Akron police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed a FirstMerit Bank on West Market Street Friday evening.

Police said the man handed a teller a note at the West Market Street bank shortly before 6 p.m. The man allegedly threatened that he had a weapon and demanding money. The teller reportedly gave the man an unknown amount of cash and the suspect fled.

Authorities have released a photo from surveillance video to try and identify the man.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Akron Police Department Detective Bureau at (330) 375-2490.

Finding your way around closures on the roads can be a hassle, especially during construction season. The Ohio Department of Transportation is hoping to relieve some of the headaches associated with traveling through the orange barrels.

ODOT District 4 has launched the "Do The Detour" website, ahead of the restriping project along the Kenmore Leg that was scheduled for this weekend. That project has since been postponed due to weather.

According to ODOT, the new site will offer the best detour options for drivers, maps included, before they head out on the road.

There are a list of upcoming projects that ODOT is preparing for -- including the more than $100 million project on Main/Broadway and I-76. It's a four-year project that will send drivers to the Kenmore Leg as the detour.

On the web: www.dot.state.oh.us

More than a dozen people are looking for a place to stay after a fire broke out at a Highland Square apartment building early Wednesday morning.

Akron firefighters found smoke pouring out of the windows at the apartment complex on South Highland Avenue, and saw people climbing out the windows.

Lt. Sirjie Lash with Akron Fire says that a later search found a man inside unresponsive, and firefighters went to work to save him

"And our firefighters actually performed CPR on that patient," Lt. Lash tells WAKR.net, "and at this point in time (late Wednesday afternoon) that patient is still alive."

Two people were taken to hospitals, and two people were treated for minor injuries on the scene.

The Red Cross is working to help the residents find shelter.

Akron City Council has voted to repeal the city's panhandling law after the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed suit against the ordinance last week.

The city released a statement saying the ordinance was "no longer the preferred means of advancing the City's interests in promoting the public peace, safety, health and welfare" of citizens.

The ACLU said the panhandling laws "single out speech asking for help" and that previous court rulings have upheld that.

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(City of Akron - Press Release) – Akron City Council voted tonight to repeal Section 135.10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Akron entitled "Unlawful panhandling and fraudulent solicitation."

Council convened a special meeting with the Law Department on April 18, 2016 regarding the existing ordinance and recent developments in constitutional law. The legislation to repeal Section 135.10 was submitted by the Law Department and offered by Mayor Horrigan and Council as a whole to address recent United States Supreme Court jurisprudence which differs from the case law existing at the time the ordinance was amended in 2006.

Upon careful consideration, City Council voted to repeal Section 135.10 in its entirety because, it was "no longer the preferred means of advancing the City's interests in promoting the public peace, safety, health and welfare" of its citizens.

Akron City Council President Marilyn Keith stated "Akron is a generous and caring community. City Council continues to be committed to addressing poverty and homelessness and finding the best solutions for those in need."

It's not a big problem here, but TSA officials are reminding travelers that firearms are not allowed through airport checkpoints. Period.

"The bottom line is TSA doesn't want to infringe on anyone's rights to take a firearm with them when they travel," said regional spokesperson Mark Howell. "We just want to make sure it's done in the safest way possible and that it's inaccessible in the aircraft, so it's in a checked bag underneath the aircraft." 

Howell said not only is it a safety issue to travel with a firearm inside an airport checkpoint, but travelers can add some pretty serious delays when getting screened -- even to the point where TSA officials are forced to close off a checkpoint lane.

"The first thing we do is hit an alarm. Our law enforcement partners will actually come and take the firearm and the person out of the checkpoint area," said Howell. "The reason they do that is it's a safety thing. About 80 percent of the firearms we find in the checkpoint are loaded." 

TSA at @CAKairport reminding travelers to leave firearms in checked baggage. A quick how-to: pic.twitter.com/aivz2tmfEM

— Amani Abraham (@AmaniAbraham) May 5, 2016

Howell said there has been about a 25 percent increase, nationwide, of firearms coming through airport checkpoints, but it hasn't been a big problem in Northeast Ohio. So far this year, only one person has tried to travel through the Akron-Canton Airport TSA checkpoint with a firearm and four people at Cleveland Hopkins Airport.

People can still travel with firearms, but it has to be part of checked baggage and travelers must fill out a declaration form and follow TSA policy.

Click here for more information on traveling with a firearm.

Alliance police are giving residents a warning to stop calling an alleged drug dealer's phone.

According to the department's Facebook page, the man was arrested by detectives Tuesday night after he was allegedly caught on video selling crystal meth. They're trying to read through his texts, but police say people quote "keep calling and texting and it's really annoying."

Police said the man is all out of drugs and chances are they'll find those trying to reach him.

Oh -- and one more thing: Alliance police say his ringtone is terrible.

The mother, grandmother, and two others charged in the heroin death of a 16-year-old have officially been indicted.

A Summit County Grand Jury handed down the indictment against four people includingmother Heather Frye, 31, grandmother Brenda Frye, 52, both of Akron, and Jessica Irons, 34, of Stow.

The three are facing several charges including involuntary manslaughter in the death of 16-year-old Andrew Frye who was found dead at a hotel room in Green on April 6th. Police say all three were in the hotel room prior to Andrew's death.

Authorities also discovered that the heroin Andrew used was obtained from the grandmother boyfriend, Donald Callaghan, 58, of Akron. He has been charged with possession of heroin.

All four are scheduled to be arraigned on May 4.

Police are investigating a double homicide after a mother and her son were found dead inside an Akron home late Sunday.

Officers said a 9-year-old called police to report that her mother and brother had been shot in the chest at their Hartford Avenue home. She told police her brother was dead and her mom was still alive.

Officers found the 48-year-old woman on the first floor near the staircase and the 28-year-old man was found in the upstairs bedroom. The woman was able to tell police that three men entered the house and fired multiple shots at her and her son.

The woman was taken to the hospital where she later died. The 9-year-old was not injured. The child has been placed with relatives.

No motive has been released. The victims' names are being withheld pending positive identifications and family notifications.

Kent police have released the identity of the 23-year old man found along the Cuyahoga River along Haymaker Parkway early Sunday.

Officials have identified him as former Kent State University student Daniel J. Harwood.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was in the area on an unrelated incident when a trooper found the man's body shortly before 7:30 Sunday morning.

The death is still under investigation. Further details related to what may have happened have not been released.

Saturday's the day you can get rid of all of your unused, unwanted and expired prescription medication -- safely. Drug Take Back Day is this weekend where a list of local agencies will be setting up collection sites across the area.

"They think they're doing a good thing," said Darryl Brake, executive director of Summit County Community Partnership. "They've got excess medicine, they're going to hold it in the medicine cabinet in case they need it later, but that's how it gets stolen and diverted out in the streets."

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) puts the event together to help prevent substance abuse and addiction .

"The foundation of prevention is reducing access and so the more we can promote those boxes - and a lot of them are getting a lot of use - the better off we're able to address prevention by getting those drugs off the streets," said Brake.

Akron Police Det. Pat Leonard said if you miss the event this Saturday, there are still drop boxes that are available 24/7 in several location throughout the county.

The event will be set up between 10a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday. The service is free and no questions will be asked.

You can find the nearest collection site on www.dea.gov.