The Ohio Department of Taxation has denied bids by NEXUS Gas Transmission and Rover Pipeline to lower their tax bills.Both pipelines ship natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale regions to markets in Canada and across the United States.NEXUS and Rover appealed the Department of Taxation’s valuation of their pipelines last year.County auditors use state valuations to set tax collections for school districts, townships, library districts and other ..read more

SPRINGFIELD TWP.• Two people entered IHOP and sat in a booth on Aug. 6. One then went back outside, retrieved a rifle and brought it into IHOP. A server asked about the rifle and she said she was accused of racism. The two people were asked to leave for being rude to the staff, but both they refused. When police were called, one of the people took the rifle to a white pickup truck where a third person was waiting. The third person left with the rifle. The two ..read more

Castle Aviation’s new home at Akron-Canton Airport is ready for use. The former 356th Fighter Group restaurant provides offices next to a new 50,000-square-foot hangar ..read more

JACKSON TWP. Walmart and The Salvation Army worked together to provide new school supplies to local children in need during the "Stuff the Bus" campaign event at local Walmart stores between Aug. 7-9, which was Ohio’s sales tax holiday weekend.For kids preparing for the upcoming school year, school supplies remain critical to their success. In light of COVID-19, The Salvation Army has adapted its services to ensure that children in every ..read more

SPRINGFIELD TWP.• An Ohio Sexual Assault kit was picked up from the hospital on July 21 after a woman said that, while at a friend's boyfriend's house, there was unwanted sexual activity around 1:30 a.m.• Two people were fighting in a room July 21 at Red Roof Inn. By the time officers got to the room, the fight was over and a man came out of the room with his bag packed. He stated that he and the other man had been drinking and got in an ..read more

GREEN Portage Lakes Career Center Superintendent Kim Redmond updated the Board of Education on the reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year.During the July Zoom meeting, Redmond said she has been meeting with superintendents of the four partner school districts and gathering information from the Summit County Health Department, Akron Children’s Hospital, Center for Disease Control and the Ohio Department of Education to make sure that they are ..read more

GREEN The city of Green has canceled its Children’s Entertainment Series at Central Park, 1755 Town Park Blvd, for the 2020 season. Dates in June and July had previously been canceled. All remaining dates in August are canceled.The Senior Expo on Sept. 10 at Raintree Event Center has also been canceled.Pavilion, Community Center rental remain closedAll park pavilions, Central Park Community Hall, and the John ..read more

Possibly one of the greatest traits of a famous person is remembering his or her roots, refusing to dismiss the places where their stories started.And so it was with Dick Goddard.The very longtime Cleveland TV weatherman (for 51 years, the longest such tenure for a TV weatherman in one market in the United States) never, ever forgot that he grew up in what was then Green Township and graduated from Greensburg (now Green) High School in 1949. All you had to do ..read more

COVENTRY TWP.• A woman told police July 13 that she was working on her front yard when a black man in his late 20s pulled up in a black vehicle and tried to get her to come to the vehicle. When the woman would not, she reported the man said he knew she was a widow. The woman then went inside and phoned police.• A man received a call on July 14 from someone claiming to be from the Social Security Administration and said he owed more than $3,000 ..read more

Bank Dhofar in Oman has agreed to use Diebold Nixdorf self-service programs as it upgrades it automatic teller machine network ..read more