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…
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…
It was a special day for students and teachers at Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth this past Friday. A ribbon was cut and ground was broken for Van Auken Field to honor the memory of Dan Van Auken, a fifth grade teacher at Central Intermediate, who died on July 6, 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…
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…
