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No update on homicide at off-campus apartment complex

Emily Mills • July 23, 2015

Kent Police Department officials said there is no update on the homicide that took place at Lincolnwood Terrace, an off-campus apartment complex, earlier this month.Lt. Michael Lewis said the investigation...

Police investigating homicide at off-campus apartment

Emily Mills • July 13, 2015

The Kent Police Department is investigating a homicide at Lincolnwood Terrace Apartments.Resident Franklin Benedict, 26, was found dead from gunshot wounds at 12:23 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8.Kent Police...

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...

New police station marks end of an era on College Avenue

Danielle Hess • March 19, 2015

Unsuitable jail accommodations and the wear and tear of time are causing the Kent Police Department to begin the construction on a new facility this August on East College Avenue.Eugene Roberts, public...

How Kent law enforcement prepare for St. Patrick’s Day weekend

Kyleigh Jarosinski • March 14, 2015

Law enforcement preparing for St. Patrick's Day weekend from KentWired.com on Vimeo.

Kent City Council looks at city hall relocation, purchases College Avenue homes for police station

Julia Adkins • March 7, 2015

With the sale of Kent City Hall, the need to look for a temporary location was a main topic of the night at the Kent City Council meeting on March 4.After the approval of a $2.4 million sale of Kent City...

Cold temperature affects criminal activity, report says

Julie Selby • February 16, 2015

Cold temperatures affect criminal activity, report says from KentWired.com on Vimeo.It isn’t cold enough to cancel classes here at Kent State, but it may be too cold for criminals.In the deep freeze...

Opposing sides debate need for stricter regulations on access to guns

Christina Bucciere • November 17, 2014

Eleven-year-old AJ Nicholson went to his cousin’s house on March 12, 2014, when the Kent City School District was closed for a snow day. Sometime between 11:15 and 11:30 a.m., AJ’s cousin accessed...

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...

Halloween crime down from last year

Danielle Hess • October 27, 2014

The Kent Police Department cleaned up the streets of Kent during the city’s unofficial Halloween celebration Oct. 25, making a total of 43 physical arrests.The number dropped slightly from last year’s...

Police brace themselves for Halloween festivities

Ray Strickland • October 22, 2014

The last Saturday of October, downtown Kent becomes an attraction as thousands of people, attired in Halloween costumes, pack the streets for Halloween parties and bar-hopping.This year it will be no different....

Party registration program off to slow start

Mariam Makatsaria • October 20, 2014

Seven months after Kent City Council voted to approve a party registration program, only 14 hosts have utilized the program and noise complaints have decreased only slightly.“During my 18 years of work...