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Wednesday, May 22, 2013  UPDATED WITH VIDEO: The University of Toledo may soon be filling the Glass Bowl stadium with more than just football fans.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A jury in Ohio has recommended the death penalty for a triple killer who lured victims with bogus Craigslist job offers.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A self-styled street preacher accused in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers in Ohio and then rob them has been found guilty of aggravated murder and could face the death penalty.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  53-year-old Richard Beasley took the stand in an Akron courtroom and said he was not responsible for the crimes.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  The killer of an Akron single mother remains free more than two decades after her brutal murder.

Friday, February 22, 2013  A Bowling Green tattoo artist took to Facebook on Friday to explain why he botched a 2007 ink job, that some have come to know as the "world's worst portrait tattoo".

Friday, November 09, 2012  FirstEnergy a Akron based company employs about 17,000 people in 10 companies from Ohio to the East Coast. Company expects to cut up to 400 jobs by 2016 as it struggles against a economy that’s led to lower demand and power prices.

Friday, November 02, 2012  The milestone arrest occurred Thursday morning in Akron when the NOVFTF arrested John P. Reed, a cold case fugitive wanted for 1984 charges of attempted homicide and armed robbery.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Obama for America-Ohio announced Wednesday that former President Bill Clinton will speak in Perrysburg as part of grassroots events held throughout the state on Thursday, Nov. 1.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  One year after crews discovered cracks at the Davis-Besse nuclear plant and underwent massive repairs, FirstEnergy Corp. announced Tuesday that construction of the emergency operations facility was complete.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 21-year- old Akron mother is going to have to spend the next two decades in prison after her 17-month-old baby boy died from swallowing meth.

Sunday, September 09, 2012  German-made parts that will be used to build new, larger and faster Goodyear blimps are arriving at the company's airship hangar in northeast Ohio.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  An Ohio's "Most Wanted" perp was arrested on charges of failing to register as a sex offender by the U.S. Marshals.

Sunday, August 19, 2012  LeBron James is back in his Ohio hometown of Akron where he was honored during the Akron Aeros minor league baseball game Sunday afternoon.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) isn't buying FirstEnergy and the Nuclear Regulation Commission's reasoning behind cracks discovered at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant last year, and is now taking his case to their higher-ups.