AKRON, Ohio – Akron City Council will begin accepting applications on Tuesday for its 2024-2025 Neighborhood Partnership Grant Program. The program offers $150,000 in grants to community groups ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A family is settling a wrongful death lawsuit against Ohio police who fired 94 bullets at a Black man during a chase two years ago. Jayland Walker's family and the city of ...

will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor's office said Monday. A grand jury declined to indict the officers last year, but Walker's family accused the officers in a ...

Akron City Councilman Eric Garrett also called for Harding’s removal. In his rejection of the findings, Harding found the arresting officer’s use of force was “objectively reasonable ...

Some Akron activists are doubling down on their criticism of the city’s police chief and are now demanding he be fired. “Chief Brian Harding has demonstrated an inability to hold his officers ...

the man shot and killed by Akron police officers more than two years ago, has reached a tentative agreement to settle its federal lawsuit against the city. In a Tuesday filing in the U.S. District ...

The Greater Akron Fellowship of Clergy announced Wednesday that it stands by Akron resident Dierra Fields and is calling for accountability from the Akron Police Department. An Akron police ...

The city of Akron will pay the family of Jayland Walker $4.85 million as part of a settlement in the federal lawsuit that sought $45 million in damages for Walker's death. The city issued a joint ...

AKRON, Ohio — Akron Mayor Shammas Malik held a press conference Wednesday morning to discuss a variety of topics, including statistics regarding violent crime and calls for Police Chief Brian ...

Executive Director of Freedom BLOC Ray Green Jr. and at large Akron City Councilmember Eric Garrett. Garret offered this statement citing Harding’s rejection of disciplinary action and Akron ...

* Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale. Founded in 1870, the University of Akron is a large, public ...