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

An Ohio native, Simmons grew up appreciating the natural world on a trout hatchery and worked for 30 years as CEO and director of the Akron, Ohio, zoo before coming to North Carolina in 2015.

It's a boy. The Akron Zoo announced Thursday that white-cheeked gibbon, Parker, gave birth to a bouncy baby boy on June 27. The gender of the baby gibbon was unknown until now, zoo spokesperson ...

Popular event has drawn over 1 million visitors in eight years, with Wild Ride bicycle tour returning for one night on Sept.

It's almost time to redraw Ohio's congressional map, and Republicans hold all the power to draw more GOP districts headed into competitive national midterm elections.

The annual events take place at Hardesty Park in Akron, with dozens of eateries at Taste of Akron followed by scores of artists and multiple mediums at the art fest.

A zoo in Ohio has been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the agency investigated the death of a female lion at the park. According to the USDA report, the Columbus Zoo self ...