Gertrude Wilms, who has been with the city of Akron Prosecutor’s Office since she was in law school, has been appointed to the position of chief prosecutor. Her appointment was effective on Monday.

Researchers say the rise has unfolded alongside products that contain far more THC than the marijuana of past decades, including vape oils and concentrates that can reach 80% to 95% THC. Massachusetts ...

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that Joe Rogers Jr. is probably thankful for the Thanks4Giving game, a new annual tradition bringing Summit County’s best high school football players on the same turf.

The Akron Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Summit ...

President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama's signature health care law, picking a political fight before next year's elections that is reminiscent of one he lost in ...

The Trump administration announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ...

Law and Justice (PiS), which ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges, and punishing its critics ...

Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout ...

When it became clear to Texas high school theater teacher Gigi Cervantes that she couldn't ignore a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in her Fort Worth classroom, she felt she ...