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 ...

Vintage photos: Unearthed images reveal Northeast Ohio around 1900 This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Local history: Akron photo found among Rudgers family reunion pictures ...

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

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

Akron police have released surveillance photos of the suspects in a “terrifying and traumatic” home invasion, who allegedly shot a 25-year-old woman multiple times.

With Akron's $1.4 billion sewer project underway, residents can keep up with the work via the Akron Waterways Renewed website or take a trolley tour of some of the key sites.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron man with a lengthy criminal history will spend the next 11-15 years in prison for shooting a woman in the face.

Akron police say they executed a search warrant in the 1100 block of Nestor Avenue Thursday that returned a stolen rifle, as well as five handguns and drugs.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Umarked and forgotten -- but not anymore. A Northeast Ohio woman discovered her great-great grandmother’s final resting place nearly 100 years after her death during a time ...

Akron firefighters rescued a dog from the frigid waters of the Cuyahoga River on Monday evening.

Akron police have identified a suspect vehicle in connection to the deadly mass shooting that took place near Kelly Avenue on June 8.

Vintage photos: Unearthed images reveal Northeast Ohio around 1900 This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Rudgers family reunion photos discovered from early 20th century ...