Skip to Main Content
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

World and Nation:
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Kent State students go bananas for Banana Bar Crawl

Sascha Aleksich and Lexie Blatnik September 30, 2025

Kent State students had an opportunity to peel off campus Saturday and participate in Downtown Kent’s Banana Bar Crawl.  The motif of the night was bananas, literally. Participants of the bar crawl...

Inside Books a Go Go in downtown Ravenna, customers are able to shop from an assortment of genres and find a cozy spot to read.

Books a Go Go brings community bookstore to downtown Ravenna

Alexis Hood, Reporter September 30, 2025

In downtown Ravenna, community gathering spots have long been scarce, and independent bookstores even rarer. That changed Aug. 30, when Books a Go Go opened downtown, giving residents a place to shop,...

The Bread and Puppet Theatre performed its "Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress" circus show Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.

Bread and Puppet’s ‘Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress’ offers satirical commentary

Melora Shue, Reporter September 29, 2025

Bread and Puppet Theatre came to Akron to perform their circus show, “Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress” Sept. 27. The group, originally from Vermont, is on a two-month-long tour...

A large wizard hat decorated the Kent sign during the 2024 Wizardly World of Kent festival, which has now come to an end.

From magic to memory: The end of the Wizardly World of Kent

Haylee Hartong, Reporter September 29, 2025

After more than a decade of fans, costumes and community, the Wizardly World of Kent festival has come to an end. Each July, downtown Kent would transform into a Harry Potter-themed festival featuring...

Owner of Teacup Flowerz Boutique, Ella Snyder, sells her crystal jewelry, recycled clothing and collage art at Hippie Fox Rocks’ Gem Show on Sept. 27, 2025.

Acorn Alley Gem Show showcases local businesses

Loreal Puleo, Reporter September 28, 2025

The Acorn Alley Gem Show took place Sept. 27 in the Acorn Alley courtyard, running from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event featured a variety of vendors displaying handmade crystal jewelry, clothing, art and...

Cuyahoga Valley National Park lets visitors explore local wildlife

Talia Milewich, Reporter September 23, 2025

Heading out of the city, a dense collection of trees and vegetation overwhelms your sight, getting closer and closer, green leaves filling the sky ahead. Only minutes outside of bustling cities, Cuyahoga...

Emily Watroba, owner of Mush Monsters, chats with a customer shopping at the Mabon Market pop-up event on Sept. 21, 2025.

Mabon Market brings whimsy to Kent’s Acorn Alley

Ava Drozd, Reporter September 22, 2025

On Sept. 21, the Whimsigoth Night Market, owned by Stevie Riffle, and the Mystic Fairy Market, owned by Natasha Kardos, came together to host the Mabon Markets in Kent’s Acorn Alley. The first Mabon...

Community gathers for ‘Walk & Poetry Reading’ to celebrate recovery

Alexis Hood and Sofia Helena September 21, 2025

On the quiet Saturday morning of Sept. 20, community members gathered at the Kent United Church of Christ for the “Celebrate Recovery! Walk & Poetry Reading,” now in its second year, honoring the...

Hillel at Kent State, a Jewish life center on campus, is located at 613 E. Summit St.

Hudson community rallies against antisemitism 

Savannah Carroll, Beat Reporter September 21, 2025

More than 250 people filled the Hudson Green for a community rally organized by Jewish and Christian congregations, rejecting antisemitism and pledging solidarity, days after a confrontation by Nazi protestors.  Rabbi...

Illustration by Emily Riebe.

Rotten Peach Studios celebrates its second anniversary

Ava Dunn, Reporter September 21, 2025

Rotten Peach Studios commemorated its second year of business with an event that contained live music, local vendors and food trucks Sept. 13, 2025. Rotten Peach is a local female-owned small business...

Illustration by Clare Rodgers.

New Ohio law limiting cellphones in K-12 schools could influence college students

Loreal Puleo, Reporter September 20, 2025

Ohio law now requires K-12 schools to have a cell phone policy due to the signing of House Bill 250.  The bill, signed into law May 15, 2025, by Gov. Mike DeWine, mandated K-12 schools have a policy...

Last Exit Books and Coffee sits at 124 E Main St, Kent on March 25th, 2025.

Kent Rocks music festival lights up downtown Kent

Ava Dunn, Reporter September 19, 2025

Downtown Kent was set ablaze with live performances in multiple venues, ranging from local restaurants to small businesses in the area.  From 3 to 11 p.m., the streets were packed with individuals looking...

Activate Search
Your Community. Your Stories.
City