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10/10/2025

City of Akron officials and neighborhood business owners met to discuss a plan for businesses to fund security and other services beyond what the city can provide with tax dollars alone. The plan — if enough business owners agree and Akron City Council approves it — would create the second Special Improvement District in the city, alongside the much larger downtown district managed by the Downtown Akron Partnership since 2000.

Following weekend homicide, Highland Square plan for Special Improvement District would add security and other services.

10/09/2025

Lets talk turtles! 🐢 More than a dozen turtles that previously lived in the reservoir behind the Gorge Dam are now swimming in a new watery home.

More than a dozen turtles that previously lived in the reservoir behind Akron's Gorge Dam are now swimming in a new watery home.

10/08/2025

In today's education news: This school year, Akron’s public school system, which educates around 19,000 students across 46 schools, is projected to outspend its revenue by more than $10 million, Bowers told school board members during a recent presentation https://signalnews.info/472J3g0

10/07/2025

Be back soon 😗 Summit Artspace and its nearly century-old building, is undergoing $1 million in crucial renovations to open spaces and update systems, all while conserving the structure’s provenance.

Summit Artspace is undergoing $1 million in renovations to open spaces and update systems in the historic building.

10/07/2025

A local horror film festival is back for its second year of scares. Killer Video, a museum and gallery in downtown Akron devoted to the horror film genre, will present almost three hours of horror shorts and then name the winners during the festival on Saturday

Killer Video will present almost three hours of horror shorts during the Akron Independent Horror Short Film Festival.

10/07/2025

Good morning, Akron! Lets meet your ABOE candidates. Eight candidates — including three incumbents — are competing for four seats on the Akron Board of Education. Here’s where they stand on leadership, finances and the future of Akron Public Schools.

Eight candidates, including three incumbents, are running for four Akron Board of Education seats. Learn what they stand for.

10/06/2025

Our Akron Documenters are still highlighting all of our neighborhoods. Today, we take a trip to Northwest Akron. Home to Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens and homes for more than 11,200 residents.

Northwest Akron community is home to Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, and homes for more than 11,200 residents.

10/02/2025

UPDATE: A Summit County grand jury determined today Akron police officer Davon Fields will not face criminal charges for the November 2024 killing of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker.

A medical examiner said Akron police officer Davon Fields last November used a high-powered rifle to shoot Jazmir Tucker twice in the back.

10/02/2025

The nonprofit hospital system Summa Health has officially been acquired by a venture-capital-funded, for-profit company. The $500 million sale to General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Company, known as HATCo, will mean more artificial intelligence and other technology will be used at Summa 📰

Here is how General Catalyst plans to use Akron's Summa Health as a “test kitchen” for 100+ healthcare companies it’s invested in.

10/02/2025

Once again, it's on! Akron voters need to be sure they’re registered by next Monday, the Oct. 6 deadline in order to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. Voters should be aware the Summit County Board of Elections has moved to a new location at 1050 E. Tallmadge Ave.

Ohio voters need to be sure they’re registered by the Oct. 6 deadline in order to vote in the Nov. 4 general election.

10/01/2025

Donna Paola hits the trail during the Summit Metro Parks’ Fall Hiking Spree, which could be the longest-running (or walking) event of its kind in the U.S. The 69-year-old has been participating in the Fall Hiking Spree since she was a Girl Scout in Troop 538 in Firestone Park, and her hiking staff has the colorful metal shields to prove it.

Donna Paola has been participating in the Summit Metro Parks' Fall Hiking Spree since the late 1960s when she was a Girl Scout.

10/01/2025

Materium Technologies wasn’t accepted into a new accelerator for polymer and materials science startups, funded as part of the Polymer Industry Cluster. The New Jersey company has to have a place of business in Ohio in order to qualify.

The Synthe6 Materials Accelerator, a new program for polymer and materials science startups, is part of Akron's Polymer Industry Cluster.