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...
The 11th Annual Portage County Polar Bear Jump was held Saturday, February 22, 2014. The event raised over $100,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Akron and Camp Quality USA Ohio. Polar Bear Plunge...
The Citizens for Portage Parks has launched a volunteer campaign in support of a half-mill operating and improvement levy for the Portage Parks District.According to a Portage Park District press release,...
Cindy Slama found herself homeless three years ago after her then-fiance drained the family’s mortgage money to satisfy his cocaine addiction.Slama refused to leave the house from which she was being...
Portage County is under a wind chill advisory until 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon as meteorologists predict some of the coldest wind chills this winter.A wind chill advisory is issued when forecasters predict...
