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Amazon truck driver overturns vehicle on State Route 43

Amazon truck driver overturns vehicle on State Route 43

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor April 2, 2025

An Amazon truck driver overturned his truck on I-76 westbound at State Route 43 in Brimfield Township around 6:45 a.m., causing the route to be closed for four hours for cleanup on April 1. Ohio State...

Outside of Bent Tree Coffee located on 313 N Water St.

BOK ’25: Best coffee

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor April 1, 2025

FIRST: Bent Tree Coffee The smell and sound of coffee beans being ground by a larger roaster greet customers when they enter Bent Tree Coffee at 313 N. Water St. Bent Tree’s grounded coffee, specialty...

In the fall of 2024, KSTV began using its new name. The Kent Stater and KSTV plan to continue to provide the Kent and Kent State communities with quality stories as the organization moves forward.

‘Your community, your stories’: The Kent Stater, KSTV continue to serve Kent after rebrand

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor January 25, 2025

From Kent Stater TV anchors welcoming viewers with “This is TV2” to now “This is Kent Stater TV News” and from searching KentWired.com to now being redirected to KentStater.com, The Kent Stater...

Illustration by Clare Rodgers

‘We can’t live without women’: Students weigh in on 4B movement

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter November 26, 2024

After the 2024 Presidential Election, Molly Acquard, a senior fashion design major, said she felt the seven stages of grief, but once her anger settled, she wanted to create change. “There’s anger,...

The LGBTQ+ Center, PRIDEKent and Trans*Fusion co-hosted a Trans Day of Remembrance Monday at The Rock. The event followed the recent defacing of a transgender pride flag on the campus monument.

Kent State students, community remember lives lost to anti-trans violence

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter November 19, 2024

Students and members of the Kent community held hands and tea lights as the names of 60 individuals who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence this year were read aloud. The LGBTQ+ Center, PRIDEKent...

Illustration by Emily Riebe

From mothers to ‘final girls’: How women’s roles in horror movies evolve on and off camera

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter October 31, 2024

A blonde woman runs into a dark alley looking for a way out as she notices there’s no escape from the masked figure following her with a knife.   She is surrounded by walls as the figure approaches...

A police car keeps watch Wednesday on the Portage County Hike and Bike Trail where officers shot and killed 43-year-old Matthew James Fries. Police said Fries approached officers with an ax and knife in his hands.

Ravenna police fatally shoot ax-wielding homeless man

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter October 24, 2024

The Ravenna City Police Department identified 43-year-old Matthew James Fries as the man officers shot and killed Tuesday. Captain Jake Smallfield said officers responded to a call about a stabbing...

Annual SRVSS event ‘takes back the night from perpetrators’

Adriana Gasiewski and Nikki Gasiewski October 10, 2024

Lights, laughter and singing from a small crowd of students and individuals in the Kent community made the night brighter as survivors of sexual assaults shared stories of hope. The Center for Sexual...

The Women's Center library, located at the Williamson House.

‘Women in Leadership Book Club’ reflects on female soldiers

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 30, 2024

Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of the Women’s Center, wanted to expand the genres of books she reads when she came across “Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special...

The “#ThisiswhyIvote” board displays reasons students shared as to why they think voting is important.

Women’s Center educates students on the importance of voting

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 21, 2024

The small crowd of students in attendance for the “Gather and Giveback: Voices of Tomorrow, Register and Connect” event, learned about the importance of staying informed about voting, Wednesday evening. Cassandra...

The Kent Stater Illustration by Emily Riebe

‘We plant the seeds’: SRVSS helps grow students’ awareness of the ‘red zone’

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 7, 2024

As the campus buzzed with students reuniting with friends and navigating their classes, the university entered the “red zone.” Julius Payne, the program coordinator for the Center for Sexual Relationship...