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The Akron Public Art Inventory is an interactive database with more than 700 pieces of art and cultural items across the city.

While much of the history of the Ohio & Erie Canal is well-documented, the stories behind those who built it have been forgotten over time. Reporter/Producer Anna Huntsman dug into their history for our social media series, "Hidden History."

In 2000, then-Akron Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels made predictions for what the city would be like in 2025. What did he get right?

Through the Great Streets Akron Initiative, the city has awarded grants to help local businesses either support general operations and business development or for exterior improvements, according to city officials.

Voters elected three new Akron school board members and reelected another current member but ousted the board's president.

The City of Akron released a statement announcing the final lead service line into Akron has been replaced.

The leader of the new Downtown Akron Development Corporation has big goals for the transformation of Downtown in 2026.

Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways.

Exhibitions on view through the holidays at the Akron Art Museum help provide the city its own artistic identity.

An Akron council member proposed tightening certain public comment restrictions but withdrew the proposal Monday. He said he plans to revisit the proposal next year.