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Akron attorney and former councilman Warner Mendenhall, a frequent critic of city hall, last week emailed his 1,400 followers the Internet link to private taxpayer information that had been hacked from city computers. That act has infuriated the ...

Z Rich Heldenfels Akron Beacon Journal Arizona Daily Star 1 hour ago • Rich Heldenfels Akron Beacon Journal Bad movies are rarely as much fun as these "Fast and the Furious" pictures. And make no mistake about it - they're bad. Read more Public ...

The Akron school board has fired Melissa Cairns, a former math teacher at Buchtel Community Learning Center who had posted photos of her students' duct-taped mouths on her Facebook page in October. Cairns, 33, had taught in Akron for five years at ...

Akron cornerback Seth Cunningham has been suspended indefinitely after being arrested on charges of aggravated robbery on May 13.(Photo: Rob Leifheit, USA TODAY Sports)Story HighlightsAkron cornerback Seth Cunningham is facing charges of aggravated ...

Akron Children's Hospital is encouraging patient families to embrace the concept of "kangaroo care." The hospital's neonatal intensive care unit launched a "kangaroo-a-thon" last week that continues through May 31 to get as many parents as possible ...

More than half of all poor people in the Akron metropolitan area now live in the suburbs, mirroring a trend that has seen poverty shift out of major cities over the last decade, the Brookings Institution says in a new book released today. The think ...

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a manufacturer of tires, has opened new global headquarters in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear Chairman and CEO, Richard Kramer said the company's new Global Headquarters represents many positive attributes of both Goodyear ...

AKRON, Ohio The following directors were reelected to one-year terms: In other business, the following proxy items failed to receive the requisite vote based on preliminary results: A management proposal to change company's governing documents to ...

AKRON, Ohio, May 21 (UPI) -- Akron police said James Kilmire, 37, was wearing the ankle monitor Friday when he was arrested in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Akron and he was also wearing the monitor when he allegedly perpetrated multiple ...