Jay Caspian Kang talks to Jermaine O’Neal, Luka Dončić, Steve Nash, and others around the N.B.A. about how the professionalization of youth sports is changing the landscape of pro basketball.

Surveillance images show four masked individuals—at least three armed—approaching the victim’s East Crosier Street home ...

Akron police arrested four teens and one man in connection to a robbery outside the Peppermint Hippo Friday morning.

Five people, including four teenagers, were arrested early Friday morning following a robbery in a gentlemen’s club parking ...

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

Though Akron became well known for being the birthplace of rubber tires and Alcoholics Anonymous, and for being the location where Sojourner Truth gave her famous “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech, Akron’s ...

LeBron James toured the new LeBron James museum, named LeBron James’ Home Court, in Akron, Ohio, on Nov. 25,2023, with his Lakers' teammates. Courtesy of LeBron James Family Foundation.

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Little information is known about a fatal shooting in Akron early Saturday morning. According to a news release from Akron Police, officers responded to the 600 block of ...

AKRON, Ohio – Akron Community Foundation has named John Garofalo as its next president and chief executive officer, according to a news release. Garofalo, who has worked at the Akron Community ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – Goodyear is calling it a “once-in-a-lifetime event” as the company prepares to send all three of its iconic blimps, together, over northeast Ohio in honor of the Goodyear ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A 31-year-old man is now in custody for a deadly shooting this past weekend. Akron Police said Martinez Williams is charged with murder and locked up in the Summit County Jail.

AKRON, Ohio -- A 24-year-old man has died following a Saturday morning shooting in Akron, the city’s police department said. The fatal shooting happened about 3:45 a.m. on Darrow Road near ...