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There’s a 1,000-foot traveling water slide set to splash streets of northeast Ohio this summer. Slide the City, a giant slip-n-slide, covers the streets of major cities across the U.S. It will come to Lock 3 in Akron on Aug. 2 for a day filled with water fun. Registration isn’t open yet Read more…

The traveling display “Hidden in Plain Sight” will be featured in the James R. McIlvaine Performing Arts Center at Wadsworth High School on April 8. The exhibit shows current drug trends and at-risk behaviors parents should be aware of. Looks can be deceiving is the message behind this unique illustration created by the Read more…

After a long, hard winter, something beautiful is blooming right in our own backyard. Twenty-five colorful, larger-than-life metal flower sculptures commemorating Akron Children’s Hospital’s 125th Anniversary are sprouting up all over the greater Akron region. Akron Children’s commissioned the works of art to celebrate the community spirit and support what’s Read more…

Downtown Wadsworth boasts beautiful buildings, bustling streets and happy residents and workers. It’s a place where you really feel the truest sense of community. On Thursday, the downtown area will be evaluated by Heritage Ohio, as Wadsworth looks to become a Main Street City. The Main Street program is designed Read more…

Coming up on Wednesday, a neighborhood meeting will be held for residents of Ward 2 and everyone who lives in Wadsworth to talk about the repaving and construction project along Route 94/High Street. Ward 2 Councilman Bob Titus says Service Director Robert Patrick and Assistant Service Director Harry Stark Harry Read more…

Akron area YMCA’s have launched their annual campaign to make sure all community members have access to programs and resources that promote healthy living. “We are a nonprofit organization that believes everyone, regardless of age, income, or background, should have the opportunity to learn and grow with us at the Read more…

Distracted driving among teens could be a more serious problem than previously estimated, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Using in-vehicle event recorders, researchers analyzed the six seconds leading up to a crash in 1,700 videos of teen drivers. The results showed that distraction was a factor in 58-percent of Read more…

Downtown Wadsworth was in the dark after a transformer went out Friday morning. The cause? A squirrel. The animal took out the transformer at the corner of College and Westview around 7:15 a.m. The square was abuzz with businesses and residents wondering what happened while in the dark. “I can’t Read more…

The Medina County Historical Society is hosting a special Civil War open house. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, MCHS will be unveiling a new artifact: newly completed tintypes and ambrotypes from the Save-A-Soldier conservation project. As a part of the Save-A-Soldier project, there are 94 photos Read more…

Medina County Sheriff Tom Miller has asked the state office of criminal justice for a one-year, $600,000 grant to fund a drug treatment program at the Medina County Jail. The program would help inmates who are dealing with a heroin addiction. Participation in the program would be voluntary and would Read more…