This week in Akron history, canal commission awarded contracts, workers installed pipes, motorists bought maps and firefighters opened a new station.

This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Patricia Simmons, former director of Akron Zoo, passes away after 5-year cancer battle Richard Dreyfuss was forced to cancel a planned ...

Tamarr, who turns 20 years old on Aug. 25, will be monitored by veterinarians without anesthesia and may begin to spend less time in front of guests.

Akron Zoo moves some birds indoors as precaution as Ohio leads nation in bird flu cases According to the Akron Zoo, the birds are being moved indoors as a precaution and all of them "remain healthy." ...

The zoo officially has begun construction on an $11.95 million project to build a new animal hospital behind the Landon & Cynthia Knight Pride of Africa area along Diagonal Road.