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
Do you start your day off with a healthy breakfast? Or do you skip food for a cup of coffee instead? If you think not eating is saving you some calories and helping you lose weight, you might want to think again. According to a new study published in the “Journal of Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital’s Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders is hosting “Be a Lifesaver” on May 30, a health fair that will include sickle cell trait/disease testing, as well as the opportunity to donate blood and join the National Be The Match Bone Marrow Registry. All activities Read more
Memorial Day weekend typically marks the beginning of the swim season. Check out these fantastic lists compiled by Northeast Ohio Family Fun on local outdoor water parks, beaches and splash parks (there are more than 40 in northeast Ohio) that will be open for your cooling pleasure over the next few Read more
As the weather heats up, children are eager to dig out their swimsuits and head to the pool. Afternoons of swimming and splashing can be a lot of fun. But mixing kids with water can also result in tragedy. More than 1,000 children drown each year in lakes, pools and Read more
For most teens, the weeks leading up to prom and the end of the school year are full of fun and excitement. But for some teens, these high school rites of passage are a time of stress and anxiety. Mental health providers at Akron Children’s Hospital typically notice an increase in Read more
