Local food pantries may soon see a surge in demand for their services after pandemic-era SNAP benefits come to an end.
A temporary boost to SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, was put in place...
The Portage County Sheriff's Department's new body and dash cameras will soon be in operation.
The department has had the equipment since November, but there has been a delay in getting everything up...
Election Day isn't until Tuesday - but the votes are already coming in. Terrie Nelson, Deputy Director of the Portage County Board of Elections, explains why more people are voting early this year.
On the morning of July 16, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline went into effect nationwide.
The 24/7 helpline is a call and text service that provides anonymity as well as “free and confidential emotional...
Masks are now required indoors at Kent State campuses in Ashtabula, Columbiana, Summit and Tuscarawas counties, according to an email sent by the university Friday morning.
The decision comes following...
Masks are required indoors on Kent State’s main campus following Portage County moving into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s high community spread designation for COVID-19.
The university...
After several months of a rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, reported cases on campus dropped over 85 percent since the start of the spring semester.On Feb. 20, Kent State reported zero...
A bid war for a date with senior criminology and justice studies major Maya Sparks ended with a $162 bid at Black United Students’ (BUS) sixth annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser Monday.Sparks was one...
After seven years of delay because of funding, The Haven of Portage County expects to open its doors soon.“It started in 2015,” said Anne Marie Noble, the executive director. “What we thought was...
Kent State University Police Services will equip its officers with body cameras after receiving a $23,780 grant from the state of Ohio. “I think the cameras are a great investment,”...
Students may receive drugs laced with deadly fentanyl if they buy from non-medical sources.Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration....
In an email sent to the Kent State community, President Todd Diacon addressed vaccination rates and where the university stands in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I can say without hesitation that...
