A person was arrested on aggravated arson charges after a fire was intentionally set in a Canton home Thursday night, officials said.

According to Canton Division Chief Steve Henderson, the fire was started in a first floor closet, extended into the ceiling and the front porch. Two adults and three children were inside the home at the time and managed to escape safely. Franchessai Winston-Johnson is charged with aggravated arson. Damage is estimated at $27,000.

A Powerball ticket sold in East Canton has won $150,000 after the player matched four numbers plus the Powerball and added the Powerplay

The couple chose the cash option prize of $500,000. After mandatory federal and state taxes totaling 28 percent, they will receive approximately $360,000.'

The collaboration of effort in this case can’t be overstated. The ability to respond and recover these children abroad is an extremely difficult task.'

This Ohio golf course closed in 2023. The property has been in limbo since. But developers have big housing plans.

The Cincinnati-born Timken, who is now based in Canton, will replace the late Kirk Schuring, a Jackson Township Republican who died of cancer last November.

OHIO — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) continues to ask for drivers to give them after two more snowplows got hit. ODOT’s Akron/Canton District 4 shared photos of two snowplows that got hit in northeast Ohio last week on social media. It brings the total to 34 ODOT crews that have been hit statewide in 2025.

Two missing siblings from Ohio were found on a remote island in Iceland months after disappearing. The U.S. Marshals Service in Northern Ohio and Canton Police Department announced they recovered the two missing children in Reykjavik, Iceland on Jan. 10. The children, ages 8 and 9, were missing from Canton, Ohio.

Ohio State won the College Football Playoff on Monday. Memories came flooding back to 2014 national champs Devin Smith, Steve Miller and Doran Grant.

Groundhog Day is coming up this weekend, leaving many longing for warmer days. So, when does spring officially start this year?

Suicide deaths declined in Ohio in 2023 — the first drop in three years. The Ohio Department of Health recently released its 2023 suicide report, saying the 1% reduction comes as the state has placed an increased emphasis on mental health. There were 1,777 suicides in 2023 — 20 fewer than the previous year.