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

Copley Township’s police chief job has been offered to an Akron Police Department official. At Signal Akron, we produce authoritative, trustworthy daily journalism across a range of topics, including ...

Public safety and its entwinement with public health are top concerns for Akron residents, affecting their everyday well-being and their ability to thrive and feel safe in their community. We’ll dig ...

A lifelong Akronite is turning small spaces into a micro flower farm filled with dahlias, local experiences and a reminder ...

Great food brings diners to Ken Stewart’s Grille in Akron. Personal connections and familiar faces keep them coming back.

Akron teacher Marsha Bodiford laid out expectations for her new fifth graders at Crouse Community Learning Center.

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 ...

The new AI policy adopted by the Akron Board of Education in June emphasize that people, not computers, are responsible for decisions.

Henri Allrutz, 4, a preschooler at Ritzman Community Learning Center; and his sister, Harper, 7, a second-grader at Betty Jane Community Learning Center, visit a penguin at the Akron Zoo during Akron ...

The marketplace’s former owner agreed to repay vendors, but with no timeline, some business owners have given up hope.

Ohioans saw Amy Acton nearly every day on TV in 2020, standing alongside Gov. Mike DeWine as the two gave the public the latest on how the COVID-19 pandemic would affect their lives. They didn’t know ...

Art LIFT program’s technical instructor, Meryl Engler, (middle) explains the materials used on the skateboard designs during a reception on Friday, Aug. 21. (Shams Mustafa / Signal Akron) On one ...