UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio– The latest location for local cheeseburger chain Swensons will be in University Heights. Plans to put the drive-in on Cedar Road near South Green Road are moving forward, according to University Heights City Council. Renderings for the building show it’s staying true to its drive-in roots. That means no indoor seating and […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A designer won a grant worth more than $200,000 to transform a closed Akron freeway into a pop-up forest. The project is called the Innerbelt National Forest, and will connect two isolated neighborhoods with a lush, wooded public space. Akron’s six-lane Innerbelt, also known as State Route 59, was started in the 1970s, but […]
AKRON – The Summit County Medical Examiner has confirmed that the 1-year-old who police believe overdosed last Thursday has died. Police responded to the 90 block of Gale Street Thursday evening and administered narcan to the 1-year-old boy after a 9-year-old called 911. The children’s mother had disappeared from the home and was later arrested […]
AKRON, Ohio — It was back in the early morning hours of May 15 that firefighters in Akron were called out to 693 Fultz Street. They found the house fully engulfed in flames. We would later learn that two adults and five children died in that fire, a fire that police believe was arrest. The Summit […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Eight days after the fatal Fultz Street fire in Akron, state and local officials announced the arrest of 58-year-old Stanley Ford. Officials made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday, after determining the cause of the fire was arson. Ford has been charged with one count of aggravated arson and seven counts of aggravated […]
AKRON, Ohio — According to a University of Akron police report supplied to WKYC today, police are investigating after two Zippy mascot costumes were reported missing. According to the report, they were first noticed missing sometime May 12 between midnight and 4 p.m. School officials checked with the students who wear the costumes and none […]
AKRON–People gathered Saturday evening in front of the Fultz Street home where seven people passed away after a fire early Monday morning.The vigil paid tribute to the lives of the victims. The Summit County medical examiner’s office said Dennis Huggins, 35, and Angela Boggs, 38, died in the fire. The remaining five victims, children who range […]
BARBERTON, Ohio — Viral video shows students at Barberton High School getting pepper sprayed as part of a class assignment, which was completely voluntary. Students were receiving a credential in the law and public safety course curriculum that is offered by the Ohio Department of Education, the Barberton School District said. The video shows the students […]
AKRON, Ohio – Akron police executed search warrants Thursday afternoon in connection with a fatal fire that killed seven people earlier this week. Authorities searched two homes on Hillcrest Street, just around the corner from the house that was destroyed Monday, according to Akron police. News 5 saw investigators carrying boxes from the homes. AKRON […]
AKRON, Ohio — A community is rallying around a teenager who lost her family in a house fire on Monday. Five children and two adults died when a fire broke out at their home on Fultz Street in Akron. Brittany Boggs was not at home at the time of the fire. She set up a Go […]
AKRON – The man accused of scrapping metal from the scene of a deadly house fire has returned the metal to the Akron home. WKYC staff caught the man on camera Monday evening as he was taking scrap metal from the Fultz Street home where seven people died in a fire earlier that morning. The […]
CLEVELAND– The Cleveland Cavaliers announced a partnership with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company on Monday. Starting next season, Cavs jerseys will feature Goodyear’s “Wingfoot” logo. It’s the first season the NBA is allowing teams to put sponsors on uniforms. Cavaliers CEO Len Komoroski and general manager David Griffin made the announcement at Quicken Loans […]