Links to the kind of reporting I value doing:

Signal Akron: Akron police officer resigns amid domestic violence probe, investigations into other incidents

Signal Akron: ‘The story of me.’ Photos capture an Akron family’s roots in historic Black neighborhood

Signal Akron: City of Akron attorney had unprecedented access in state’s criminal probe of Jazmir Tucker’s killing

Signal Akron: Inside the investigation: Akron detective quits amid allegations of sexual relationship with informant

Signal Akron: Akron’s policing ‘expert’ is staunch advocate for officers who kill, critic of ‘values’ of ‘black community’

Signal Akron: Akron police warned in November about counterfeit SWAT body armor

Signal Akron: Arrest of Kenmore woman follows body slam by Akron police officer

Cleveland Scene: A Police Chief, a Florida Strip Club Mogul, a “Bribe” and the Grand Criminal Conspiracy That Didn’t Exist

Portland Mercury: Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist

Portland Mercury: A Black Teen Was Run Down in Gresham; His Killer Is in a Notorious Oregon White Supremacist Prison Gang

Cleveland Scene: Who Shot Chris Heben? The Strange Tale of a Former Navy SEAL and the Suburban Shopping Plaza Shooting that Never Happened

Cleveland Scene: Roofie Island: A Summer of Reported Druggings and Rapes on Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie’s Party Destination

Cleveland Scene: Sex, Politics and Revenge: Lawrence Mitchell Was Supposed to Bring Stability to Case Western Reserve University’s Law School, Not Treat It as His Personal Pickup Playground

Cleveland Scene: Degenerate, Inc.: The Paranoid and Obsessive Life of a Mid-Level Bookie

Deadspin: "I'm Down For Drinks, Laughs, Sex": The Sexual Harassment Claims That Brought Down Toledo's Running Coach

Deadspin: "Dangerously Excessive": How Washington State Football Confronted, And Didn't Confront, The First Bad News Of The Mike Leach Era