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NBA scrubs all games through end of November due to lockout, talks not progressing far enough per David Stern.

Animals held by the Columbus Zoo after release by a Zanesville exotic farm owner are now heading back to his widow. Developing...

Scrubbed by Mother: no Game Six of the World Series with rain in St. Louis tonight.

UPDATE: FirstEnergy - all 1800 West Akron power customers should be back up after earlier outage, caused by snapped electric pole.

We still have reports of a power outage in the Wallhaven area of Akron, nearly to Highland Square...let us know if you're on your smartphone

GOOD TRAFFIC NEWS: Akron police say they've cleared the earlier accident on ROUTE 8 SOUTHBOUND at Glenwood Avenue.

I-77 NORTHBOUND at Vernon Odom is now CLEAR. Akron police tell us the individual is no longer in the roadway.

AkronNewsNow is monitoring both Facebook and Twitter this afternoon, if you have any update on what's going on at I-77 NORTHBOUND/V. Odom.

The reported tieups on I-77 at Vernon Odom are NORTHBOUND. Anyone who has driven in that area, please let us know on FB or Twitter.

AVOID: I-77 at Vernon Odom Blvd., reports of someone in the roadway that has traffic at a standstill. Took a while to confirm with APD.