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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Police: 1 of 2 boys recovered after Amber Alert has died

Associated Press, AP
January 29, 2023

Ukraine President submits ‘accelerated’ NATO application in light of Russian annex rumors

Associated Press
September 30, 2022
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks to the press on Jan. 7, 2021. 

The Latest: Military can stop Trump nuclear launch

Associated Press
January 8, 2021
Damantae Graham is taken away after the jurors were sent to deliberate by Judge Laurie Pittman at the Portage County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Death sentence rejected for teen who killed Kent State student

Associated Press
December 18, 2020
President Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as he walks from Marine One to the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, as he returns from Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Trump shows mild symptoms as Biden tests negative

Associated Press
October 2, 2020

Mapping US COVID-19 cases by county

March 25, 2020

Partier in ‘if I get corona, I get corona’ video apologizes

Associated Press
March 24, 2020

Monday: Big layoffs, bigger hirings, massive markets swings

Associated Press
March 23, 2020
Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton speaks during Gov. Mike DeWine's daily press briefing in Columbus on March 20, 2020. Acton issued a stay at home order for the state, effective Monday at 11:59 p.m.

Ohio to enact stay-at-home order as virus cases spread

Associated Press
March 22, 2020
A car is submerged in the eastbound lane of Frank Road west of I-71 on Friday, March 20, 2020, in Galloway, Ohio. Thousands of people remain without power after severe thunderstorms roared through Ohio, causing flooding and knocking down trees across the state. The storms that struck late Thursday and early Friday contained heavy rains and strong, gusty winds. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Storms lead to Ohio flooding, water rescues, power outages

Associated Press
March 20, 2020

NEEDS TO BE UPDATEDCoronavirus cases now at 36 in Ohio; K-12 schools may stay closed

Associated Press
March 15, 2020

College Admissions-Bribery

Associated Press
March 12, 2019
Tinder Couple

Tinder kick-starts delayed date by sending Kent State “couple” to Hawaii

Associated Press
July 13, 2017
The house at 11489 Ridge Rd. in North Royalton, Ohio, where police found the bodies of Suzanne Taylor and her daughters, Taylor and Kylie Pifer.

Cops: Suspect in 3 deaths, including Kent State student, may be involved in 2 more killings

Associated Press
June 13, 2017

AP: Pence: US won’t rest until N. Korea gives up nuclear weapons

Associated Press
April 18, 2017
Steve Stephens

Man sought in Cleveland Facebook killing is dead

Associated Press
April 18, 2017

Ohio House committee approves 20-week abortion ban

Associated Press
December 7, 2016
Jack Kenyon, a senior digital science major, casts his vote for the election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 as others wait in line at the Kent State's Student Recreational and Wellness Center.

AP: Wisconsin officials to set timeline for recount

Associated Press
November 27, 2016

After three-month sentence, Turner registers as sex offender

Associated Press
September 6, 2016

Publicist: Pop superstar Prince dies at his Minnesota home

Associated Press
April 21, 2016

List of winners from the 2016 MTV Movie Awards

Associated Press
April 10, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

Clinton sweeps Ohio, Florida; Trump, Kasich split; Rubio out

Associated Press
March 15, 2016

Kasich signs Ohio bill diverting Planned Parenthood funding

Associated Press
February 23, 2016
Photo courtesy of The Washington Post's Twitter

More than 140 dead in Paris terrorist attacks

Associated Press
November 13, 2015
FBI mugshot of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. A federal jury found Tsarnaev guilty in the Boston Marathon bombing.

AP: Tsarnaev’s lawyer faces perhaps her biggest challenge yet

Associated Press
April 9, 2015
Iowa State's Jameel McKay (1) dunks over Kansas' Kelly Oubre Jr. (12) in the finals of the Big 12 Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, March 14, 2015. Iowa State won, 70-66.

AP: 14th-seeded UAB Blazers upset No. 9 Iowa State 60-59

Associated Press
March 19, 2015
Police secure the area outside the National Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, near the Tunisian Parliament building, where two gunmen were killed after an attack at the museum killed 19 people on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

AP: Islamic State claims responsibility for Tunisia attack

Associated Press
March 19, 2015

AP: Police, other groups try to tamp down tensions in Ferguson

Associated Press
March 12, 2015
Injured U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, center, gets into a car to leave for a hospital on March 5, 2015. Lippert was injured by a blade-wielding attacker. An 'armed man' shouted, 'No to war training!' before attacking him, the Yonhap news agency reported.

