AKRON — The unveiling was finished, the mayor's speech done, and as the crowd began to disperse on Thursday morning, a 68-year-old former milkman took out his phone, looked up at the city's newest ...

Akron was falling down on its war job. The town last week had become a No. 1 trouble spot in the U.S. Grimy, rubber-smelling Akron is counted on to produce two-thirds of all the heavy tires needed for ...

AKRON—And the winner ... and STILL Rubber Capital of the World ... Akron may not be the epicenter for the commodity that it was post-World War II, circa 1960, when its rubber industry workers peaked ...

AKRON, Ohio – A public dedication ceremony for the Rubber Worker Statue and Akron Stories project, which honor Akron’s history as the “Rubber Capital of the World,” will take place at 10 a.m. on ...

Could Akron be the rubber capital of the world – again? Not just rubber for tires, but for all the polymers and plastics that create so much of what we depend on today, from the toothbrush you pick up ...

AKRON — The city of Akron is moving forward with plans to erect a statue in downtown Akron by late summer that will honor the heritage of the rubber worker. Northeast Ohio sculptor Alan Cottrill is ...

A $51 million federal investment into Greater Akron’s Sustainable Polymers Tech Hub has elected officials and business professionals excited. The funding from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Economic ...

All three were instrumental in the memories made inside the iconic Rubber Bowl in Akron. As the Summit County Land Bank prepares to take ownership of the property, talk of plans to demolish the ...

Trenton Thunder played the Akron Rubber Ducks for a double header at Arm and HammerPark 7-23-2019. Thunder # 17 Rashad Crawford at batt. Trenton Thunder played the Akron Rubber Ducks for a double ...