Kent City Council approved the specifications between Kent State University and the city in regards to the completed relocation of the city’s 24-inch-diameter water line located underneath the university’s...
Kent City Council has yet to resolve disputes around the city’s ward maps.
It is routine for the city to revise ward boundaries after each U.S. census, but three years since the last census in 2020,...
The Kent City Council repealed two COVID-19 era ordinances in an almost unanimous vote as much of the state dropped their COVID-19 guidelines as well.The council met Wednesday, June 4 to discuss the repeal...
Correction: In a previous version of this story, a quote was incorrectly attributed to Kamalenn Gillespie. This quote has been removed.Hundreds of Kent State students gathered in front of the Student Center...
Scheduled to come to Kent in the summer of 2021 will be an all-new multipurpose building. This new project will be six stories tall and sit at the corner of Erie St and Franklin Ave. What was previously...
The Kent Community Development Department recently revised its rental inspection protocol with the addition of “a minor amendment to the 2016 ordinance to remove surplus language and add clarifying language,”...
Kent City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the inclusion of medical marijuana into the Kent zoning code, pursuant to all current state laws.Since the state legalized medical marijuana in...
Voters in the November general election will be able to decide if Kent could become among the first Ohio cities to declare sanctuary status.The Kent City Council voted in July to have the initiative on...
The Kent City Council’s annual joint meeting Wednesday between the city and Franklin Township focused on issues such as changes to Standing Rock Cemetery and zoning in Kent. The meeting opened with...
Kent City Council agreed to adapt an ordinance that protects citizens from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identification in a unanimous vote Wednesday.The vote came three years after...
More than a dozen citizens of Kent gathered in the atrium of the Kent Fire Department after Wednesday’s city council meeting to plan their next step.These citizens, largely living in the Forest Lakes...
Garret M. Ferrara (R) will continue to serve on the Ward 1 Kent City Council after Tuesday’s election results were published Wednesday morning after a delay.Ferrara won with 64.48 percent of the votes...
