The Ohio DNR (ODNR) recently celebrated the official ribbon cutting for the new visitor center at Portage Lakes State Park.

A vehicle with a person inside was discovered submerged early morning on June 19 at the Portage Lakes State Park boat ramps in New Franklin. The New Franklin Fire Department responded to a call at ...

It will be one of those parks that makes the hiker or picnicker realize that Ohio has its own special beauty. It is going to ...

NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio — A man drowned Tuesday afternoon while swimming at Portage Lakes State Park swim beach, authorities say. A news release from the New Franklin Fire Department Chief Steve Leslie ...

The city plans to turn the 47 acres of lakefront property into a public park that will include a beach, swimming pool, non-motorized boating, and other attractions.

It's been a deadly week on the water across Northeast Ohio. Search efforts are ongoing in Cuyahoga Falls to find a father who went missing in a weekend tubing incident that left his 5-year-old son ...