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The Portage County Sheriff’s Office searches a stolen vehicle on East Main Street.

UPDATED: Police locate driver of stolen car near White Hall following multi-car accident, chase

Isabella Schreck, Editor-in-Chief February 12, 2024

The 17-year-old driver who caused a multi-car accident with a stolen car following a police chase was found near White Hall Sunday, according to a press release from the university.  The chase began...

Cars travel down a stretch of Lake Street that was the site of an accident on Jan. 22, 2024 where one Kent man was killed and two others injured.  This stretch of road, near Edgewood Drive, was closed for several hours starting just before 9:00 p.m. on Jan. 22, right after the accident.

Two vehicle crash leaves one dead in Kent

Savana Capp, Reporter January 23, 2024

One Kent man suffered fatal injuries after a car accident Monday night on Lake Street near Edgewood Drive.  William Williams, 55, was in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet Malibu that hit the back of...

First responders tend to a crash that occurred around 10:40 pm Sunday evening at the corner of East Main Street and North Lincoln Street.

BREAKING NEWS: Two cars collide Sunday evening at corner of East Main Street and North Lincoln Street

Troy Pierson, General Assignment Editor August 28, 2022

Two cars collided at the intersection of East Main Street and North Lincoln Street Sunday evening, resulting in one car being flipped upside down. The crash resulted in two damaged vehicles: a white...

Debby Thrasher Smith, 66, steps into her Ravenna home on Sunday. Her son, Joe, died here Oct. 29, 2014, of a heroin overdose — his third. He battled with substance abuse in the several years before his death.

A mother reveals what it’s like to live with a son addicted to heroin

Valerie Royzman April 30, 2018

I’m standing on Debby Thrasher Smith’s front porch in Ravenna, tightening my trench coat around my waist. The four wind chimes behind me are knocking delicately against each other, and their tinkling...

A car hit a young woman Tuesday night outside the Wick Poetry Center on South Lincoln Street in Kent.

Details emerge on South Lincoln Street accident

Cameron Gorman January 29, 2018

The victim of a pedestrian accident in which a car struck a young female pedestrian on South Lincoln Street Tuesday night, sustained “incapacitating” injuries, according to a five-page Traffic Crash...

Two bystanders look at the aftermath of a two-car accident on the corner of N. Mantua and Carthage on S.R. 43 on Aug. 21, 2015.

Two people sustain minor injuries in two-car accident

Jimmy Miller August 21, 2015

A two-car accident on S.R. 43 resulted in minor injuries to the drivers despite a flipped car and deployed airbags, city police said.Officer Drake Oldham said the accident, which happened on the corner...

An accident occurred on Loop Road in front of WKSU on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The red vehicle went left of center and hit the Jeep head-on. Multiple injuries were reported.

Update: Three students taken to hospital with injuries after car accident

Madeleine Winer April 8, 2015

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the Ohio State Highway Patrol's investigation into the accident. Three Kent State students have been taken to area hospitals with injuries after a...