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Kent State's new business building, Crawford Hall, is wrapping up construction.

Crawford Hall construction wraps up

Lauren Cohen, Reporter June 25, 2024

Construction for the new home of the College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Crawford Hall, is almost finished. Dean Deborah Spake of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship...

U.S Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg interacts with a robotic dog in the Cognitive Robotics and AI Laboratory on Monday, June 24, during a visit to Kent State.

Pete Buttigieg visits Kent State

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief June 24, 2024

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Kent State Monday to tour the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center. The visit comes after the Federal Aviation Administration,...

A Kent State University police officer stands in the flooded parking lot of Leebrick Hall on Monday, June 17, after a water pipe submerged the area.

Leaking pipe floods Leebrick parking lot

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief June 17, 2024

Update: As of 10 p.m., maintenance crews were able to shut off a valve for the leaking pipe. Crews will now start digging Tuesday morning to avoid disrupting students. The parking lot is no longer accessible...

A student looks over financial aid resources in the One Stop office located in the Kent campus library. (File photo)

Kent State sends out financial aid offers

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief June 17, 2024

After months of delays, Kent State is sending financial aid offers to students. Typically, the University Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid sends offers to returning students starting in December....

Construction in front of the Home Depot on State Route 14.

Chick-fil-A and Texas Roadhouse to open new locations in Streetsboro

Michael Neenan, Reporter June 17, 2024

Chick-fil-A and Texas Roadhouse will open new locations in Streetsboro along State Route 14 across from Home Depot. Streetsboro Mayor Glenn Broska estimates the locations will open in February or March...

Courtesy of Sean Gibson.

Stark professor helps MLB recognize Negro League statistics

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter June 16, 2024

Major League Baseball incorporated the statistics of 2,300 Negro League players into its records on May 30. Leslie Heaphy, a history professor at the Stark campus, said the inclusion of the league’s...

Courtesy the National Weather Service

Kent under Air Quality Advisory

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief June 16, 2024

UPDATE: NOACA has extended the advisory through Tuesday, June 18. An Air Quality Advisory for ground level ozone has been issued for Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit...

Visitors walk across the west plaza of the US Supreme Court on June 7, in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks on guns

John Fritze, CNN and Devan Cole, CNN June 14, 2024

CNN — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the high court’s latest stroke limiting the power of federal agencies to act...

Anthony Claytor, part of the LeBron James Family Foundation's I Promise Program, gradated in May 2024.

University student becomes LeBron James’ I PROMISE program’s first graduate

Lauren Cohen, Reporter June 13, 2024

Kent State’s Anthony Claytor has become the first graduate in the oldest I PROMISE class, a LeBron James Family Foundation program that helps students succeed in school through support and mentorship. Claytor...

An abortion rights advocate shows a box of mifepristone outside the Supreme Court on March 26. Shuran Huang/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Supreme Court ruling allows abortion pill to remain widely available

Tierney Sneed and John Fritze, CNN June 13, 2024

CNN — The Supreme Court justices suggested that abortion opponents had other ways to seek stricter rules for abortion drugs in the court’s unanimous ruling that rejected a group of anti-abortion organizations...

The Friends of Palestine Collective protests every Friday at the downtown gazebo.

Proposed CAMPUS Act addresses campus safety and protests

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter June 12, 2024

The Ohio Legislature proposed House Bill 606, also known as the Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act, to provide Ohio universities with additional safety resources...

Hunter Biden departs from federal court on Tuesday. Matt Slocum/AP

Hunter Biden convicted on all 3 charges at federal gun trial

Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN June 11, 2024

CNN — A federal jury has convicted Hunter Biden on all three federal felony gun charges he faced, concluding that he violated laws meant to prevent drug addicts from owning firearms. The conviction...