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According to Pat Shipe, the president of AEA, 63 assaults against teachers have been reported this school year. Data provided by the district shows there were 249 disciplinary hearings in the first quarter, with five students expelled. Some 132 students received various disciplinary actions, including alternatives to expulsion, alternative placement, interim alternative placement, and transfer to another school, and 112 students were returned to their schools.

112/249 is 45% that go back to their schools.

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Two 18-year-old boys were shot. in the 1100 block of 5th Avenue near Chittenden Street. around 9 pm, and one died. (source). See how close you live to the shooting in Akron with this Akron Shootings map

The Northeast Ohio Family Fun site has a great list of lights all over northeast Ohio that you can filter by count. HERE IS A LINK to Summit country

There really seems to be some headway being made at the central interchange. 77 North is not open, but there will be more closings and openings over the next few weeks. If you go through the interchange, it will do you some good to check out this listing from the Ohio Department of Transportation that shows the updates.

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Akron is tearing down the rubber bowl. If you want to know why click here and see the horrific pictures of what was once a majestic football stadium.

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve will host a toy drive for the Toys for Tots Foundation at the company’s Wingfoot Lake blimp hangar on Dec. 1-4.

Community members who donate a new, unwrapped toy during the event can drive through the blimp hangar to see the airship up close. Event dates and times are:

Dec. 1 from 5-7 p.m.

Dec. 2 from 2-7 p.m.

Dec. 3 from 2-7 p.m.

Dec. 4 from 2-7 p.m.

The Ohio Goodyear airship base is located at 841 Wingfoot Lake Road, Mogadore, OH 44260

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In a "hey who thought that was a good idea" category, a video of Akron Police removing a podcaster about Justice for Jayland has gone viral ( source)

This is great, but I'm pretty sure the businesses that were HEAVILY affected by Covid needed this 2 years ago. source

I was surprised this didn't make it to the radio (WNIR) but if first energy doesn't let the radio station know, or someone calls the station, they can't report on it. In the future, if the power goes out, it's best to use your phone and go to First Energy's website and search for outages.

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The new law gives the Akron Fire Department and the Department of Neighborhood Assistance the authority to inspect buildings for CO detectors like they currently do with smoke alarms. The ordinance is complaint driven and the city aims to focus first on education and voluntary compliance. Owners and landlords who remain non-compliant would be subjected to fines or potential criminal penalties depending on the violation. source

Best Selling Combination CO and Smoke Detector (aff)

See your favorite holiday movies on the big screen at the historic Canton Palace Theatre

🎄 A Christmas Story – November 26 at 7:30pm

🚂 The Polar Express – December 2 at 7pm

🎅 Elf – December 19 at 7:30pm

❄️ White Christmas – December 20 at 7:30pm

🏡 Home Alone – December 21 at 7:30pm

🌟 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation – December 22 at 7:30pm

Find Out More -> https://cantonpalacetheatre.org/

Most of these are in the morning, but over the weekend and next week. Source

The 26th and 27th source

Join us as we welcome back WINTERBLAST 22 with ice skating, ice bumper cars and all your favorite winter activities.

Kick-off includes an illuminated holiday parade to welcome Santa, beginning at 6:00 p.m., on Main St. in Downtown Akron between Cedar and Bowery St. Our traditional tree lighting and fireworks will follow the parade. source

Archie is free to visit.

November 25th 11:30 am – 5:30 PM

Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 5:00-8:00 PM

Saturdays 12:00 – 2:00 pm and 5:00-8:00 PM

Christmas Eve 11:30 AM – 5:30 PM

New Years Eve 12:00 – 2:00 PM and 5:00 – 8:00 PM

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Fall Fest is C O M I N G to #downtownAkron & includes about 🦇13 #TrickOrTreat stations, including a haunted (but friendly) Akron METRO Regional Transit Authority BUS & stations by The Great Escape Room, Street Craftery, and Akron-Summit County Public Library to name a few.

Find out more about Fall Fest: https://bit.ly/FallFestAkron22

*(The Fall Fest event is 5 - 9 pm, trick or treat is 5 - 7 pm)

A new program is aimed at helping Summit County parents who have been abused by their partners and are seeking child support.

