Akron Fire Department

Mayor Shammas Malik swore in 29 new police officers and two fire department arson investigators Friday upon their graduation from the Akron Police Academy. The graduating class's training had an emphasis on community engagement, according to police officials.

Akron launched the mental health co-responder model SCOUT in March 2024. The team handles mental health calls that otherwise would have gone to police or firefighters.

Five Akron firefighters will help staff local stations while local firefighters battle wildfires. The department is still stretched following the end of the city's contract with private ambulance service AMR.

The new station will replace Fire Station No. 12 in the Wallhaven neighborhood, which is 72 years old and deteriorating, fire officials said.

Fire departments across Northeast Ohio are struggling with the same issue: low staffing. But they can't seem to figure out why.

The Seiberling Federal Building in downtown Akron was closed Wednesday following the discovery of a package with white powder in an envelope in the mail room. The building along with the surrounding area were evacuated after a note in the envelope.

Akron City Council unanimously passed an ordinance requiring CO detectors in residential dwellings that use fuel-burning appliances.

The increase in the number of cases comes as with the jail's inmate population nearing capacity; Former Cavs coach Mike Fratello to receive the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award.

New coronavirus cases in Ohio jumped Tuesday to more than 2,500, the second spike in the past five days; Ohio Supreme Court decision moves Ohio closer to getting rid of cash bail; an Akron firefighter who used a fire hose to spray an activist has been put on administrative leave; and more stories.

COVID cases numbers dropped back to average after spiking on Friday; Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree has fired the department’s first diversity and inclusion director after just one month on the job; the Akron Fire department has apologized after a firefighter turned a hose on a bystander; and more stories.