Founders revealed Akron’s name 200 years ago | Local history

This week in local history, Akron unveiled its name, welcomed students, arrested chiropractors, suspended police and ...
AOL

Akron at 200: A printing press, an air crash, a skull cap, a mall sing and a gutter ball

As Akron celebrates its bicentennial in 2025, we’re looking back at two centuries of headlines. Visit BeaconJournal.com every Sunday morning throughout the bicentennial year for a look back at the ...

Akron’s historic Firestone Plant #1 to be demolished after city rejects bid to turn it into police headquarters

Akron will demolish Firestone Plant #1, with its iconic clock tower, after rejecting a proposal from Amerimar to convert it ...
PBS

Sole of Akron – A City Told Through a Sneaker

A walk through our city’s legacy through truth, creativity and power. “Sole of Akron: A City Told Through a Sneaker” is a unique experience that uses the anatomy of a sneaker as a lens to walk through ...
Major League Baseball

This MiLB team marked its city's bicentennial with (among other things) a bobblehead of a local poet

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the ...
WOSU Public Media

Akron marks North American First People's Day in a contentious era

People celebrating North American First Peoples Day in Akron walk along Portage Path. Akron is marking North American First People’s Day on Monday. It's the annual celebration meant to honor the ...