A 34-year-old man who led law enforcement officers from three different departments on an almost 40-minute chase from Springfield Township to Akron crashed into multiple vehicles, including police cruisers, before two Akron Police Department officers and a Summit County sheriff’s deputy fired at the man about 20 times. The chase ended at about 6:33 p.m….
Akron, Ohio — A police officer in Akron, Ohio, is under investigation after firing more than a dozen shots last week at a man he suspected of having a gun, officials say. The city’s mayor said this week that it appears the man, who has not been publicly identified, was not armed at the time of…
Ridership is climbing on the Metro buses in Akron, Ohio, after a major overhaul based on something often overlooked in public transit: listening to what passengers need and acting on it, according to transit officials. Dawn Distler, a former bus driver who worked her way up to Metro’s CEO, makes a point of riding a…