After completing Stark State College's five-week course, Chase Pitre was hired to transport crude oil across Ohio and West Virginia.

A main goal of Hardesty park upgrades is to make it a destination park for Akronites and visitors and to encourage people to live in Akron.

From haunted hayrides and fall festivals to movie screenings and plenty of pumpkins, explore more than 40 things to do near Akron this fall.

Complaint tests how Akron Public Schools holds safety leaders accountable when they are entrusted with keeping others safe.

Test your local IQ with the new AkronAlive! weekly photo quiz. See if you can recognize this iconic Akron performing arts venue and jump in!

Paul Jarrett’s organization was one of 27 in the Akron area to recently receive a grand total of $2 million from the GAR Foundation. Grants ranged from $25,000 to $200,000. At Signal Akron, we produce ...

Rusty Kunze, a hearing care practitioner at Beltone Hearing Care Center in Portage County, listens to Mogadore resident Pat Abbott during an office visit on Friday, June 12, 2026. Studies show most ...

Still choosing a school in Akron? Here’s how to enroll in APS, explore other schools, use Ohio vouchers or homeschool for 2026-27.

Two 3-ounce filets mignons with mashed potatoes, among other dishes, at Ken Stewart’s Grille in Akron's Wallhaven neighborhood. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron) Relationships are the secret sauce at Ken ...

Following Copley Township's Board of Trustees meeting, the police chief job has been offered to Lt. Jason Beck of the Akron police.

The following item is a written record of the Akron Planning Commission meeting from Aug. 14, compiled by Akron Documenter Dreama Whitfield. It is not a reported story. Documenters are residents who ...

A menagerie of animals made up the carousel that used to be on display in the food court at Chapel Hill Mall. Two pandas and multiple horses, shown here in storage in the basement of the old O'Neil's ...