The Safe Access Unit will offer safeguards to those who would like to get child support but are concerned that this could put them or their children in danger. The safeguards will include doing hearings by phone and having an advocate accompany the parent to court.

The Summit County Prosecutor’s Office announced the new effort Friday in conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness month, which is in October.

This new Safe Access Unit will create protections in the child support process so parents will have the critical financial resources they need to survive.”

To contact the Safe Access Unit, call 330-643-2765.

Did you know? The #GorgeDam is set to be removed in the near future, a huge step forward for the restoration of the #CuyahogaRiver.

To hear more about the dam removal process and what's in store, you are invited to attend a public meeting at the Natatorium in Cuyahoga Falls on October 31.

Amazon (on what was Rolling Acres Mall) is looking to hire 1000 seasonal employees. If you stay on Amazon has taken steps to improve the working conditions with steps to raise wages to $19/hr. (source)

For more information go to https://www.akazon.com/apply

The towpath keeps tending and extending now into Downtown Akron. (source)

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"After much consideration and self-reflection, I have decided not to seek a third term as the mayor of this great city," Horrigan wrote in an emailed statement. "My reasons are my own, and they are without regret."

The deadline to register to vote in Ohio's upcoming election is Oct. 11 and early voting begins Oct. 12.

Check out the Online Voter Registration

In order to cast a ballot, Ohio residents must be registered by Oct. 11, thirty days before the general election is held.

To register, residents must meet these qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be 18 years old or older on or before the Nov. 8 election.
• Must be an Ohio resident for at least 30 days prior to Election Day.
• Have not been declared incompetent for voting purposes by a probate court.
• Have not been permanently disenfranchised for violations of election laws.

For more information see this article in the Beacon Journal

If you've missed some good wings, and good times with your friends (and didn't want to drive to Kent) BW3 (Buffalo Wild Wings) is back in downtown Akron

They are at the Corner of Exchange and S Main

https://bit.ly/BWWGoAkron

349 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44308

(234) 542-8888 | Sun.-Wed., 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-12 a.m

Applications are now open for Akron's new civilian oversight board, a proposal from Mayor Dan Horrigan that City Council recently passed to oversee the city's policing policies and practices.

The board will be composed of eleven members, six of whom will be appointed by Horrigan with Council's consent and five selected directly by Council. It will include at least one resident from each ward, as well as an attorney, an expert in the field of mental health, an expert in the fields of racial equity and social justice and an expert in law enforcement.

Board members are recommended to complete optional training with the Akron Police Department's citizen academy and 40 hours of ride-alongs within their first year of service.

Each board member will receive $100 per board meeting, hearing or City Council session that they are required to attend, but annual compensation paid to any member may not exceed $1,200.

A 58-year-old man was shot by a 22 year old man in the University Park Neighborhood.

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On July 16, the federal government is requiring states launch a more robust and easy to remember 988 hotline with the aim of providing more capacity – costing $136 million for Ohio over five and a half years. Questions remain how that total cost will be covered.

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If you click on the first link below, you can provide your address and see a customized ballot with your local races and issues only. If you prefer to find your own races, scroll down lower on this page.

2022 Election :Summit County Voter Guide

November election:What to know about Summit County voting, candidates, voting locations and more

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Today is a special episode of the Akron Podcast. I saw where "Just a Dad From Akron" was coming to the Akron Civic.

The more I looked into it, the more I wanted to meet the man behind the movement.

His documentary is showing at the Civic on October 1 at 7 PM and in true Kenny Lambert fashion, the tickets are free.

If you've never been to the Civic, this would be a great time to come.

Support the movement at www.justadadfromakron.com

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Tyrone Brown is saying that police officers loaded him into a cruiser and drove him away from a crowd that had gathered after the bars closed that early Sunday morning on Aug. 28. They pulled into the campus of the I Promise School, There, handcuffed in the backseat, he said officers opened the door, punched him in the face, dragged the skin off his wrists on the parking lot pavement and kicked him unconscious.

But police say every second is accounted for in the body camera footage of the two officers who transported the man. A police radio log puts paramedics, who routinely check people tased by police, at the school two seconds before officers arrived.

