Dacarrei Kinard, the man who shot and killed 40-year-old George "Geo" Jensen during a road rage incident in Norton, was sentenced to 15 to 17.5 years in prison. The sentence was handed down by Judge Kathryn Michael during a very emotional hearing Friday afternoon. Watch the full sentencing in the player below: Kinard, 31, argued self-defense during his trial. He was found not guilty of two counts of murder but guilty of voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises. Norton road rage killer sentenced 15 to 17.5 years prison The deadly incide ..read more

Famous football star and defendant in one of the biggest murder trials in U.S. history, OJ Simpson, died Thursday. Simpson heavily influenced pop culture and thoughts surrounding the U.S. legal system, but he was also a part of a mystery surrounding the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Since 1985, Simpson's bust has been on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the hall has a policy where it will not remove a bust after someone is inducted. However, in 1995, the hall didn't remove it, but someone else did. Amidst his trial in Los Angeles in July of 1995, a thief in Canton took the 45-pound b ..read more

Mayor Shammas Malik announced plans during his State of the City to try to hire a firm and design what could go in place of the abandoned 30-acre stretch that formerly served as part of the Akron Innerbelt. "It's an opportunity for a new beginning," he said. "We are going to work hand in hand with the community to determine whats next for this area, working with residents - not to them." How we got here City leaders decommissioned the Innerbelt in 2017. "When the rubber industry was booming, our population was growing astronomically," Suzie Graham Moore, Akron Director of Economic Development ..read more

Wednesday evening, Akron Mayor Shammas Malik will give his first ever "State of the City" address, coinciding with his 100th day in office. Malik will deliver his address at the Akron Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron. You can watch Malik's speech in the player below: Akron Mayor Shammas Malik delivers his first 'State of the City' address I plan to give a progress update on my teams 100-day plan, highlight some successes, and focus on whats next for the City of Akron, Malik said. This event is really about the people of Akron and its important to me that our residents have the opportunity ..read more

A house fire broke out in Canton during Monday's solar eclipse leading to a large cat rescue. Just before 3 p.m., the Canton Fire Department responded to a home on 25th Street Northwest. When firefighters arrived, a woman was found outside saying there was a fire in her kitchen. The 76-year-old owner told investigators she believed one of her cats accidentally turned on a burner on her stove top. Firefighters rescued 37 cats from the home and quickly put out the fire. All of the cats survived and the woman did not suffer any injuries. A firefighter suffered minor injuries. Fire crews used oxyg ..read more

The Akron Zoo hosted an event called Total Eclipse of the Zoo, inviting 2,500 people from all over the country to watch the solar eclipse as well as learn how certain animals may react or not react during the historic event. Carrie Basset is the education mission manager at Akron Zoo. The zoo is participating in a citizen science program called Soundscapes Eclipse. The program will study what zoos and native animals are doing during the eclipse. We're excited to see because there has not been a lot of research on animals during eclipses. So, the last time a big study was done was in the 1932 E ..read more

Body camera footage released by the City of Akron on Monday shows an Akron Police officer shoot and strike a teenager in the hand immediately after he drove up to the scene and saw the teen had what was later determined to be a fake gun. The footage was released Monday, per city law, which requires the city to release footage within a week of a police shooting. The video release by Akron includes the 911 call placed before the shooting and the full interaction with the teenager, edited to protect the juvenile subject's identity. Some viewers may find the video disturbing due to its graphic nat ..read more

Stark County health officials are offering a new way to combat a disturbing trend and it's making headlines. In what's believed to be a first-of-its-kind way in Ohio to distribute Naloxone commonly referred to as Narcan an old newspaper box has been repurposed to distribute the medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. The box is located inside Stark Community Support Network on Harrisburg Road NE in Canton. Stark County resident Melanie Crews stopped by the agency on Friday to pick up two boxes of Narcan. Each box has two doses in it. Crews, who has family members who have struggled ..read more

A 15-year-old boy was shot by an Akron Police officer Monday after a female caller reported a person pulling out a gun and pointing it at houses in the area, according to a news release from the department. The officer, a nine-year veteran of Akron Police, responded and found the teen near the intersection of Brittain Road and Ottawa, the release states. The officer fired a single shot, striking the boy. He was taken to a nearby hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. The name of the boy who was shot is being withheld at this time, police said. The officer involved has been placed on paid ..read more

A man who has served time in prison for burglary is in trouble once again. He's a suspect in a rash of home burglaries that happened on the same day in an Akron neighborhood. Gordon Mathews, 56, is charged with burglary, but police say additional charges could be filed. According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Mathews spent more than six years behind bars on two burglary charges. He was released from prison in 2022 and was on post-release control under the supervision of a parole officer at the time of his most recent arrest. Surveillance video both from homes and a ..read more