Akron city hall is putting it's legal staff on the front lines in the wake of last week's hacker attack of the City's website, which put at risk the personal information… 
Smaller enrollment means the Akron Public Schools will do without 32 staff positions. And ending a sometimes contentious relationship, the Akron district moved to do without sponsorship of the Akron… 
The Brunswick City School District has closed all elementary and middle schools for the rest of the week to prevent the spread of norovirus - also known as the stomach… 
Akron taxpayers who have had to freeze their credit after a hacker attack on the city's website are getting some help. Credit reporting agencies will charge to freeze your credit,… 
Robbers targeted another fast food restaurant in Akron late Sunday night. Akron Police Lieutenant Rick Edwards says several teens robbed the Church's Chicken at 700 South Arlington around 11pm.. The employees… 
The 25th anniversary of The University of Akron's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering serves less as a time of reflection and more as a visionary launching point. Nonetheless,… 
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOORE, Okla.) -- At least seven of the 20 children killed in the devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., were from Plaza Towers Elementary School, officials said.
The school was destroyed by Monday's tornado, which tore a 12-mile path of destruction that left at least 51 people dead.
The deadly twister touched down...
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOORE, Okla.) -- First responders are in a race against time in the search for any survivors of a devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., killing at least 51 people and destroying homes and businesses in a 12-mile path, officials said.
Spokeswoman Amy Elliott of the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's office said...
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- After a fierce battle near the Everglades, a Florida man bagged a record 18-foot, 8-inch python, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC).
Jason Leon, an amateur python collector, said he was driving in the northwestern part of Miami-Dade County -- where the invasive species are...
A Barberton man is dead following an industrial accident in Kent.
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office reports that Russell Hirschfelt, 49, was crushed between a backhoe and a stack of concrete slabs.
It happened at a construction site on Erie Street Tuesday morning. Hirschfelt was taken to Akron City Hospital and died about 7 or 8 hours later. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Kent firefighters are also investigating.
Five animals died in a fire out in Kent earlier this week.
Kent Fire Officials tell the Record Courier that the flames at a house in the 300 block of Cherry Street Monday night, killed three cats and two dogs.
Firefighters were able to rescue a cat trapped inside as the crews responded at 10:40 p.m. The only resident at the home was evacuated and did not need immediate medical treatment. It took about a half hour to calm the blaze.
Fire officials say the damage is estimated at $75,000.
A cause is not known as the department continues to investigate.
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