Local News
April 2026
Weekly Community Announcements
Week 1
The City of Akron is hiring a Fleet Operations Administrator!
In this role, you’ll oversee vehicle assignments, coordinate repairs, manage preventive maintenance programs, monitor fleet performance, and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. Your work helps keep our city vehicles safe, efficient, and ready to serve the community.
Apply today using the link in our bio or at www.governmentjobs.com/careers/akron
The 2026 Downtown Akron Sakura Festival is happening this Saturday, April 4 from 1-7pm all along the Towpath trail Downtown, including at Lock 3 Akron, Ohio. The festival, presented by Downtown Akron Partnership, is a beautiful celebration of Japanese culture and will feature live music, cultural performances and activities, food, small business vendors, and more! The best part? It's free and open to all!
Our next Tumble Together Free Community Wash Day is Thursday, April 23! Stop by the Wash House Laundromat (950 E. Market St.) between 12-4pm for up to three loads of free washing and drying. This program is open to any City of Akron resident.
The Reporter Newspaper Online
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For those that are not in the know, we here at Mecca Media Entertainment have decided to take on the responsibility to bring to the community a weekly broadcast for The Reporter Newspaper. The program will be featured weekly here on this page and the home page of this site.
The Reporter Newspaper is an all black operated and black-owned weekly newspaper/publication that's been telling our stories for 50 years. In 2016 The Reporter Newspaper announced that they were available online @thereporternewspaperonline.com which is the online equivalent (website) of the tangible form. Now in-conjunction with Mecca Media Inc. you can hear/ see the news being read directly from the website via a weekly broadcast.