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Akron Fire Chief, Steven Kaut, described what his department's emergency service personnel encountered, when they responded to the scene of a mass shooting in East Akron, early Sunday morning. He also talks about how those first responders also experienced trauma, and what the City will be doing to help them deal with it.

Both candiates in the Barberton mayoral race, Megan Eberhart (0:00) and incumbent mayor Bill Judge (8:09), discussed their cases for the role with Ray.

Kent State University is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its Washington Program in National Issues this week, with a reception for current program participants and alumni at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Thursday, April 27.
As one of those alumni who had a life changing, and really positive experience with the program back when I was a student at Kent State; I was happy recently to talk about it with Political Science Professor, Dr. Mark Cassell, who is the Director of that program now.

Most people know what it is like to be in debt for things like a credit card purchases, car payments, and a mortgage.
But there's another kind of debt that a number of people in our community are facing right now, that most people don't even know exists; court debt.
Jeanne Destro recently talked to John Petit, who is Managing Attorney at Community Legal Aid in Akron, who tells us the "court debt spiral" is a growing problem.
Find out why, and what we might be able to do about it.

From new business to a brand new state of the art playground near City Hall; good things are happening in Stow, according to Mayor, John Pribonic.
Jeanne Destro talked to him recently, about what worked in 2022, and what's on the horizon this year.

There is a nationwide shortage of home health care workers, at the very same time as the number of elderly people who need them, is increasing.
It is due, in part, to the increased need for care brought on by the pandemic, but mostly, according to Abby Morgan, CEO of Direction Home, Akron-Canton Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities, by the extremely low wages that are paid to those vitally needed workers.
As a result, she's advocating for an increase in the amount of money the federal government allocates to Medicaid, which is the agency which most often pays for the workers who act as caregivers for low income elderly and disabled people.
But what about all the other elderly residentsi n our area and around the country who are on Medicare, not Medicaid, and who may also have a private insurance supplemental or advantage plan?
It turns out, Morgan tells us; they're mostly out of luck, as home health care is generally not covered by those plans, other than for a short while after a hospitalization.
Find out why, and what can be done about it, as she talks about it with Jeanne Destro.