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Detectives are asking for the community’s help in identifying a man wanted in connection to a robbery that occurred at the Chase Bank this morning.

The Barberton Herald is proud to serve the Magic City and our great neighbors in Norton for over 98 years.

Lisa Merrick, a mainstay of the Historical Society who already has the city’s definitive published history to her credit, turned her efforts over the past year to collecting these tragedies into “Murder & Mayhem in Norton.”

      This maroon Ford F350 pickup truck is  believed to be stolen from a business in Peninsula.  The thief is using the truck to break into several Barberton, Norton and surrounding area businesses.

A 30-year-old Akron man was jailed June 22 for a violent attack that sent the victim to a hospital.

Isabelle Preston’s last couple years of school were rough, her mother said. Belle had lost her father and was struggling. But her mother and school officials were able to give her the help she needed and she crossed the stage on time May 22, receiving not one but two diplomas.

A lawsuit against the city of Barberton and most of its officials by ex-Fast Lane owner and convicted felon Todd Cleavenger was dismissed April 22 without prejudice.

Abra and Cadabara have vanished, although it’s not a mystery how or why.