After completing Stark State College's five-week course, Chase Pitre was hired to transport crude oil across Ohio and West Virginia.

A main goal of Hardesty park upgrades is to make it a destination park for Akronites and visitors and to encourage people to live in Akron.

Complaint tests how Akron Public Schools holds safety leaders accountable when they are entrusted with keeping others safe.

From haunted hayrides and fall festivals to movie screenings and plenty of pumpkins, explore more than 40 things to do near Akron this fall.

Test your local IQ with the new AkronAlive! weekly photo quiz. See if you can recognize this iconic Akron performing arts venue and jump in!

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Still choosing a school in Akron? Here’s how to enroll in APS, explore other schools, use Ohio vouchers or homeschool for 2026-27.

In a world where it seems like everything is moving a mile a minute, it’s easy to let reading fall by the wayside. When that happens, it’s hard to know how to get yourself out of a slump. When I find ...

Kailyn Kreitzburg (center) and her wife Ari Kailyn (right) watch performers at Lock 3 Stage during the 2026 Akron Pride Festival in downtown Akron on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron ...

Henri Allrutz, 4, a preschooler at Ritzman Community Learning Center; and his sister, Harper, 7, a second-grader at Betty Jane Community Learning Center, visit a penguin at the Akron Zoo during Akron ...

The following item is a written record of the Akron Planning Commission meeting from Aug. 14, compiled by Akron Documenter Dreama Whitfield. It is not a reported story. Documenters are residents who ...