At the start of 2025’s Pride Month, Kent State University’s Division of Student Life issued an email confirming the closure of campus identity centers happening on June 27.
According to the message,...
The option on the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline that specializes in serving LGBTQ+ youth will no longer operate after the Trump administration no longer plans to provide funding.
The decision...
Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department continues to search for a man who was overturned in an inflatable inner tube into the rapids near Gorge Metro Parks Saturday night.
Multiple reports were made to the Summit...
A total of 51 people, including kids, and eight dogs were rescued out of the Cuyahoga River on Sunday after kayakers and rafters struggled against the fast-moving water, according to the Kent Fire Department.
The...
As Portage County and other parts of the Midwest recover from storm warnings, a heat wave is expected to hit the region starting on June 21.
The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat watch...
Kent State students received messages from KSU Alert of a tornado warning at 6:06 p.m. in effect until 6:45 p.m. on June 18.
The university’s alert system issued a second warning at 9:30 p.m. lasting...
Kent State celebrated its fourth Juneteenth Jubilee event with local vendors, live performances, food and music from DJ Smoov Wednesday on the Student Green.
Put together by the Division of People,...
Across the country, over 1,800 rallies, with around 40 expected demonstrations in Ohio, are planned in response to President Trump's military parade on Saturday.
The parade is set to honor the Army’s...
The annual Art and Wine Festival event at Main Street Kent returned this year with fresh entertainment and a new commemorative wine glass.
Heather Malarcik, executive director of Main Street Kent,...
The National Weather Service issued an air quality advisory for Portage and other Northeast Ohio counties following smoke from Canadian wildfires passing over midwestern states on June 3.
The advisory...
In an email sent to the Kent State community, university administration confirmed the LGBTQ+ Center, E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center, Women’s Center and the LGBTQ+ Living-Learning Community...
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski shared a Facebook post to his personal page on May 9 with a stack of May 5 editions of The Portager burned in a fire pit.
“It starts out like paper...but burns...
