Former Akron police Capt. Doug Prade is up for parole for the first time on June 4. Here's a look at highlights of his murder ...

Ohio, we need to figure out what’s been going on with our racoons lately. Just before 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, police in Doylestown – a city in Wayne County, not far from Akron – were patrolling on Collier ...

Akron police said the suspect in a Sunday afternoon hit-and-run ran over a 50-year-old man and dragged him beneath his vehicle through a parking lot.

A teenage boy is dead after falling off a trailer during a Memorial Day parade in Ohio, officials say. The 13-year-old was part of a parade held in the community of Green. He fell ...

The cases have now been referred to the special prosecutions appointed to review the matter. The Jones case was appointed to the Attorney General’s Special Prosecution Section.

May 19, 2025, I was on my way home walking down North Hawkins shortly after 3:30 p.m. After I crossed Thurmont and continued on the sidewalk on Hawkins, a dark car with ...

For Steven Rockich, it seemed like common sense. In three separate interviews with News 5 since last fall, Rockich pleaded ...

AKRON — Detectives seized enough fentanyl to kill over 100,000 people after a man rammed into multiple police cruisers in ...

Lorenzo Leatherwood Jr. faces drug trafficking, assault and weapons charges after fleeing from police and ramming cruisers as ...

When detectives tried to stop Leatherwood’s car, Akron police said he intentionally struck multiple cruisers in an attempt to escape.

A Lyft driver in Akron was struck by a bullet fragment late Monday night after someone shot at her car with a rifle.