Jayland Walker

In an attempt to pushback on the city of Akron and the police department's characterization of protesters as violent, about 50 people marched through downtown Monday night carrying red carnations.

The city of Akron and the Akron Police Department asserted Saturday that police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray during a protest on Copley Road Wednesday was appropriate, sharing aerial video and video from officers’ perspectives that purport to show objects being thrown at officers prior to those actions.

The lawsuit alleges a pattern of constitutional rights violations by the city and police department through excessive violence.

The special grand jury’s decision and the impact on the city top this week’s headlines on the Reporters Roundtable.

About 150 protesters were marching peacefully on Copley Road in West Akron when police officers with the Akron Police Department and the Summit County Sheriff's Office arrived and dispersed the crowd using tear gas and pepper spray.

A major issue in Akron's mayoral race is the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker by Akron police. The candidates running in next month's primary shared their thoughts following the grand jury's decision not to indict the officers.

The Great Lakes hold the bulk of the nation’s freshwater resources even as areas to the west become more arid.

A group of local pastors and church members held a prayer vigil Tuesday night for Jayland Walker. The decision by a grand jury to not indict the eight Akron police officers involved in his death was released Monday.

The Black leadership group Tribal Trauma Triage is urging peace and healing after a grand jury issued no indictments for the eight Akron police officers involved in the shooting death of Jayland Walker.

A day after a special grand jury decided the eight officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker should face no criminal charges, protesters walked down East Market Street and heard speeches calling for police reform in Akron.