8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (236+ words) Cosmic Baseball continues a three-game stint at 7 p. m. Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, at 7 17 Credit Union Park in Akron. It is an immersive version of the sport played under UV reactive black lights with neon-colored balls, florescent uniforms and glowing equipment. The…...

7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (88+ words) Record-Courier A North Benton man was found guilty by a Portage County jury after a February high-speed pursuit that ended in a drug arrest. Carlos Alexis Ochoa, 35, was found guilty June 24 after a two-day trial on charges of aggravated trafficking…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago  (93+ words) Record-Courier 4 indicted in 'riot' at Portage County winery Four people have been indicted after what was described as a "riot" at a Deerfield Township wine bar. A Tuscarawas County man and three Stark County residents face felony charges in an…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago  (86+ words) Record-Courier Ravenna sites get $1 million from state for cleanup Three contaminated properties in Ravenna will receive nearly $1 million in state funding for projects that could lead to their eventual redevelopment. Portage was one of 75 Ohio counties to receive state grants…...

17+ hour, 10+ min ago  (56+ words) Record-Courier The top selling property in Portage County for the week of May 4 was a home at 998 Sweet Grass Circle in Aurora. The home, which is 3, 288 square feet, has four bedrooms and 2. 5 bathrooms. It was built in 2005 along Aurora Lake....

17+ hour, 34+ min ago  (117+ words) Record-Courier My father experienced an invasion by Stalin's Soviet troops in 1941, an invasion by Hitler's Nazis in 1942. In 1944, he and his family escaped a second Russian invasion. After several years in a displaced persons camp, an office furniture manufacturer offered…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (115+ words) Robert T. Silverberg, 84, of Stow, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2026 at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center. He was born in Ashtabula, OH on May 23, 1942 to the late Arne Silverberg and Hilda Ferguson. He leaves his loving wife of 58 years, Barbara…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (321+ words) A Kent man faces decades in federal prison after pleading guilty June 23 to child pornography charges. Joshua Paul Whan pleaded guilty in U. S. Sixth District Court in Akron to two counts in an indictment alleging he received and distributed visual depictions…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (41+ words) Record-Courier Garrettsville rapist's girlfriend charged with complicity, sex counts The girlfriend of an incarcerated man awaiting sentencing for raping two girls in Garrettsville now has been charged in the Portage County case....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (170+ words) University Hospitals Portage Medical Center has named a new chief operating officer. Brian Adams, who recently marked his 20th anniversary with University Hospitals, will take on the role. Adams previously was director of operations and clinical services at UH Portage. Robert…...