Four Kent police officers involved in Thursday's shooting of a man armed with a machete have been identified.Officers Benjamin Darrah, Dominic Poe, Michael Carnahan and Sean Driscoll have been placed on...
Summit Street will be closed Monday through Wednesday for crews to work on underground utilities in preparation for the Summit Street Improvement Project.Both lanes of the street are closed from Depeyster...
A Kent police officer shot and killed an armed suspect about one mile north of campus early Thursday morning. According to Newsnet5 in Cleveland, officers were called to a home in the 600 block of Virginia...
The Kent Police Department is investigating a breaking and entering incident at The Exchange, an entertainment store at 407 E. Main St.Lt. Michael Lewis said the department received notice of an alarm...
The Summit County Medical Examiner released the names of the seven passengers who died in Tuesday’s plane crash in Akron. The victims were: Gary Shapiro, 35, Thomas Virgin 31, Jared Weiner, 35, and...
The Portage County Board of Elections posted election results this morning due to a delay Tuesday night after a server malfunction.Terrie Nielsen, deputy director of the Board of Elections, said there...
Portage County's election results are delayed due to a server malfunction, according to the Portage County Board of Elections website."We are working closely with our vendor and the Secretary of State’s...
Kent State's Classic Gentleman's Club is pushing for diversity in the university's fashion community. Created by freshman public relations major Emonte Wimbush, the club is an organization focused on...
Golfweek, a national golf magazine, named Kent State’s women’s golf team the No. 7 women’s golf team in the nation. According to an athletic department press release, the team has a scoring average...
Anti-abortion activists from the Viewers of the Word Church protest outside Planned Parenthood's Bedford Heights Health Center, which performs abortions. House Bill 294 could lead to the reproductive health...
Each Thursday, The Kent Stater will be participating in #ThrowbackThursday by publishing clips from old issues of the newspaper.This week's throwback features clips from the Friday, Sept. 25, 1942, issue...
The Regional Academic Center at Twinsburg was under lockdown Tuesday evening after a shooting that killed two people and injured a third after a domestic violence incident, according to Fox 8 News.The...