The claim of police brutality is "baseless," said Capt. Dave Laughlin, a public information officer who reviewed the videos.

While the footage is not being released pending an internal use of force investigation, two wildly different versions of what happened are being told. The arrested man, Tyrone Brown, has retained attorney Bobby DiCello, who is representing Walker's family.

The public won't see what happened after Brown's misdemeanor arrest until the body camera footage is released. Routine internal investigations can take weeks or months.

The ordeal began with a confrontation outside a deli and bar beside the public library on Market Street. The crowd moved toward the library parking lot as the first of five people dialed 911.

A witness with slurred speech called 911, the caller reported "a female with gun and two dudes with guns" who "look about to shoot," according to the dispatch log.

Any available cruiser was summoned. With 13 units eventually responding, the first two cruisers arrived at 3:37 a.m. to find a crowd in the library parking lot, but nobody armed. A request for backup went out within five minutes as the crowd cussed out and filmed the officers.

Some people continue to argue with police long after Brown is taken away. Brown's sister, the woman recording with her cell phone, is only inches from the officers. But she is allowed to drive home.

Brown tried to flee but fell to the ground when tased. He "was handcuffed without any incident," Capt. Laughlin said.

Laughlin confirmed the officers took Brown to a parking lot at the I Promise School to get him away from the crowd.

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Summer has come to an end but there are still many reasons to celebrate. Come to Summer Sunset on Cascade Plaza for the Steel Drum Trio, drinks, food and games. Stay tuned for more fun activities. Want to register your office for the Office Championship cornhole & skee-ball tournament? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/CascadeOfficeChampionship

The Polsky Building, designed by New York City architects and finished in 1930, was a premier downtown shopping center on Main Street across from the old O’Neil’s Building. Polsky's department store closed in the late 1970s. The building sat vacant for nine years until 1987, when The Prudential Insurance Co. gifted the art deco-style building to the University of Akron.

“This investment will transform a dormant building into a vibrant gateway that opens the university to Main Street,” Kyle Kutuchief, director of Knight’s program in Akron, said in the release announcing the $20 million gift. 

The university worked on the proposal to the Knight Foundation over the last several months. Miller said he was very happy when the Knight board approved the funding. The building will be renamed after brothers John S. and James L. Knight, although an official name has not been determined.

"It’s a signature gift for the university and one that we’re going to make the most of to make a great facility here," he said.

The goal, Miller said, is to open the inside of building, which is built into a massive slope that hides much of it below ground, from High Street to Main Street, and to have every college in the university invested in it.

The vision, as he described it, is for it to be "an imagination, discovery, service, community engagement space" that offers students in different degree programs and community partners the chance to work together on projects.

Source: beacon Journal

The Summit County Drug Unit has been awarded the '2022 Task Force of the Year' by the state Narcotics Association Regions Coordinating Officers (NARCO) and Ohio Task Force Commanders Association (OTFCA)!

The Summit County Drug Unit is headed up by the Summit County Sheriff's Office. It is a multi-jurisdictional taskforce consisting of:

Summit County Sheriff's Office

Akron Police Department

The University of Akron Police Department

Cuyahoga Falls Police Department

New Franklin Police Department

Stow Police Department,

Silver Lake Police Department

Ohio National Guard

Ohio State Highway Patrol

Ohio Parole Board

Drug Enforcement Agency

They also partner with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Ohio Northeast Smuggling Enforcement Team, US Marshall’s Violent Fugitive Taskforce, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI.

Over the past year our Drug Unit has opened 152 new cases with 81 resulting arrests; served 127 search warrants; removed 51 guns from the streets; worked 6 cases alongside the DEA; seized over $2 million in currency and assets; and removed 40,480 grams of cocaine, 66,017 grams of methamphetamine, 6,854 grams of fentanyl, and 62,555 grams of marijuana from the streets of our community.

Summit Mall was evacuated Saturday 9/18 after an incident involving two men, including one who exposed a gun during a confrontation, police said.

“There was an altercation between two males at the mall,” said Fairlawn Police Sgt. Shawn Adams. “A 21-year-old male from Akron brandished a handgun.”

