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04/24/2025

Volunteers at Kent State University and the University of Akron are helping gather the needed signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot to overturn Ohio’s Senate Bill 1:

Volunteers at Kent State University and the University of Akron are gathering signatures to overturn Ohio’s Senate Bill 1.

04/24/2025

What is life in your Akron neighborhood like? Our Akron Documenters are working on a special project about the city’s neighborhoods and want your help in shaping the project. Answer on our website or comment here!
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What is life in your Akron neighborhood like? Akron Documenters are working on a project about the city’s neighborhoods and want your help.

04/23/2025

Do you have any experiences related to the Quaker Square complex? From the hotel, to the silos, to the Quaker Oats cereal factory, please drop us a memory in the comments! ⬇️
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04/23/2025

The longtime site of Steinly’s Restaurant, a beloved drive-up diner in Firestone Park known for its homestyle breakfasts and friendly service, may soon become a medical ma*****na dispensary.

The longtime location of Steinly’s Restaurant, a beloved drive-up diner in Firestone Park may soon become a medical ma*****na dispensary.

04/23/2025

👀 on the weekend already. Here's a few things to do with the family 💓

Also this weekend in Akron: the Ohio Contemporary Ballet honors an Akron dance legend and Let's Move Akron cycles to the East Side.

04/22/2025

Protesters lined West Market Street in the business district of Akron's Highland Square and also near the main library downtown as part of a coordinated series of protests nationwide against President Donald Trump's policies since he returned to office in January.

The protests were organized as part of the grassroots "50501" movement, which stands for "50 protests, 50 states, one day."

04/22/2025

A memo from law firm Bricker Graydon, reviewed by Signal Akron, outlines three options to members of the Akron school board about its possible next steps related to the further employment of Superintendent Michael Robinson.

A law firm memo recommended three paths for Akron school board members to end Michael Robinson’s job as superintendent.

04/22/2025

From our Akron Documenters! After a year-long review process, the Board of Education plans to vote on adoption of the new curriculum at its next board meeting on April 28.

Akron Public Schools administrators may implement a new Social Studies curriculum for K-3 students this fall.

04/22/2025

Akron in 330: Leah Holden finds strength in connecting with, inspiring her community. 💚 https://signalnews.info/3RqLqBV

04/22/2025

The APD sought permission from Akron City Council permission on Monday to pay up to $30,000 for eight to 12 of its officers to provide reinforcements to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which will be held in the Southwest Ohio city from May 22 to 26.

The Akron Police asked City Council for permission to pay up to $30,000 to send officers to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton.

04/22/2025

A Rita Dove bobblehead? Yes please. The Akron RubberDucks will be honoring the Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. poet with a special bobblehead as part of Akron’s bicentennial festivities this year.

Rita Dove, a Buchtel graduate and famous American poet, is being honored by the Akron RubberDucks with a bobblehead in her likeness.

04/17/2025

The University of Akron’s School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering will not experience faculty cuts that professors said would have devastated the program, the Board of Trustees decided Tuesday.

University of Akron professors said the initial proposal that would have eliminated close to half the polymer faculty has caused harm.

04/17/2025

With the weather (slowly) warming up, I bet a few of you are already thinking ahead to summer, and I can’t say I blame you. Have a summer event in your community that you’d like to share? Email me at [email protected]

Also this weekend: Cuyahoga Falls hosts its 69th Annual Egg Dash across the city and Hudson celebrates Earth Day.

04/17/2025

Independent Police Auditor Anthony Finnell sides with Akron Police in controversial case.

Akron's police auditor found a punching incident involving a Firestone student and school police officer to be objectively reasonable.

04/16/2025

In “New Chapter,” her latest exhibit, which opened at on Friday, Daley, 23, looked to her own experiences with change, from immigrating to the United States from Jamaica as a child to navigating different spaces as a Black woman.
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04/16/2025

Our Education Reporter Andrew Keiper keeping you updated with the news surrounding the suspension of the Akron Public School Board's Superintendent (with pay).

Please let us know if you have any questions or thoughts!

04/16/2025

More demos. Not songs 🎶, but houses 🏠. Officials reviewed seven Akron homes during the Housing Appeals Board during its March 27 meeting, with four vacant and deteriorated homes ultimately approved for demolition.

Vandalized conditions, fire damage, police activity among reasons cited to add properties to Akron homes demolition list

04/16/2025

🥂 Cheers, applause and confetti filled House Three Thirty on Monday evening as 100 teachers and administrators from Akron Public Schools received scholarships to attend a workshop at The Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta this summer.

The group will attend a two-day professional development workshop at The Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta this summer.