Ahead of a city council meeting at which council members could vote for or against a proposed study of the city's use of ...

Two Akron men will go on trial Wednesday morning in the roadway shooting death of Marquise Banks. Third suspect to testify ...

Officials say the city saw 25 murders in 2024, compared to 26 in 2023. That figure is still a sharp decline from the 2020 peak of 50 murders.

We also reached out to The Akron Citizens’ Police Oversight Board and Office of Independent Police Auditor, who responded that they "are deeply saddened by the recent shooting incident on ...

The fatal police shooting of Jazmir Tucker on Thanksgiving night left many across the community with questions. Two Akron officers left their cruiser at about 11 p.m. Nov. 28 to investigate shots they ...

The Akron Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy, leaving him in "serious but stable ...

Malik took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to denounce the intimidation against Akron police and added that in the wake of “tragedies” like Tucker’s shooting, it is the government’s ...

It took Akron police officers about eight minutes to give aid to the youth after the shooting. Later, officers later found a gun in the boy’s front pocket, which had been zipped. On Tuesday ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old after an altercation at a home early ...

Dozens of people gathered outside Akron City Hall Akron Monday night to protest the deadly police shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker. The chants of roughly 50 protesters could be heard from ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Meeting for the first time since the fatal police involved shooting of Jazmir Tucker on Thanksgiving day, Akron’s Citizens’ Police Oversight Board chairman was inviting ...