His first head coaching job was with the Walsh Cavaliers (1980-1983), before taking the job with the Akron Zips (1984-1989). Huggins is best known for turning the Cincinnati Bearcats into a force ...

Samaha will now battle Akron kicker Owen Wiley, who kicked in four games last season for the Zips. When Samaha committed to Michigan in 2023, he was expected to become the next great Wolverine ...

Paralympic swimmer Grace Nuhfer is from Indiana, but she calls Akron home, too. In this video, Nuhfer reveals what she likes to do in the Rubber City.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Lyft driver was injured in a shooting in Akron late Monday evening. Akron Police said the 29-year-old woman dropped off a passenger in the 800 block of Bisson Ave.

The Akron native did not play collegiate basketball, going directly from St. Vincent–St. Mary High School to the Cleveland Cavaliers as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. However ...

To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. AKRON, OHIO -- Standing outside the home clubhouse at Canal Park on Tuesday, David Fry joked about the sense ...

AKRON, Ohio — The Akron community is on edge following several use-of-force incidents in addition to the death of Jazmir Tucker, who Akron Police shot and killed nearly six months ago on ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Police have apprehended an 11-year-old boy suspected of trashing at least 10 classrooms at an Akron school and leaving a bomb threat on a whiteboard, according to police. The ...

AKRON, Ohio — An Akron middle school was vandalized over the weekend and evacuated this morning when a bomb threat was discovered. Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley confirmed that ...

A grim scene unfolded in an Akron McDonald's parking lot yesterday, where Diamond Fisk, a 23-year-old man, became the latest casualty of gun violence. Fisk was discovered with multiple gunshot ...

CLEVELAND — Akron police are investigating after a 23-year-old man was shot dead in a fast food restaurant parking lot early Sunday morning. At around 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to Empire ...

A white 27-year veteran of the Akron Fire Department filed a lawsuit against the city claiming he was unfairly passed over for a promotion in favor of a 49-year-old Black woman. Stop me if this ...