Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:34
"Minor Injuries" Reported After Canton School Bus, Pickup Truck Crash
Written by Mike Ward
Canton paramedics say four children and one adult were hospitalized with what are being called "minor injuries" after a school bus crash. NewsChannel 5 reports that the school bus and a pickup truck crashed at the intersection of 27th Street and Fletcher Avenue on Canton's Northeast side on Wednesday afternoon.…
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Wednesday, 11 November 2015 12:31
UPDATE VIDEO CONFIRMED 9 Dead In Fulton Crash
Written by Amani Abraham, Edward L. Esposito and Mike Ward
It's now official: nine dead from yesterday's jet crash on approach to Akron Fulton Airport. Lt. Bill Haymaker of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said all of the victims were on the jet's manifest from Ft. Lauderdale to Dayton, then Akron. Officials said not all of the victims may be…
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Questions on whether Akron should keep and maintain Fulton Municipal Airport arising again in the wake of the worst air disaster in the history of Summit County. Akron city council's Bob Hoch represents Ward 6, which covers much of the area around the airport and the Ellet neighborhood. He says…
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At 150 years old -- give or take a few years -- one of Akron's oldest residents is about to come down. A White Ash tree at the corner of West Exchange and Elmdale had served as a rallying cry for the neighborhood over a decade ago when safety concerns…
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Tuesday, 10 November 2015 15:56
UPDATE No Survivors In Akron Plane Crash
Written by Mike Ward, Jeff Looker and Amani Abraham
Officials with the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed Tuesday night that there were no survivors after a small plane crashed into an apartment building near Mogadore and Skelton roads. While the identities and number of victims haven't been released, the plane's owner confirmed that there were nine people onboard the…
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Finding an empty animal shelter is rare, but it is possible. Just ask officials with Summit County Animal Control. The 6th Annual Summit County Adopt-A-Thon over the weekend found a home for every single animal at the shelter. "We put all of the animals, dogs and cats, up for adoption for…
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Monday, 09 November 2015 16:23
Child Eating Charcoal Leads To Meth Lab, Now Drug Sentence
Written by Mike Ward
An Akron man will get three-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to felony meth charges. 25 year-old Nicholas Anton was arrested after Akron police were called to apartments on Kimlyn Circle in August - after reports that a one year-old child was walking alone in the complex and eating…
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A Norton man will spend over 7 years in prison for sexually assulting minors overseas. The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Ohio says 25 year-old Corey L. Bryant has been sentenced for sex charges involving three minors in Honduras between 2011 and 2014. Bryant pleaded guilty to…
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Akron police say that a home invasion robbery in East Akron Friday night led them to a drug house. The robbery happened at about 9:30 on Friday night at the home on Concord Avenue. One 19 year-old man was shot in the left forearm and to that side of his…
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The shooting death of a 27-year-old man over the weekend in Green is under investigation. The Summit County Medical Examiner reports the man, identified as Corey S. Seibel of Green, was shot at his home in the 2700 block of Long Road around 11 o'clock Sunday night. The Summit County Sheriff's…
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The trial of a Medina father whose one-year-old daughter's body was found dead in her crib begins today. Eric Warfel, 35, of Medina, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He's accused of putting trash in a room to cover up the smell of the decomposing body of Ember…
A woman from Green has been arrested for kidnapping a young child. 27 year old Olivia Remenyi, who reportedly has a history of psychotic episodes and drug use, took her two-year old cousin to the store on Friday and did not return. The parents of the child called the Summit…
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal car accident that happened in Stark County Saturday morning. 30-year old Danielle Johns of Tuscarawas was driving southbound on State Route 21 in Bethlehem Township around 1:40 AM. Officers say she lost control of her car and went off the roadway.…
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The first round of the high school football playoffs kicked off last night for Divisions II, III, V, and VII. Here are the area scores... Division II: Nordonia 39, Aurora 37 Hudson 45, Copley 20 Avon 49, Highland 20 Pataskala Licking Heights 27, Wooster 0 Division III: Archbishop Hoban 35,…
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