with more than 40 miles of shoreline. Eight years ago, Judy Narducci started Portage ...