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Do you recognize this woman? Police need help identifying this woman who was caught by a PNC Bank ATM security video  using a stolen debit card.

Statewide search for Ohio girl continues Tayler Thompson Herald Staff Writer Madison Bell is an 18-year-old McClain High School senior from Greenfield, Ohio who hasn’t been seen since she left her home early Sunday morning, according to police. Reports say she told her mother, Melissa Bell, “I’m going to tan, I’ll be right back!” But…

Tayler Thompson Herald Staff Writer   The city has approved the temporary closing of two streets to make way for outdoor dining. West Tuscarawas Avenue between Third Street Northwest and Eighth Street Northwest as well as West Park Avenue from Second Street Northwest to the alley will be closed 4:30-9 p.m. (weather permitting) beginning Thursday,…

A Barberton man was arrested in Akron, along with an Akron man, on several weapons charges after Akron Police saw a third man jump out of the back seat of a moving car on Kelly Avenue the night of May 18.

A 20-year-old Norton man has been identified and cited as responsible for the May 17 ATV crash that ruptured a gas meter at a Heritage Parkway business.

Several homes were evacuated in the area of Heritage Parkway and Wadsworth Road the night of May 17 after a gas meter was ruptured, flooding the area with natural gas.

A 33-year-old man was clinging to life after being shot the night of May 17 at a Michigan Place address.

Akron Detectives are investigating a theft, after a 60-year-old man said his stimulus money was stolen Friday.

American Cancer Society Relay For Life; Saturday, July 18. 
To become involved in The Barberton Relay for Life please contact Kathy Fogle at 330-472-0299. 

An idea to help “landlocked” Barberton restaurants participate when outdoor dining resumes May 15 in Ohio was shelved shortly after it was suggested.