Shirley and Jack DeCheco opened their original Firestone Park pizzeria just a few houses down from Jack’s childhood home. The space, a small, brick building at the corner of South Main Street and East Ralston Avenue, was originally split between Shirley’s... See more
A former Akron Public Schools employee is seeking $10 million in damages for alleged discrimination and retaliation after he was terminated from the district earlier this year. Darian Johnson, a former custodial supervisor, was fired by the Akron Board of... See more
Akron Public Schools’ budget is better off than predicted. A preliminary update to the school district’s financial forecast shows it could face an $8.5 million budget shortfall for the 2028-29 school year — compared to the $37.1 million previously predict... See more
Isaac Martin, a rising eighth grader at Akron’s NIHF STEM Middle School, was one of about a dozen middle schoolers at Hyre Community Learning Center on a mid-July afternoon for The Chill Lab. He’d read the summer camp’s description – an offer to “Skip the... See more
Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley’s evaluation is done, with board comments noting her first full year at the district’s helm as “exemplary.” Outley’s end-of-year review, alongside Treasurer Wayne Bowers’ evaluation, saw board members and th... See more
