Editor’s note: Hundreds marched in Akron this weekend to protest police brutality and combat racism following the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. KentWired’s reporting team covered the...
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan, in an orange shirt, takes a knee along with two Akron police officers after being encouraged to do so by protesters in front of Akron’s Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center. Two...
Hundreds of protesters who marched the streets of Kent yesterday afternoon sent a strong message to any observer who witnessed their demonstration: people are tired, angry and determined to see changes...
Protesters make their way west along E. Exchange St. near the University of Akron as they head back downtown June 7, 2020. The man with the skateboard, Daquane Stephens, was struck by a car near the intersection...
Davonta'e Winchester, wearing a red shirt, shouts into a megaphone as he leads about 100 marchers south on S. High St. in Akron toward the Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center June 7, 2020. The group looped...
(CNN) -- Washington's new BLACK LIVES MATTER street mural is so huge, you can see it from space.New satellite images from Planet Labs clearly show the bright yellow message amid the gray Lego-looking...
3:54 p.m.People place orders at the Southern Comfort Food Truck while most of the larger crowd dispersed peacefully.3:37 p.m.University Plaza's parking lot on Cherry St. is full of protesters with signs...
4:18 p.m. Davonta'e Winchester leads a closing prayer for the protesters.4:12 p.m. The march is headed back to the Akron Public Library.4:02 p.m. Barriers are now up around the police department, blocking...
Around 100 community members gathered in Risman Plasma Friday evening to celebrate the life of Breonna Taylor on her 27th birthday. Circled around a table with a photo of Taylor and balloons, they held...
Kent Roosevelt High School sophomores Claire Lovinski (left) and Helen Plicka (right) hold up their water-logged signs in front of the Kent Police Department building on the corner of North Water Street...
High school and college students protest in front of Stow City Hall Thursday evening. The demonstration started at 5:00 p.m. with protesters holding signs faced towards the intersection of Graham and...