US envoy to South Korea in stable condition after knife attack

Associated Press
March 5, 2015

Harrison Ford crash-lands plane on golf course

Associated Press
March 5, 2015

AP: Somalia extremists urge attacks on US shopping malls

Associated Press
February 22, 2015

AP: ‘Timbuktu,’ an Oscar nominee, explores Islamic extremism

Associated Press
February 20, 2015
David Stover, a resident of Tallmadge, holds his Issue 21 sign out to the passing traffic on E. Main with other demonstrators from the Global Frackdown rally Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Issue 2, on the Nov. 4 ballot, could create a community bill of rights for the city of Kent that would allow the community to have more of a say in the creation and location of fracking and drilling.

AP: Ohio Supreme Court ruling favors fracking

Associated Press
February 20, 2015

AP: Brady rallies Patriots to 28-24 Super Bowl win over Seahawks

Associated Press
February 1, 2015

Mexico-Hospital-Explosion

Associated Press
January 29, 2015

Malaysia says MH370 crash an accident to clear compensation

Associated Press
January 29, 2015

AP: Ray Rice wins appeal; NFL suspension vacated immediately because of ‘arbitrary’ decision

Associated Press
November 29, 2014

AP: Love leads Cavaliers over Pacers 109-97

Associated Press
November 29, 2014
Cleveland Browns Ben Tate is taken down by Oakland Raiders Khalil Mack and Charles Woodson (24) on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns won the game 23-13. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

AP: Vikings claim running back Ben Tate off waivers

Associated Press
November 19, 2014
Akron's Demetrius Treadwell, right, takes a second-half shot as Ohio's Darius Holsten defends in the Mid-AmericanTournament championship game at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, March 16, 2013. The Zips won, 65-46. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

AP: Akron suspends top player Treadwell

Associated Press
November 17, 2014
The St. Louis Cardinals' Oscar Taveras looks to the field before action against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, August 1, 2014, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)

Cardinals OF Oscar Taveras dies in car accident in native Dominican Republic

Associated Press
October 27, 2014

Obama appoints former Biden chief of staff to lead Ebola response

Associated Press
October 17, 2014

Ebola precautions close 3 Ohio school buildings

Associated Press
October 16, 2014

Chardon shooter caught hours after prison escape

Associated Press
September 12, 2014
Thomas "T.J." Michael Lane III

Chardon shooter escapes from Lima prison

Associated Press
September 11, 2014

NCAA lifts Penn State’s postseason ban for Sandusky scandal, restores scholarships in 2015

Associated Press
September 8, 2014
The Baltimore Ravens fired Rice Monday, Sept. 9, 2014 after TMZ released a video showing Rice knocking his now-wife Janay unconscious in an elevator in February. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Ravens cut Ray Rice after release of video showing he hit fiancee in casino elevator

Associated Press
September 8, 2014

Rapper arrested for firearms in shooting probe

Associated Press
August 25, 2014

Search continues near park for missing Ohio woman

Associated Press
August 24, 2014
Philadelphia Phillies Cody Asche on his solo homerun in the eighth inning. The Phillies beat the Texas Rangers 14-10, at the Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas on opening day, Monday, March 31, 2014. (Ron Cortes/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

Opening day highlights around baseball

Associated Press
March 31, 2014
Two Garrettsville emergency personnel review damage along Main Street, Sunday, March 23, 2014, after the prior day's fire burned 13 businesses to the ground.

Garrettsville rebuilds after fire

Associated Press
March 30, 2014

NYC building explodes, killing two and injuring 17

Associated Press
March 12, 2014

Secret U.S.-Iran talks set stage for nuke deal

Associated Press
November 24, 2013

U.S. marks Veterans Day with events, ceremonies

Associated Press
November 11, 2013

N.J.’s Christie wins re-election; other national election news

Associated Press
November 6, 2013

On Superstorm Sandy anniversary, survivors remember what was lost

Associated Press
October 29, 2013

Nevada middle-school student shoots teacher, wounds 2

Associated Press
October 20, 2013

Police: Rail commuters on phones didn’t notice man’s gun

Associated Press
October 8, 2013

UPDATE: Shots outside Capitol; police say one injury

Associated Press
October 2, 2013
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), flanked by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Eric Cantor (R-VA) speaks at a press conference after a Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Sept. 30, 2013, in Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus.

