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  • Bees Buzzing Over Youth Football Bust
    Bees Buzzing Over Youth Football Bust A hornet's nest buzzing in Medina as the former president of the Bees Youth Football Association is now facing charges, including grand theft. NewsChannel 5 first reported the program showed…
  • AUDIO Six FirstEnergy Power Plants To Close
    FirstEnergy Corp. will retire six coal-fired power plants in sight of high costs to meet environmental regulations. "Some of these older, smaller units, that really haven't run all that much over…
  • Akron Police Looking For Two Masked Robbery Suspects
    Akron police are investigating two separate robberies that happened within eight hours of each other. Authorities say a clerk was robbed at gunpoint around 7:00 Wednesday night at a Circle K…
  • UPDATE Police Make Arrest For Akron Homicide
    Akron police have arrested the son of a 72-year old woman who was found stabbed to death in her Highview Avenue home in the city's Firestone Park area. Daniel E.…
  • AUDIO Summit County Looking To Tackle Abandoned Homes Problem
    A bipartisan group of Ohio and Michigan members of Congress are urging President Obama to help communities in the two states deal with a growing number of vacant and abandoned…
  • AUDIO Tallmadge Police Discussing Meth Cleanup Proposal
    Tallmadge City Council is proposing an ordinance to provide recovery costs for meth lab cleanup in homes, which could ease the burden for the city's police department once funding goes…
  • No Bond For Beasley
    No Bond For Beasley The main alleged culprit in the Craigslist killings will continue to be held behind bars without bond.  Richard Beasley, 52, entered pleas of not guilty this morning in Summit County…

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Humidity: 66%
Wind: SW at 13 mph
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Snow Showers
22 | 34
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  • First Night Akron Closings
    As First Night Akron prepares for their New Year's Eve celebrations, drivers will be detoured around some road closures Saturday, December 31. S. Main St. between State St. and Bowery St. will be closed at 8:30 on Saturday and remain closed for the duration of the event. University and Church St. from Main St. and High St. There will be no parking on W. Bowery St. from Main St. to State St. There will be no parking on Water St. from W. Bowery St. to W. State St. There will be no parking on E. State St. from S. Main St. to S.…

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