/news/tags/this-is-akron This is Akron en-US Copyright Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:02:32 GMT /news/community/2019-04-29/this-is-akron-connecting-akron The goal was to connect. The Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, The Devil Strip and WKSU public radio sat down with about 200 residents this month at neighborhood… Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:02:32 GMT /news/community/2019-04-29/this-is-akron-connecting-akron Doug Livingston/ Beacon Journal/Ohio.com /news/community/2019-04-26/this-is-akron-whats-next One of the things we are constantly trying to do at WKSU is to break out of the cocoon that ideas for news coverage can only come from the newsroom. After… Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:14:22 GMT /news/community/2019-04-26/this-is-akron-whats-next Andrew Meyer /news/community/2019-04-15/this-is-akron-hopeful-signs-emerging-in-akrons-economy Marlene Denholm and Brooke Kennamore get a firsthand look at ongoing Akron economic development. That’s because they have a true front-row seat to the… Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/community/2019-04-15/this-is-akron-hopeful-signs-emerging-in-akrons-economy Jim Mackinnon & Doug Livingston/Akron Beacon Journal /news/community/2019-04-07/this-is-akron-crime-gunfire-leave-akron-residents-shaken Jacqueline Easley feels a deepening dread every Thursday."It's the weekend, and I wonder who's going to get shot and killed now," said Easley, 59, who… Sun, 07 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/community/2019-04-07/this-is-akron-crime-gunfire-leave-akron-residents-shaken Amanda Garrett & Doug Livingston/Akron Beacon Journal /news/community/2019-03-31/this-is-akron-how-to-flip-akrons-distressed-housing-market She's staring down six expensive years in medical school, and he's working part-time before graduating this summer with a degree in construction… Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:50:00 GMT /news/community/2019-03-31/this-is-akron-how-to-flip-akrons-distressed-housing-market Doug Livingston/Akron Beacon Journal /news/community/2019-03-24/do-suburban-residents-pay-attention-to-akron-depends-who-you-ask Nancy Fay is Bath through and through. She lives on a family farm. She runs The Bake Shop in Ghent bakery. And she sits on the township zoning board.She's… Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:50:00 GMT /news/community/2019-03-24/do-suburban-residents-pay-attention-to-akron-depends-who-you-ask Emily Mills/Akron Beacon Journal /news/community/2019-03-18/this-is-akron-city-faces-challenges-catching-up-on-road-repairs Jamilya Maxwell stuck her hand into the dirty water of a giant pothole in Highland Square a couple of weeks ago. It was wrist deep. Then she kneeled and… Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:37:20 GMT /news/community/2019-03-18/this-is-akron-city-faces-challenges-catching-up-on-road-repairs Amanda Garrett & Doug Livingston/Akron Beacon Journal /news/community/2019-03-17/this-is-akron-residents-are-drowning-in-sewer-bills Akron resident Carla Deiss Dobbins is flummoxed: Why does it cost more to flush her toilets than to heat her Firestone Park home during the dead of… Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:05:00 GMT /news/community/2019-03-17/this-is-akron-residents-are-drowning-in-sewer-bills Doug Livingston and Amanda Garrett/Akron Beacon Journal /news/community/2019-03-17/this-is-akron-annual-poll-spotlights-top-issues-this-election-year What’s the matter with Akron? “I think here where I work it’s probably the crime and then — second — the roads,” Rebecca Atkinson said with a disconcerted… Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMT /news/community/2019-03-17/this-is-akron-annual-poll-spotlights-top-issues-this-election-year Doug Livingston/Akron Beacon Journal /news/government-politics/2019-03-11/this-is-akron-news-organizations-collaborate-to-cover-upcoming-election Editor's note: WKSU is partnering with The Akron Beacon Journal and The Devil Strip to cover the city's upcoming election. This story, from the Beacon… Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-03-11/this-is-akron-news-organizations-collaborate-to-cover-upcoming-election Doug Livingston/The Akron Beacon Journal