If you live in or around Akron and would like to take an easy day trip, here are my top picks, and most are less than two hours away.

Ohio's Cuyahoga River used to be so polluted it regularly went up in flames. Images of one dramatic blaze in 1952 shaped the US's nascent environmental movement, long after the flames went out.

According to the City of Akron Fire Department, a technical rescue operations team and other emergency crews responded around 7:45 p.m. after Cuyahoga Falls Park Rangers asked for assistance with ...

Rescue teams from the Akron and Cuyahoga Falls fire departments recovered a body Monday evening from the Cuyahoga River beneath the High Level Bridge. The person, David Christ, 59, of Kent ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep ...

Industrialization helped build the wealth of the United States, but it came a terrible cost for the environment. Like many rivers in industrial cities across the nation, the Cuyahoga River was a ...

Sacramento, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties are represented in the new maps. The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - The Akron Fire Department was called to an oil spill in the Cuyahoga River on Saturday. According to a release from the Akron Fire Department, crews on scene confirmed oil in ...

The Cleveland Fire Department responded to a large underground electrical fire Friday morning outside the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. Cleveland Fire said around 10:30 a.m. that crews were on ...

Three major fires were burning on a day of high fire danger Wednesday in Los Angeles County. The fires include the deadly Eaton and Palisades fire and the Hughes Fire, which started Wednesday ...

Evacuation orders in the Hollywood Hills were lifted early Thursday morning as fire crews succeeded in getting a handle on the fire. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share ...