City Council approves purchase of East College Avenue properties, addresses Ebola precautions in KentKent City Council met Wednesday evening to approve the purchase of properties on East College Avenue...
More people are competing for jobs in Portage County as Kent State students return to campus.Portage County’s unemployment rate rose slightly from 5.2 percent in June to 5.3 percent in July, but no jobs...
With only 21.90 percent voter turnout, all precincts had reported for this year's Portage County primary election just before 10 p.m., only 2 and a half hours after the polls closed, and unofficial final...
The Fairchild Avenue Bridge project spanned 19 years and cost approximately $25 million to complete, but Kent officials say they have met their goals of constructing a new bridge, decreasing the traffic...
Robert “Bert” Smith runs a small provisional group for heroin addicts in the basement of his mother’s home in Portage County every three weeks, anonymously and free of charge. As a recovering cocaine...
The Kent Police Department is now deciding between two preferable sites for its new police station, according to police Chief Michelle Lee and Kent City Manager Dave Ruller.The city is working with an...
Upcoming A.L.I.C.E. workshops During the lockdown Wednesday after a student fired a shot that caused 10 police departments to respond to campus, Kent State officials cited officials, students and professors’...
Two firefighters were injured and 13 businesses were destroyed by a fire that swept through a historic downtown block in the Portage County village of Garrettsville Saturday, March 22.Officials said 34...
Coleman Professional Services, a Kent-based behavioral health and rehabilitation center, is preparing to expand this year with a $1.7 million children’s facility.The nonprofit plans to attach the new...
Kent State’s Center of Nutrition Outreach offers a weight management program for youth called K.I.D.S., or Kids Interested in Diet and Sport. This program teaches Portage County children between the...
Sunoco Logistics is suing two Portage County landowners after they did not comply with existing contracts that would allow the company to construct a pipeline that would carry petroleum and diesel fuel...
