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Akron Pride 2024 has lots on tap for Aug. 21-24. Here's what you need to know
The Akron Pride festival is coming up next week and there are three main events that run Aug. 21-24. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 21, the Stadium Virginium: PRIDE! show featuring Virginia West and the West Family takes the Knight Stage at the Akron Civic Theater. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and will have...
Akron picks urban planning firm to lead Innerbelt redesign master plan
The city of Akron selected urban planning firm Sasaki to develop a master plan for its redevelopment of the Innerbelt. The goal of the plan will be to better connect the east and west sides of Akron, while correcting historic mistakes which displaced thousands of Black residents for the highway.
3-year-old hurt in overnight shooting in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Police are investigating after a 3-year-old boy was shot in the hand in Cleveland. It happened in the 1800 block of East 13th Street where police say the child gained access to an unsecured firearm and accidentally shot himself. He was grazed in the hand and appears...
As Northeast Ohio’s drought ends, an extreme drought creeps into southern counties
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The state of Ohio’s drought, which is the worst in the entire Midwest this summer, has both good news and bad news. The good news is that Northeast Ohio, which has been in a moderate drought for seven weeks, has finally emerged from its drought, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor update, released on Thursday.
VP nominee JD Vance to dissolve last vestige of mothballed charity, give its $11K to Appalachia
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. JD Vance is preparing to dissolve the vestiges of a charitable effort he launched in Ohio after publication of his best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” the Trump-Vance campaign said. Vance formed two like-named nonprofits starting in 2016 to...
Ohio recreational marijuana sales exceeding expectations after first week
After the first week of adult-use recreational marijuana across Ohio, the numbers have exceeded the expectations of even some retailers who are doing business in other states.
Redistricting amendment backers slam ‘manipulating’ ballot language written by Frank LaRose
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Backers of a ballot issue that would change how state legislative and congressional districts are drawn in Ohio say ballot language written by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is illegally manipulative. The charge by the Citizens Not Politicians campaign comes after it received the proposed language...
JD Vance Interview With Rape-Advocating Anti-Immigrant Writer Resurfaces
JD Vance's appearance on a podcast in 2021 has caused quite a stir online after social media users looked into the show's host. The post JD Vance Interview With Rape-Advocating Anti-Immigrant Writer Resurfaces first appeared on Mediaite.
Weather alert. Storms — some severe — coming Friday with rainy weekend expected
The last thing weather weary northern Ohio needs is another round of storms and potentially flooding rain. The National Weather Service says rain will start as early as Thursday night and continue all the way through Monday. ...
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