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Kent Police Department down to two possible sites for new building

Ryan Lewis April 13, 2014

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...

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Arraignment postponed for student charged in Wednesday incident

Katherine Schaeffer April 6, 2014

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 Garrettsville emergency personnel review damage along Main Street, Sunday, March 23, 2014, after the prior days fire burned 13 businesses to the ground.

Garrettsville rebuilds after fire

Associated Press March 30, 2014

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 raising funds for new $1.7 million children’s center

Grace Murray March 11, 2014

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...

Kirsten Seman, 9, from Ravenna adds chocolate chips to a healthy desert for the K.I.D.S. program at Nixson Hall on Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014. Nutrition Outreach graduate and undergraduate students are working with children and parents from Portage County to educate them in nutrition and dietetics as part of an eight week program.

Kent State Nutrition Students Work with the Community

Julia Sprowls March 6, 2014

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...

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Sunoco sues Portage residents

Madeleine Winer February 25, 2014

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...

Polar Bear Jump raises over $100,000 in fundraising

Brian Smith and DKS Photo Staff February 24, 2014

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...

Portage Park District seeks operating, improvement levy

Alicia Crabtree February 20, 2014

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,...

Anne Marie Mann-Noble, the Director of Emergency and Outreach Services for Family & Community Services, stands by the kitchen for the community center in Ravenna on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The center is open 24 hours a day when the temperature reaches 10 degrees to accommodate the homeless.

Local food pantry keeps doors open during freezing temperatures

Chrissy Suttles January 30, 2014

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...

Kent State experienced extreme cold and snowfall over the weekend with snow accumulating approximately five inches. Temperatures for the next few days are expected to plummet into the negatives.

Temperatures plunge over next few days

Emily Mills January 26, 2014

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...

Our View: Potential harm of energy projects not something to be taken lightly

DKS Editors January 21, 2014

Earlier this month, a chemical used in the coal-preparation process leaked into West Virginia’s Elk River, leaving about 300,000 people without clean water to drink or use.More disconcerting is the recent...

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Franklin Township sex offender charged with murder

Akilah Porter January 18, 2014

A Portage County man is set to appear in court after police discovered a body in his Storer Suites apartment, 1783 E. Main St., Friday. The Portage County Sheriff’s Department arrested Franklin Township’s...

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