Congress misses deadline to avert shutdown

Associated Press
September 30, 2013

Children killed in Ohio trailer fire laid to rest

Associated Press
September 19, 2013

12 killed in Navy Yard shooting

Associated Press
September 15, 2013

Senate panel votes to authorize force in Syria

Associated Press
September 3, 2013

Civil rights, immigration issues meet in March on Washington

Associated Press
August 26, 2013

AP:Amanda Knox says what happened to her was surreal

Associated Press
April 29, 2013

Man stabs 4 people at church in Albuquerque

Associated Press
April 27, 2013

Insurance trade group: Texas plant blast loss likely exceeds $100M

Associated Press
April 23, 2013
Medical workers aid an injured man at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 22 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. Photo by Charles Krupa, AP.

Three dead and more than 130 injured in Boston Marathon bombings

Associated Press
April 14, 2013

Ohio gov signs speed limit increases into law

Associated Press
March 31, 2013

Texas police fatally shoot fugitive Florida prisoner

Associated Press
February 18, 2013

North Korea conducts third controversial nuke test

Associated Press
February 13, 2013

Guilty plea to 2 counts in Ohio Batman movie case

Associated Press
February 11, 2013

Chris Brown investigated for possible assault

Associated Press
January 28, 2013

Cavs, Grizzlies complete multi-player trade

Associated Press
January 23, 2013

Militants seize dozens of hostages in Algeria

Associated Press
January 17, 2013

Ohio sinkhole collapses road, long repairs ahead

Associated Press
December 2, 2012
Patrick Garrett works at the Honda Manufacturing Plant in Lincoln, Alabama, on July 11, 2003. The plant is one of the few in the country that is not represented by the United Auto Workers. Photo by SYLWIA KAPUSCINSKI/DETROIT FREE PRESS.

Honda announces $200M investment, 200 jobs in Ohio

Associated Press
October 31, 2012
Ravens fans honor the late Browns/Ravens owner Art Modell before the Baltimore Ravens host the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday, September 10, 2012. Photo by Doug Kapustin

Former Browns and Ravens owner Modell remembered fondly at funeral

Associated Press
September 11, 2012

Jimmy Dimora sentenced to 28 years in prison

Associated Press
July 31, 2012

Cribbs rallying support for Kent State

Associated Press
June 12, 2012

Indians place Cabrera on bereavement list

Associated Press
April 17, 2012

Residents shocked as shooting shatters quiet Chardon

Associated Press
February 28, 2012

2 dead, 3 wounded in Chardon High School shooting

Associated Press
February 27, 2012

GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy

Donna Cassata
February 9, 2012

GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle

Donna Cassata
January 16, 2012

Update: Virginia Tech – Police officer, one other killed

Associated Press
December 8, 2011
 

Frank is ETSU president finalist

Associated Press
October 31, 2011
Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots runs a punt 94 yards for a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter. The Patriots defeated the Dolphins, 38-7, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sunday, January 2, 2011. Photo by Jim Rassol courtesy of MCT Campus.

Former Kent State quarterback arrested on assault charge

Associated Press
October 31, 2011
Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots runs a punt 94 yards for a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter. The Patriots defeated the Dolphins, 38-7, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sunday, January 2, 2011. Photo by Jim Rassol courtesy of MCT Campus.

Former Kent State quarterback Edelman arrested on assault charge

Associated Press
October 31, 2011

KSU Provost Frank one of three finalists for East Tennessee Univeristy presidency

Associated Press
October 30, 2011
 

[Photo] Senate Bill 5 passes in Ohio House

Anna Staver
March 30, 2011

Mental treatment ordered for killer bear’s owner

Associated Press
August 29, 2010

Tuition freeze casualty of Ohio budget cuts

Associated Press
July 7, 2009
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