Prosecutors are unable to get a conviction in the murder of a teenage girl in part because local thugs are zipping their lips and refusing to rat each other out. One of them has been sentenced to prison for refusing to testify, just like a reporter.

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An Akron woman is demanding her toddler's civil rights be enforced at the condo pool.

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The new Akron art museum has attracted architecture critics.
LA Times., NY Times, and the Chicago Tribune.

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The University is turning the hotel it bought into a dorm.  There have been problems in the past with felons in its dorms.

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The Summit County Executive, James McCarthy, wants to give a mystery bass fishing store its own sales tax revenue to entice it to locate in Akron.

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Tiger Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club on the fourth playoff hole in the rain.  It was Tiger's fifth win here. 

The tournament is a link to Akron's faded glory and a source of pride to the community and the 976 volunteers who make it happen.  They couldn't get enough Tiger.

Meanwhile, the area's current link to glory, Lebron James, was leading the world championship basketball team in Tokyo.

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An independent panel recommended that The University of Akron rein in it's kangaroo student court.

Charles Plinton was suspended from school in 2004 when the court found him responsible for buying a small amount of pot from a felon informant.  Plinton had already been acquitted in criminal court.  He later committed suicide.

The shool mascot is  "Zippy", a kangaroo.

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Some people favor holding parents liable for the crimes of their children.  Here in Akron, landlords are accountable for their tenant's inability to get along with others.

If the police receive over 3 nuisance calls about loud noise, barking dogs, and such, the landlord is warned in writing and then fined $200 for each subsequent call.

Akron Police Chief Michael Matulavich says,"Sometimes we respond within a year's period over 100 times to a single residence."   Tenants willing to turn up the volume mignt have a negotiating advantage here.