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.

An Akron General physician is being honored for her dedication to the personal, human side of medicine.

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.

Hudson’s Restaurant owners John, JJ and Kevin Altomare will round out this week's Celebrating One Year series.

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

Up next for the Hudson.Ohio.com one-year celebration series is Amanda Carroll, business development director for Pat’s Computer Rescue.

Caribou Coffee soon will be no more in Ohio, with the state’s 32 locations either closing or converting to Peet’s Coffee & Tea within the coming months.

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

HUDSON: More than 30 businesses will be representing a country and offering food, drinks, games, quizzes and other items from its selected country.

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.

The Fund for Our Economic Future, a Northeast Ohio regional philanthropic collaboration, has elected a new chair.

Hudson-based Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores will be opening its 800th store on Thursday.

An Akron software developer has created a smartphone app that he hopes will revolutionize the way shoppers use coupons.

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.

Summa Health System announced a tentative deal Thursday to join with Catholic Health Partners, the largest hospital system in Ohio.

Allan Dawkins is of an age and demeanor that a job interview — any job interview — warrants a coat and tie.

Teens Breauna Wilson and Casey McGregor sometimes show up at East high school bright and early — 5:45 a.m. — to shovel snow from the entranceways to the building before their fellow students arrive for classes.

Summa Health System is expected to announce this morning that it has selected a larger hospital system to become a minority owner and partner.

The Burton D. Morgan Foundation of Hudson said Wednesday it has awarded $1 million for a new program that will allow nonprofit JumpStart Inc. to help thousands of entrepreneurs in the region.