Akron Police

The panel tasked with drawing new state legislative districts met briefly Tuesday as the state lurches towards a constitutional crisis; Akron police were involved a shooting that left two people dead Tuesday; Hudson's city manager has resigned; and more stories.

The latest figures from the Ohio Department of Health show Cuyahoga County now has the highest coronavirus transmission rate in the state; the remaining members of a Holmes County-based missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed; a Democrat who helped lead the effort to expel former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder after his federal indictment in a bribery scheme is running for attorney general next year; and more stories.

Northeast Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated against the virus; Federal data ranks Ohio fifth in the total number of hospitalized children, behind Florida, Texas, Georgia, and California; University Hospitals is the latest health system to scale back visitations; and more stories.

Ohio reported just under 2,000 COVID-19 cases and 40 additional hospitalizations on Sunday; the cities of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls are hosting a charrette on the future of the Merriman Valley on Tuesday; Ohio’s credit rating is at its highest level in 42 years; and more stories.

Over the past few years, police departments across the country have grappled with what to do when a video in their possession captures the use of deadly force by a police officer. After 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by a Cleveland police officer in 2014, the city of Cleveland initially withheld footage from a public surveillance camera on the city-owned Cudell Recreation Center.

The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio has admitted to using dark money groups to fund the effort; the city of Akron is attracting less interest in its police force; the Akron-Canton Airport is getting an $850,000 federal grant to bring back service to Houston; and more stories.

The city of Akron has chosen a military veteran with decades of law enforcement experience to be the city’s next police chief; after slowing to a trickle, the number of new coronavirus cases in Ohio appears to be on the rise; a central Ohio hospital system says it will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19; and more stories.

The police chief of Albany, New York is out of the running for the Akron job; Lordstown Motors execs sold $8 million in stock ahead of public troubles; a Hudson resident on a backpacking trip at the Grand Canyon has died; and more stories.

Four finalists are vying to take over as the city of Akron’s new police chief. All four are from outside Akron and have decades of experience in law enforcement. They responded to community questions during a Thursday town hall moderated by Mayor Dan Horrigan.

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan will be facilitating a community town hall Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with the final four candidates for police chief. People can submit questions through noon Wednesday.