Akron City Council

Council is beginning to work with the public to get input on how the money should be used.

Ransom is reportedly $1M for each kidnapped missionary member; Akron City Council to target six areas for spending $145 million in pandemic relief aid; The remaining 'Devil Strip' board members have launched a GoFundMe campaign to keep it going; and more stories.

Mayor Dan Horrigan has introduced a five-point plan that draws on the city's American Rescue Plan Act funding.

The council hopes the new position will increase transparency, provide more proactive communication, and improve customer service.

Since the end of July, there have been 34 homicides in Akron, compared to 26 at the same time in 2020.

A long-time civil rights attorney who has served on the city's civil rights commission, Nancy Holland, was chosen to serve Ward 1, a seat that has been vacant since Rich Swirsky's death May 26.

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.