Kent schools continue to investigate two gun-related incidents, bomb threat - Adriana Gasiewski. After the Kent City School District was informed that a student was suspected of having a gun and Longcoy Elementary School was placed under lockdown, the police are investigating the situation.
- Angie Reedy. Everyone is invited to honor our fallen soldiers and watch the Ravenna Memorial Day Parade from the porch of City Gardener & Florist at 329 N. Chestnut St. at 10 a.m. Monday, May 25.
- Master Gardener Volunteers. Roses have a reputation of being a hard-to-grow plant. Depending on the variety of rose, that can certainly be true. But it doesn’t have to be the case.
- Jeremy Brown. Overcrowding at local pet rescue shelters has been an increasing problem since the Covid-19 pandemic. Following an increase in adoptions during the pandemic, rising living costs and other factors have led to pet surrenders and abandonment.
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Alarmed by the number of single-family homes being converted into rental properties, Kent City Council is hoping to reverse the trend.
- pauline1557808. The Suffield League has tapped Robert Rasnick as the grand marshal for the 2026 Annual Memorial Day Parade.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Ravenna City Council members met May 11 to consider a number of items, including lowering speed limits on Main Street.
- Roger Gordon. The Rootstown Lions Club’s annual Rootstown Memorial Day Parade and Flag Raising will take place Monday, May 25. The parade lineup will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the NEOMED parking lot.
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- Letter to the editor. Shalersville, Ravenna, and now Streetsboro have all passed moratoriums on data centers, but a moratorium is only a delay. One hyperstructure built in a neighboring county on the scale of Utah’s recently approved 62 square mile data center (read that number again) will overshadow any local ban or moratorium.
- Letter to the editor. The people of Kent send a big THANK YOU to the citizens of Ravenna, Tallmadge and Streetsboro for not passing your school levies. With our freshly approved levy, we will be attracting your young families and their children.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Streetsboro City Council’s safety committee on May 11 considered tweaks to local law affecting door-to-door salespeople and solicitors.
- Tom Hardesty. Saboteurs have been part of sports for as long as sports have been part of the human condition.