It was not an active shooter,” Adams said. “No shots were fired. He fled the mall and was apprehended outside the mall at Chase Bank.”

Reports on social media claimed an active shooter had been loose in the mall.

Adams said the mall was cleared to reopen by 6:30 p.m. after the incident more than two hours earlier. Many stores remained closed.

 Czech company Coda Development SRO won a $64 million verdict against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co on Monday, persuading an Akron, Ohio jury that Goodyear stole Coda's trade secrets related to self-inflating tires.

The jury said Goodyear misappropriated five of the 12 alleged trade secrets Coda accused it of misusing, awarding Coda $2.8 million in compensatory damages and $61.2 million in punitive damages for Goodyear's "willful and malicious" behavior.

Goodyear said in a statement that it was disappointed with the verdict and will consider all of its options. The company also said the compensatory damages award was "far less than the amount Coda sought," and the punitive damages award would be limited to $8.4 million under Ohio law.

Source: Reuters

The West Hill Neighborhood Organization is hosting the inaugural WonderFest community art and music festival Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The fest features local artists, yoga, live performances on two stages, a historical walking tour, vendors and activities for children.

“The West Hill neighborhood is welcoming, wonderful, and weird in the best of ways,” WHNO Board President David Swirsky said in a news release. “Our organization is proud to showcase the talent and people of our eclectic neighborhood -- artists, nonprofits and businesses -- at our first ever WonderFest.”

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Ohio voters will decide this fall whether noncitizens can vote in local elections.

State Issue 2, which would change the state constitution if a majority votes "yes", proposes that only adult U.S. citizens who legally reside and are registered to vote in Ohio for at least 30 days can cast a ballot in future state and local elections.

Backers of the amendment say it's important to uphold the integrity of citizenship, while opponents argue it's an unnecessary part of a trend to cut down on voting access.

Barberton Speedway, a presence in Norton before it was a city, is up for sale after the death of owner Greg Prunty in June.

Sue Young, a sister of Prunty and executor of his estate, said in a recent phone interview that she is hoping to sell the speedway to a buyer who will continue racing at the quarter-mile track.

While in the planning phase now, Summit County will spend 55,000 on gifts cards and advertising (including gift cards from Dick's sporting Goods, and Acme Fresh Market) to exchange for guns. I'll keep you posted when the dates are announced.

The Christmas Groove is an annual benefit concert that seeks to raise awareness and benefit those in need in Northeast Ohio. In 2004, a group of friends and a few musicians assembled for a common purpose: to create a family-friendly concert that would entertain and bless others during the Christmas season.

www.christmasgroove.org

 McEbright Community Learning Center at 349 Cole Avenue in Akron on Tuesday, September 27 from 6p-8p. Thanks to Akron Ward 7 Councilman Donnie Kammer for helping sponsor the event. (source: Sherri Bevan Walsh, Summit County Prosecutor)

Proposed Timeline of Ordinance:

• Introduced to Akron City Council – Sept. 12, 2022
• Second Reading at Council – Sept. 19, 2022
• Third Reading and Possible Passage at Council – Sept. 26, 2022
• If passed by a super majority (9 members of Council) the ordinance would go into effect immediately, if passed by a simple majority (7 members of Council) the ordinance would have a 30-day referendum period before implementation
• Immediately after passage, the Mayor’s Office would open applications to Akron residents who are interested in being on the Board (must be 18 or older) – Sept. 27, 2022
• Applications would remain open until October 31, 2022
• Mayor Horrigan will present his choices to City Council in Dec. 2022 (given that there have been enough applicants to fill the Board)
• A Board would be in place by the first quarter of 2023
• Mayor Horrigan would then work to create a City Charter initiative to go on the Nov. 2023 ballot enshrining the Citizen Oversight Board into Akron’s Charter

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Today we start off using data from a page from the Beacon Journal that lists critical violations from Summit Country Restaurants. The worst?

4581 Kent RD, Stow

They are going to update the .3.3 Acres to be more like a park with playgrounds to use year round. More information. It will take a year for all of the construction to finish.

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They keep expanding the map where you can drink alcohol downtown. Here is the map.

How much training could we have paid for with 126,000? Just a thought. Here is the story from the Beacon Journal

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