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Hippie Fox Rocks is opening a second location at Aurora Farms Premium Outlets in Aurora, Ohio.

Hippie Fox Rocks opens second location at Aurora Farms

Lauren Cohen, Beat Reporter November 26, 2024

Hippie Fox Rocks, a rock and metaphysical shop in Downtown Kent’s Acorn Alley, is geared up to open a second location on Nov. 22 after noticing a decline in customer traffic in its current area. The...

KSTV Flashcast Wildfire Updates

KSTV Staff November 13, 2024

KSTV's Cale Breuers and Katie Waggle bring the latest information on coastal wildfires.

Kent State Votes' shuttle provides transportation for students to on-campus voting locations, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Shuttle up and vote: Bus transports students to polling locations

Gage Wellman, Reporter November 5, 2024

With several Kent State students aiming to vote, a shuttle bus near the Student Center took students to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center to fulfill their constitutional rights. The shuttle bus...

Mars' moon Phobos creates a "googly eye" as it passes between Mars and the sun.

Rover captures peculiar ‘googly eye’ in the Martian sky

Ashley Strickland, CNN October 31, 2024

(CNN) —The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic “googly eye” on Mars during a recent solar eclipse. As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy,...

Co-host Frustisha Punch delivers a speech during Kent State's Sex Week Drag Show on Oct. 23, 2024.

PHOTO GALLERY: Sex Week Drag Show

Alyson Garfield, Photographer October 24, 2024

Mike Jeffries, former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, photographed in November 2005.

Former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch indicted on sex trafficking charges

New York (CNN) — Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been indicted on sixteen federal counts of sex trafficking and international prostitution in New York, and is accused of...

H2O Church offers fall camping retreat to Kent State students

H2O Church offers fall camping retreat to Kent State students

Joey LoCoco, Reporter October 18, 2024

H2O Church, a Kent State Christian student organization on campus, will throw a fall retreat at Camp Elkhorn in Bergholz, Ohio, Oct. 18 and 19. "It's a good way for students to get off campus and meet...

People arrive to cast their ballot during early voting in Minnesota on September 20, 2024

Five weeks to Election Day, pre-election voting looks set to decline from pandemic-era highs

Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt, CNN October 1, 2024

CNN — While there are still five weeks until Election Day, voting is already underway across the country and a CNN review suggests pre-election voting this year will drop from the pandemic-era highs of...

Members of the men's basketball team serve food at the Coaches vs. Cancer event Sept. 11, 2024.

Men’s basketball all in for fight against cancer; visits American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge

Andrew Gold, Reporter October 1, 2024

To show support for cancer patients, their caregivers and the American Cancer Society’s mission to end cancer, the Kent State men’s basketball team visited the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge...

The Cathedral of Learning towers over the University of Pittsburgh campus in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood Monday, July 8, 2019.

Suspect arrested after attack on Jewish University of Pittsburgh students

Jay Croft, CNN September 3, 2024

CNN — University of Pittsburgh police arrested a person suspected of attacking a group of Jewish students with a bottle Friday night, the school announced on its website. The incident occurred near...

The pieces will be on display until May 3, with a reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 3 at the CVA.

Step inside the 2024 BFA Senior Thesis Exhibit

Tessa Poulain, Reporter May 3, 2024

Graduating seniors from Kent State’s School of Art have their Bachelor of Fine Arts work on display in the Center for Visual Arts through May 3. All of the seniors’ work, from glass blowing to acrylic...