CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – The family of a man who died in police custody in Canton is getting help from a nationally known civil rights attorney. Ben Crump represented the family of George Floyd ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) - The Ohio State Fire Marshal has ruled a fatal fire in Canton as arson. Investigators with Fire and Explosion Investigation Bureau are now seeking tips from the public to help identify those responsible. According to investigators, "video captured by witnesses show multiple persons of interest fleeing the scene at the time of the fire." Now, a reward of $5,000 is being offered by the Blue Ribbon Arson Committee for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.  Anyone with information is urged to contact the State Fire ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – Leaders in Canton assembled the community to have an open discussion regarding the death of Frank E. Tyson while in Canton police custody. The investigation into Tyson’s death is still ongoing and autopsy results are still pending, but the story is garnering national attention. Locally the community has a lot of concerns about what happened. So, the Stark County Urban League and Stark County NAACP hosted a Social Justice Community Conversation at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church. “I can’t breathe. You’re on my neck. I can’t breathe.” Tyson’s words are echoing through Canton an ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – The Canton Police Department has released body camera footage from April 18, where they confirm a man died after a brief struggle at an AMVETS location. There are a lot of unanswered questions regarding the incident, but the footage was sent out by the City of Canton in the interest of transparency. On April 18 at roughly 8:27 p.m., Canton police arrived to AMVETS on Sherrick Road after multiple 911 calls following a car accident that took out a telephone pole. “He’s screaming at our members, he won’t leave,” one caller said. “Can you hear him in the background? We have al ..read more

[Editor’s Note: In the video above: Forbes names three Ohio-based companies as ‘America’s Best Employers’] (WJW) - Another local Rite Aid store will soon close. The latest round of closures includes two more Ohio locations and adds to the roughly 200 Rite Aid stores nationwide that the company has closed since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year. Woman wins $2M while picking up pizza for dinner The latest round of closures was announced in court documents dated Tuesday, April 23. According to the documents, 16 additional stores will close including the Rite Aid loca ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) -- Canton residents should be wary of scammers impersonating "third-party electrical inspectors" in order to enter homes, warned Mayor William Sherer II. Residents on Monday, April 22, started reporting the visits to City Hall, saying the scammers posed as representatives of a third-party electrical company, and that a newly passed Ohio law allows them to enter ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) - Officials report, that a Canton man was getting ready to go fishing Sunday morning when he noticed the roof of an SUV in the middle of a pond. PHOTOS: Fiery crash lands near fast-food window The Canton Fire Department’s Water Rescue team was dispatched to the scene at Cook's Lagoon, off Mahoning Road NE, shortly before 9 a.m. on Sunday. Officials said the vehicle was unoccupied but was reported stolen from an address in Plain Township on Saturday. Health alert issued for ground beef over E. coli risk No one was injured. The incident remains under investigation ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) — An investigation is underway after a man reportedly died while in Canton police custody Thursday evening. Police were initially called to the 1700 block of Sherrick Road South East around 8:15 p.m. for reports of a single-car crash in the area. Upon arrival they saw an unoccupied vehicle and a power pole down in the road. ‘Devastated’: Family of 3 narrowly escapes arson in Cleveland, 2 pets dead With the help of witnesses, police were able to locate the driver of the vehicle who had headed to the Amvets Post down the road. Police said 53-year-old Frank Tyson of East Canton ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) -- Fire ripped through a Sherlock Place home early Thursday, causing $27,600 in damage. Canton firefighters arrived just before 3 a.m. to the home in the 1000 block of Sherlock Place Northeast to find gouts of flame shooting from the attic windows and roof of the two-and-a-half-story home ..read more

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) - Braylen Smallwood and Treizion Allen entered the Stark County courtroom of Judge Kristin Farmer, having pleaded guilty on Friday to multiple charges including aggravated murder. The charges arise from an incident on June 29 last year which police and the county prosecutor have described as an ambush on two detectives who were investigating an unrelated incident on 12th Street in Canton. Student brings fake gun to local middle school At least 14 shots were fired, one of them grazing one of the detectives. Both of them addressed Smallwood and Allen in a courtroom overflowin ..read more