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A car is washed during Saturday's breast cancer benefit car wash.

Benefit car wash for breast cancer patient held at local AutoZone

Ty Kohler, Reporter June 4, 2022

In October 2019, Patricia Yon’s nightmare became reality when she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. When it was found, it already covered her liver and hip bones with tumors. Later, with five...

Families share with the public the names and faces of those killed in Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The names: 19 children, 2 teachers killed in Uvalde school

May 27, 2022

ULVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games. Two teachers were closing out a school year that they started with joy...

DeWine proposes ‘significant’ spending to protect schools

May 27, 2022

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced plans to spend “a significant amount of money” on efforts to ensure every school building...

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2013, file photo, a makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre stands outside a home on the first anniversary of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here’s where the guns came from

May 27, 2022

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18, authorities say, when they...

At their beloved Town House restaurant, the bereaved of the Uvalde school shooting find little comfort.

At their beloved Town House restaurant, the bereaved of Uvalde find little comfort

Alaa Elassar, CNN May 27, 2022

(CNN) -- The four large mirrors on the wall at Town House usually capture the smiles and laughter of families as they gather for a warm meal among neighbors. Tonight, they reflect all angles of heartbreak. The...

The friends and family of Miranda Mathis grieve her loss.

Police commander made ‘wrong decision’ not to breach classroom doors during elementary school shooting, official says

(CNN) -- While a gunman was inside adjoining classrooms with children at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, a group of 19 law enforcement officers stood in a hallway outside and took no action as they...

Kent State reinstates indoor mask requirement at Cuyahoga County campuses

Kennedy Gotham, Reporter May 27, 2022

All Kent State-affiliated locations within Cuyahoga County will have an indoor face mask requirement due to a “high” community level designation for COVID-19, according to an email sent by the university...

Board of Trustees approves 4.6% tuition increase for fall 2022 cohort

Alexandra Golden, Editor-in-Chief May 26, 2022

The Kent State Board of Trustees approved a 4.6% tuition increase for the fall 2022 cohort of in-state, incoming freshmen at its Wednesday meeting. The meeting was held at Berkshire Local Schools in Burton,...

Law enforcement, and other first responders, gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas.

Shooting at a Texas elementary school leaves 14 students and a teacher dead, governor says

(CNN) -- Two days before the start of summer break, an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing 14 students and one teacher, Gov. Greg Abbott...

Mask mandate is back at Kent State’s Ashtabula campus

Kennedy Gotham, Reporter May 23, 2022

Kent State’s Ashtabula campus announced May 23 it will be requiring masks to be worn indoors on its campus. The university also said masks are not required when working alone in a confined space such...

Attendees line East Main Street for the fourth annual Kent Craft Beer Fest.

Kent Jaycees to use Craft Beer Fest proceeds to give back to the community

Kennedy Gotham, Reporter May 21, 2022

As the day began to warm up, Kent Craft Beer Fest attendees lined up along East Main Street to get a taste of local Ohio breweries. The fourth annual festival, which ran from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, was...

The outline of a swastika is visible on a concrete section of a stairway between Engleman Hall, in the background at left, and Verder Hall on the front portion of Kent State’s main campus. 5-19-2022

Custodian reported swastika painted on Kent State sidewalk

Emma Andrus, Managing Editor May 19, 2022

Larry Thouvenin was cleaning in Kent State’s Oscar Ritchie Hall when he went outside with a load of trash. The part-time custodian, on the job for four months, stumbled across a swastika graffitied...

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