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Donut shop to open downtown

Anne-Marie Colant April 25, 2016

Peace, Love, and Little Donuts is set to open in mid-May, next door to Bar 145 in downtown Kent. The store will offer a variety of specialty donuts, late hours on Thursday through Saturday and delivery...

 Luminaire memorials to individuals who committed suicide line the sidewalk of Risman Plaza during the Out of Darkness Campus Walk on April 18, 2015.

Kent community comes together for Out of the Darkness Walk

Tristan Buirley April 19, 2015

After her personal struggles with suicide, Crystal Russell considers herself lucky to have made it to college. Russell, a graduate clinical mental health counseling major, raised $610 for the Out of Darkness...

City Hall

Kent City Council discusses relocation of City Hall

Staff Report April 6, 2015

The Michael Schwartz Center at Kent State is among several locations being considered for temporary office space while Kent City Hall relocates.At Kent’s City Council meeting on Wednesday, April 1, City...

Zachary Downes, a broadcast journalism major

It happens every year

Zachary Downes February 17, 2015

Editor’s Note:In Wednesday’s column by Zachary Downes, he had claimed President Beverly Warren was not responsible for the cancellation of classes and faculty on the Kent State Campus.This was not...

Meet the new NAACP president

Sabrina Scott February 9, 2015

One of Kent State University’s employees was sworn in as president of the NAACP of Portage County.Geraldine Hayes-Nelson, the executive director of the Employee Engagement and Outreach Division of Human...

Molotov cocktail thrown under police cruiser

Katie Nix January 11, 2015

The Kent Police Department is looking for information about who threw a Molotov cocktail underneath a parked cruiser at 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 29.A sergeant stomped out the flames when he noticed them after...

Kent mayor Jerry Fiala gives a proclamation renaming what is known worldwide as "Black Friday" to Black Squirrel Friday in the city of Kent. The proclaimation stated Black Squirrel Friday will create an opportunity to show support for local business owners by spending the holiday dollars locally.

Shop small with local businesses

Kelsey Husnick November 24, 2014

Avoid the long lines and packed supermalls this weekend by using Black Friday and the following Saturday as an opportunity to shop local. Main Street Kent is sponsoring Black Squirrel Friday and Small...

Kent Crime

Most crimes reported on Main St., Franklin Ave.; Theft still main crime in Kent

Carley Hull, Sean Eiler, Yujing Yu, Mariam Makatsaria November 16, 2014

Criminal activity in the City of Kent is primarily concentrated along Franklin Avenue, Main Street, Silver Meadows Boulevard, Mantua Street and Water Street. Most of these crimes are thefts, according...

Issue 21

Kent’s ‘Community Bill of Rights’ fails to pass

Christina Bucciere November 4, 2014

Issue 21 failed to pass, with 53.77 percent of voters voting ‘no,’ according to The Portage County Board of Elections.Issue 21 is a proposed amendment to the Kent city charter that would have guaranteed...

City Council approves adding pocket park to downtown Kent

Celia Fernandez October 13, 2014

RPA DailyStory2 Haberman from Alyssa Haberman on Vimeo.The Community Development Committee of the Kent City Council voted 8-0 to begin plans for a pocket park between Bar145 and The Landmark Building,...

Junior exercise science major Clare Heisey shops for her weekly groceries at Marc’s in Kent during its grand opening Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.

Marc’s grocery store opens to eager Kent shoppers

Alyssa Flynn October 1, 2014

Shoppers flooded the aisles of the new Marc’s grocery store on Water Street Wednesday morning to check out the store’s offerings at the new Kent location.“Before, I would have to go to my house and...

City Council passes changes for West Main Street bridge parking

Carley Hull October 1, 2014

Kent City Council passed a motion Wednesday, Oct. 1, that will create parallel parking on the West Main Street bridge and explores the possibility of meter parking for the future.Councilman Garret Ferrara...