A 46-year-old man died Tuesday evening when he jumped from the State Route 8 bridge, according to Akron police.

Plato encouraged temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice. We should use those principles to improve policing in Akron, ...

As Akron leaders consider a proposal to hire an outside consulting team to review the city's use-of-force policy, residents ...

There's a microscope hovering over the City of Akron's leadership following yet another high-profile police-involved shooting.

The president of the Akron Police Union is furious over recent comments from a councilman saying the city lawmaker called an ...

They’re not even old enough to drive, but Akron police want two teen girls in jail after a young woman was held against her ...

The young woman claimed to officers that she “was repeatedly assaulted” and “forced to remove her clothing” by at “least ...

The proposed audit comes after multiple high profile officer-involved shootings over the last few years, including the deaths of Jayland Walker and Jazmin Tucker.

A nineteen year old was gruesomely attacked and held in a basement at a home on Beardsley Street on December 27, according to Akron Police.

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.