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12/29/2025

Have family in town or need to keep the kids busy? Check out these displays at Lock 3.

The vintage Christmas displays on display at Lock 3 have been joined by donated figures from Nela Park in East Cleveland.

12/26/2025

The “Wallhaven” community mural painting by Lindsey Jo Scott, the John Brown Monument in Sherbondy Hill and “Peace” by Nirali Schrader near North Hill are all examples of public art in the city that are now documented and available for viewing in the newly unveiled Akron Public Art Inventory, an online art database.

The Akron Public Art Commission (APAC) selected ART x LOVE, the creative agency owned by Mac and Allyse Love, to spearhead the project.

12/25/2025

From all of us in our newsroom, we're wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful and relaxing holiday. Eat, sleep, be merry, then do it all over again! 🎄 🎁 🔔

12/24/2025

Brought to life by puppeteer Ian Petroni, the unlikely star of The Aesop Project helped turn classical music into something playful and unforgettable.

A donkey puppet, Baroque music and Aesop’s Fables came together in a family-friendly event at Miller South and Akron's downtown library.

12/23/2025

There’s noel time (ha!) like the present for the 45th annual TubaChristmas concert in Akron as the sounds of sousaphones, euphoniums, baritone horns and tubas filled E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall this past Saturday.
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12/22/2025

The University of Akron has finalized a deal to privatize its on-campus housing. The 50-year agreement gives the university $91.6 million to pay down its debts and makes Radnor Property Group, based in Philadelphia, responsible for its dorms. 📰

A 50-year, $91.6 million housing deal will help the University of Akron pay down debt and overhaul on-campus residence halls.

12/19/2025

Polymer scientists in Akron are getting a new sandbox — a place to prove their experiments can work at scale. Andrew Keiper breaks it down for you ✍🏻 📰 https://signalnews.info/490Q9SZ

12/19/2025

The LeBron James Family Foundation is planning to build a new house at 38 S. Balch St. in West Hill that will be used as an education center to teach families the basics of home ownership and home repair. ❤️

A new house to be built in Akron's West Hill neighborhood will be used as an education center to teach the basics of home ownership.

12/18/2025

The vacant CitiCenter building, slated to be turned into more than 100 apartments, got a boost when the project was awarded a second round of historic preservation state tax credits.

The CitiCenter building received additional state historic tax credits, boosting plans to convert the downtown Akron site into apartments.

12/18/2025

The “Wallhaven” community mural painting by Lindsey Jo Scott, the John Brown Monument in Sherbondy Hill and “Peace” by Nirali Schrader near North Hill are all examples of public art in the city that are now documented and available for viewing in the newly unveiled Akron Public Art Inventory, an online art database.

The Akron Public Art Inventory, an online art database, documents more than 725 pieces of city-owned or city-funded artwork.

12/18/2025

Advances in pigment science and artistic technique now allow paramedical tattoo artists such as Leia’ Love, the owner of Leia’ Love Salon in Fairlawn, to recreate ar**las so convincing that many patients describe them as feeling real. https://signalnews.info/3MF35Xr

Their transformations occurred thanks to ar**la tattooing, which mimics the natural depth and texture of ar**las and ni***es.

12/17/2025

Damarcus Wilkinson of the Akron Fire Department City of Akron, Ohio - Mayor's Office invited us to Fire Station 11 in Merriman Valley to try his Gumbo Greens recipe😋🧑‍🚒🍳