A portion of Route 224 in Akron into Barberton will officially be renamed after fallen Akron officer Justin Winebrenner. Family and friends of the Wadsworth native will join politicians to dedicate the stretch of highway in Winebrenner’s memory. The road-naming ceremony begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at Akron City Council. Winebrenner Read more
An immaculate 1928 Ford Tri-Motor will be touring the country offering you an opportunity to experience flight aboard the world’s first mass-produced airliner. The Ford Tri-Motor Tour, hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and local EAA Chapter 846, will be offering flights June 4-7, 2015 at the Wayne County Airport. Read more
Time and time again new moms are bombarded with reasons why they really should be breastfeeding their babies, and now there’s another reason to add to the list. Seems a new study out of the University of Haifa in Israel found that breastfeeding a baby for six months or more can lower Read more
The 30th annual Kids Are #1 Run and Family Fun Day will be held on Saturday, June 6. Day-of registration and packet pick-up begin at 8 a.m.. The 5K goes through the historic Glendale Cemetery and begins at 9 a.m. The one-mile fun run is at 10 a.m. and the Paws Read more
A team from Heritage Ohio spent all of Thursday touring downtown Wadsworth, looking at its highlights and things that need improved upon. Jeff Siegler, Director of Revitalization for the organization, stopped by our studio Friday morning to detail the team’s findings. “The community is engaged, the city is on board, the Read more
Lots of outdoor fun this weekend across northeast Ohio! May 29 (Friday) is Wadsworth Community Night at Canal Park. The Akron RubberDucks take on the Erie Sea Wolves. First pitch is 6:35 p.m. Use code WADS for $6 tickets. Kids under 3 are free. Fireworks follow the ball game. The Brunswick Relay For Life Read more
A new Gallup poll shows more than two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. Nearly 28-percent of Americans are obese, which is up from 27-percent last year. Obesity rates are lowest in Hawaii and highest in Mississippi. While Mississippi’s obesity rate of 35-percent made it tops in the nation Read more
A single line of text is shutting down iPhones around the world. Several tech websites are reporting that a specific malicious, intentional text message can cause iPhones to crash, shut down and turn back on. Even worse, some users are even having trouble accessing their messages again afterward. And no, the message Read more
More people are ending up in the emergency department due to injuries caused by walking and using their cellphone. The types of injuries doctors see locally vary. “Generally, it tends to be related to a fall of some kind. Broken wrists, abrasions, road rash and occasionally something to the head,” Read more
Heritage Ohio’s Downtown Assessment Resource Team (D.A.R.T.) is coming to town on May 28 and 29. The visit is one of the stepping stones in Wadsworth becoming an Ohio Main Street community. The D.A.R.T. visit will give the city and its leaders a solid business management plan to the downtown revitalization process. Read more
