Akron City Council

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.

Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled a two-year state spending budget with a $1 billion initiative to help bring the state back from the economic downfall of the pandemic; Ohio's largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provision in a now-tainted energy bill; Ohio’s daily tally of new coronavirus cases continues to trend downward; and more stories.

Akron City Council is considering a proposal that would allow drilling for natural gas and oil near the city's water supply at LaDue Reservoir in Geauga County.

A committee of Akron City Council has issued its report following nearly two dozen meetings and input from every councilperson.

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a gun rights bill eliminating an individual's duty to retreat before using force; the newly elected Ohio Senate president was sworn into office from his home after contracting COVID-19 over the holidays; Ohio on Monday added around 5,900 new COVID-19 cases, fewer than average; and more stories.

The first COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Ohio as part of a national rollout, with front-line medical workers the first to receive doses; Summit County has extended its stay-at-home health advisory through the end of next month; Akron City Council has postponed a decision on whether to approve a developer's plan to build around 200 homes at the former Riverwood Golf Course site in Merriman Valley; and more stories.

Ohio reported more than 9,200 cases of COVID-19 Sunday; the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center will be among the first VA sites in the country to receive the coronavirus vaccine; the Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years; and more stories.

The 76-acre plot is near a 43-acre section for which the city is now taking conservation proposals.

Ohio surpassed 400,000 total coronavirus cases over the weekend; Akron-based Summa Health is suspending most elective procedures in the areas of surgical services, cardiology, endoscopy and interventional radiology beginning Tuesday; a government watchdog group hopes to turn the lights back on at the Ohio Statehouse by opening long-closed records; and more stories.

Akron City Council on Monday night passed legislation that will temporarily limit the size of private gatherings in the city to six and mandate face coverings at those gatherings at all times; The city of Cleveland says it can’t keep up with the “unprecedented” number of COVID-19 cases flooding in; Gov. Mike DeWine signaled new COVID-19 health orders could be coming Tuesday; and more stories.