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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

KentWired

The universitys library sits near Risman Plaza on campus.

Portage County NAACP helps students after elimination of race-based scholarships

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter April 29, 2024

After Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s new guidance eliminated “disguised race-conscious admission,” which includes race-based scholarships, in March, factions are looking to counter the ruling.  Renee...

Grand jury declines to indict Akron police officers in killing of Jayland Walker

Eric Levenson, CNN April 17, 2023

CNN– A special grand jury in Ohio declined to indict the Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, dozens of times after a car chase last year. The grand jury concluded...

 A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images.)

OPINION: With bipartisan support, it’s time to stop Ohio from executing people

ALAN JOHNSON, Ohio Capital Journal April 5, 2023

OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL– Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost appears to have used a normally factual state report on the death penalty to make his case for resuming executions. Going back to when it was...

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