King Kennedy Community Center supporters are hoping Portage County commissioners will approve their $216,908 request to put in a parking lot, new bathrooms and storage space at the nonprofit’s new gymnasium and multipurpose building on Garfield Road in Ravenna.
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Summary and transcript of the Shalersville trustees meeting on May 17.
The week of May 22 brings us 11 different choices for our open mic entertainment. It doesn’t matter where you live in the Summit/Portage County area there is an open mic that you can attend. Come out and play or listen to this unique part of the area music scene.
Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
Before she was killed, Cora Baughman entered her neighbor’s garage with a gun and demanded to speak with him, the neighbor told dispatchers in two calls to 911 on Saturday morning.
Coty Giannelli and Hayley Bennett knew they wanted a special piece of Kent to house their new business, Board and Bevy, a place to play games while having a drink and bite to eat.
Photographer Jeremy Brown took this photo of the 'blood moon' caused by Sunday's lunar eclipse. This particular photo is a composite image.
Stained glass artist and Kent resident Joan Phillips, 66, will be attending the 14th annual Kent Art and Wine Festival in downtown Kent on June 4, from noon to 9 p.m. She has attended the festival since its inception in 2007.
Kent’s Haymaker Farmers’ Market is now giving anyone with a WIC card two $5 vouchers to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables thanks to a new program funded by the Socially Responsible Sweatshop.
The woman killed in Windham Township during a confrontation involving neighbors and law enforcement officers was identified as 66-year-old Cora Baughman, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.
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