The chemical fire that started Thursday afternoon at SMB Products in East Akron has been fully extinguished and the smoke has largely dissipated, Akron Mayor Shammas Malik announced Saturday afternoon via a news release.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A fairly dry and quiet weather pattern is on tap for this week. While things get off to a cool start, high pressure will bring warmer weather […]
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When the Summit County Board of Elections couldn’t verify enough of the signatures on a charter amendment petition to get it on November’s ballot, it shut down any chance, for now, of expanding the pool of candidates for Akron’s police and fire department leadership positions.
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Chatham County’s embattled Democratic District Attorney says her Republican opponent interfered in an ongoing drug-trafficking investigation
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Six candidates for Ohio Supreme Court will be on the November ballot in three different races. The outcomes will decide the balance of the court and have major impacts on a wide variety of issues that affect the lives of Ohioans, from education and environmental issues to gerrymandering and elections to civil and reproductive rights.
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The five-member elections board adopted a series of controversial rules changes last month that, among other things, would empower local election officials to delay or refuse to certify election results.
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Georgia House Democrats urged Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to convene a special session of the state Legislature following a shooting in Barrow County’s Apalachee High School Wednesday that left two students and two teachers dead.
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Georgia senators and gun safety experts spent two hours Thursday discussing potential legislation, such as offering state tax credits to give people a financial incentive to purchase safes to securely store their firearms, strengthening laws around me…
ITHACA, N.Y. — The City of Ithaca Planning Board decided on Tuesday to move forward with Cornell’s controversial synthetic turf project in a 4-0 vote. The decision vexed environmental advocates, […]
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No shelters serve single mothers, their children leaving a gap private donors are trying to fill amidst pushback from Glynn County. officials.
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