Akron’s downtown area lost 16,700 jobs between 2000 and 2010, a new study says.

The Akron Area YMCA is encouraging kids to get active with free activities at branches throughout the region on April 27 for its Healthy Kids Day.

During a time when the banking industry has undergone consolidations, failures and the disappearance of such major brands as National City, one Akron-based bank has grown and prospered.

A seven-physician cardiology practice in Stark County is joining Summa Health System.

Three area leadership programs — Leadership Akron, Leadership Medina and Leadership Stark County — are accepting applications for their 2013-2014 classes.

Keeping with Mayor Drew's thoughts on the diversity of business in the community, let's turn it over to Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber Executive Director Doris Stewart.

After nearly 46 years at Ohio Edison, Friday was literally last call for Howard Call.

Summit County’s jobless rate showed a healthy drop last month.

Custom homebuilder John Sumodi expects a banner year for his company.

The allowable weight of trucks on local roads will remain the same.

I have received several calls and emails from small-business owners and church volunteers asking me what to do about a letter they recently received telling them that as of April 1, they no longer will have the choice of the Standard Choice Offer (SCO) for natural gas.

Summit County outpaces the state for the percentage of homeowners who are underwater with their mortgages.

Summa Health System named a new top doctor for its leadership team Wednesday.

Akron Children’s Hospital is expanding its pediatric oncology services by recruiting a physician who specializes in treating young patients with brain tumors.

Newell Rubbermaid’s newest distribution and storage facility is nearly fully operational in Brimfield Township, about a year after the company began shopping around the area for a new site.

PNC plans to close about 200 bank branches by the end of this year as it seeks to cut costs and focus on using technology to serve customers.

Akron General’s business strategy to spread health and wellness across the country is taking off at a fevered pace.

FirstEnergy Corp. is introducing a new program using technology to help customers stay on top of power outages and access to their company accounts.

Could Ohio be getting another natural gas processing plant and a fractionation plant in the Utica shale region?

Gary L. Taylor, founder of the telemarketing services company InfoCision and community philanthropist, died Saturday at age 59.

STOW: The city’s Public Improvements Committee proposed legislation Monday that would request the state return control of the placement of oil and gas wells to municipalities.