Arielle Kass

Downtown Akron is getting two grocery store options, making sandwiches, snacks and sunscreen more available for nearby residents and workers.

To get the Red Bull energy drink that powers him through the day, Christopher Hardesty stops each morning at a gas station on his way to work in downtown A

Voting to come next week on report, which does not include retroactive raises. Its failure could lead to a strike vote for Akron RTA drivers.

Akron's METRO bus drivers , in a 294-2 vote, rejected a fact-finder's report that would have given them $3,500 and a 4 percent raise, but not retroactive raises for the two years they worked without a contract.

Funds to help domestic violence, sexual violence and sex trafficking victims haven't arrived, reducing agencies' ability to provide services.

The University of Akron's plan to shrink its footprint and reduce the number of buildings on campus is getting a $16.5 million boost from the state, part of more than $26 million in funding directed to Summit County to pay for capital projects.

Changes to Akron's housing rules could make it easier to build new single-family and multi-family homes in neighborhoods.

“That can’t possibly be real,” Shane Wynn recalled thinking Tuesday, when she learned of the planned market at 159 S. Main St.

The City of Akron, which last summer sought developers for the former Akron Public Schools headquarters before state-granted demolition money

Akron's METRO bus drivers plan to take a strike vote later this month, following the union's rejection of a fact-finder's recommendation that would have given workers a lump-sum payment but not retroactive raises.