Akron Fire Department's Dive Team went back in the river off Weathervane Lane, near the site where a man went missing in February when the car he was driving, owned by his girlfriend, went into the Cuyahoga River. And the search did NOT recover a body. AFD says dive teams found…
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After days of talk, former Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III has signed with the Cleveland Browns. ----- (Cleveland Browns, news release) The Cleveland Browns have signed free agent QB Robert Griffin III. "We are excited to add Robert to our team," said Browns Executive Vice President of Football Operations…
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control spotlights drug OD's in Ohio -- in particular the epidemic of opiate abuse. In just one year fentanyl deaths jumped from 84 -- to 502, and that number is from 2014. That makes Fentanyl more potent than smack. In Summit County,…
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A Mount Union student has been charged for an alleged rape on campus over the weekend. The Alliance Review reports 23 year-old Felix Nshimiyimana of Raleigh, North Carolina was arrested just before 7:30 Sunday morning on a rape charge. Alliance Police say the victim gave a verbal statement saying Nshimiyimana entered…
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Seventeen Kent State business students studying abroad for spring break are safe after several terror attacks struck Brussels Tuesday morning. The students are visiting France and Belgium to learn about the economics of the European Union. The university's Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs Bob Hirsrich says the group will continue…
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The Cleveland Indians have announced their opening day festivities, which includes a local musician taking the mound. Patrick Carney, the drummer for Akron's award winning rock band the Black Keys, won't be a "Lonely Boy" when he throws out the first pitch for the Tribe on April 4, a game…
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State health officials say they hope Spring Break and the Zika virus don't mix. But with many popular Spring Break destinations on the list of places with active Zika virus, the Ohio Department of Health is putting out a call for safe travel. "Look at the CDC website to see if…
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Police investigating two people found dead in a home in Hudson Saturday afternoon. The names of the deceased are two adults -- one male and one female and were identified as 53-year-old Stephen Bice and his wife, 42-year-old wife Kristi, according to Newschannel 5. The bodies were found at 7687…
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A Canton man has been arrested for allegedly murdering a missing man. Canton Police executed a search warrant Friday night at 36 year-old Lance Levi Rankin's home on Worley Street after receiving a tip according to NewChannel 5. While searching the home, police found the missing man's body. His identity…
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The Northfield Center Township house that exploded, and where four family members died, will be coming down next week. Township officials say that an EPA waiting period is over Trustee Paul Buescher says that the bank holding the mortgage on the home will bring in demolition crews on Monday morning.…
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The arts community in Akron continues to grow -- and the Knight Arts Challenge is giving dozens of ideas a chance to create a lasting impression. 27 projects were named winners of the Knight Foundation challenge -- all sharing $1 million. Over 500 ideas were submitted into the challenge. "Out…
Disturbing autopsy findings were released today on the horror of the final moments in the Mather house in Nortfield Center in January. Fire swept through the home, killed all four members of the family. The report from the Summit County Medical Examiner suggests all of the victims except for the father…
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Police and Akron public schools security searched an Akron school Wednesday afternoon after rumors of a weapon at the school, but nothing was found. Those rumors resulted in the doors at Jennings CLC being locked - in what the district calls a Safe School Watch - at about 3 PM.…
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Just under a dozen people are facing charges after the FBI and local law enforcement executed several search warrants in connection with a drug ring involving crystal meth in Massillon. NewsChannel 5 reports Carlos Elias and his wife Lisa were arrested at a Lincoln Way NW home where five children…
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