Draft policy on responding to crowds comes 11 months after the city of Akron agreed to police reforms when settling a lawsuit ...

Akron’s new proposed public order policy aims to protect individual rights related to assembly and free speech, effectively ...

Over the next three months, the city of Akron is soliciting public input on a revised policy intended to address how police ...

Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot or grazed 46 times, according to a preliminary autopsy report released ...

For a moment, it felt like history had shifted after George Floyd's murder. America had turned a corner on accountability.

There are still quite a few unanswered questions for the family of Javion Fort, the 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot in Akron on Friday evening.

Akron police are searching for suspects in the deadly shooting of 15-year-old Javion Fort, who was killed near South Rhodes Avenue and Oberlin Court on Friday.

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Little information is known about a fatal shooting in Akron early Saturday morning. According to a news release from Akron Police, officers responded to the 600 block of ...

AKRON, Ohio — A 31-year-old Kent man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting last weekend in Akron. Akron Municipal Court records show that Martinez Williams is being ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Two Akron police officers will be placed on paid leave, per departmental procedure, following an officer-involved shooting that took place late Sunday night near the ...

AKRON, Ohio — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation has completed its probes into the separate 2024 shooting deaths of two people (including a 15-year-old boy) at the hands of Akron police ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - A 31-year-old man is now in custody for a deadly shooting this past weekend. Akron Police said Martinez Williams is charged with murder and locked up in the Summit County Jail.