Powell was charged after her mother died at their Akron home in March 2020. She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Investigators said a woman found dead near Akron, Ohio, was from Erie, and they’re working to identify a suspect. Copley, ...

Police said a 23-year-old woman was stabbed Wednesday after getting into a fight with another woman on an Akron Metro RTA bus ...

Akron saw fewer murders in 2025, but shootings continue to dominate homicide cases despite improved solve rates.

Smiling and covered in sweat, 35-year-old Ashton Swinford of Hudson raised her arms as she crossed the finish line on Sept. 27, finishing first in the women's full marathon in Akron. Exhausted, she ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron man and woman were sentenced each to 24 to 28 years in prison for severely starving and abusing a child in their care, according to the Summit County Prosecutors’ Office.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman was shot in the shoulder, and her husband’s car window was shot out, by an Akron suspect during a road rage incident on Saturday afternoon, police confirmed. The Akron ...

AKRON, Ohio — A 32-year-old woman was injured after what Akron police described as a road-rage shooting encounter on South Hawkins Avenue Saturday afternoon. At around 3:59 p.m., officers responded to ...