Following Vice President JD Vance's comments that downtown Akron is overrun with crime, local officials and others respond.

Business owners and city officials say Vice President JD Vance’s claim that Akron is lawless doesn’t match the city’s reality or crime data.

Ohio Democrat invites Vance to visit her district after he questioned safety in downtown areas during his Canton rally promoting the "Big, Beautiful, Bill." ...

Vice President JD Vance's comments during a stop in Canton have been denounced by leaders and residents in the Hall of Fame ...

Vice President JD Vance recently spoke of "lawlessness" in Columbus, but the mayor's office and police data tell a different ...

Vice President JD Vance said downtown Canton is filled with "lawlessness" during a visit to Stark County. Some people who ...

Vance described both Akron and Canton as places where authorities allow 'lawlessness to run wild.' Akronites say they've worked hard to make the area safer.

Rep. Emilia Sykes wasn't invited to the Canton event where Vance criticized her, and she says the tax bill would hurt her ...

Responding to a question from Haley BeMiller, a politics reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, Vice President JD ...

Despite remarks by Vice President JD Vance that officials in Columbus and other big cities have "allowed lawlessness to run ...

Just like most cities, Canton has had its fair share of violent crime. In some cases, the statistics are significantly higher than the state and national averages, according to the FBI. But for some ...

During his speech, he made several comments that local city officials took umbrage with, as he discussed violent crime across ...