The movement to revive the Portage County League, although still in its infancy, would seem to have the wind at its back.
Gregg Isler, who is serving as acting league commissioner for the proposed new PCL, along with assistant commissioners Tom Nader and Brittany Dye, are well aware that convincing superintendents, athletic directors and school boards why it’s a good idea to leave their current leagues and start a new one could be a tough sell.
Katie Sekelsky locked down a thrilling win on Friday’s Jeopardy! episode with a smart bet and a Final Jeopardy! comeback.
Matthew McMinn, owner of Dirty Skate Co., grew up in Kent and started skateboarding around the age of 15 after one of his best friends, Josh Wilson, got him into it.
After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School, McMinn moved to Medina to focus on his work and family. Once his children started to reach school age, they decided to move back to Kent for the school system.
Sekelsky started taking online contestant tests while she was in college, but always knew she wanted to be on the quiz show. “It’s basically been my favorite TV show since my parents moved my bedtime from 7 to 8 when I was like 6 years old,” she said. “It’s always been kind of my top goal in life to get on the show.”
A measure to increase compensation for the mayor and council members is headed for a final vote next month.
The legislation would increase the council president’s pay to $400 a month, council members to $350 a month and the mayor to $24,700 a year.
Atwater Fire Department will operate on an expanded schedule for the next two months, thanks to a 2-1 vote by township trustees.
The department has been staffed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays by one full-time member and a revolving roster of part-timers. After hearing a proposal by Assistant Fire Chief Jay Brock, trustees approved extending department hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends as well.
I think we have given this man enough money. Asking for more, especially right now when people are still trying to catch up on their own bills after all the problems caused by the pandemic, is ridiculous. Plus the idea of bringing in federal prisoners and earning money for it is too close to prisons for profit for me to stomach.
On June 10, 1910, Mary Denny was born in a log cabin. Her father had bought a home in Suffield on Waterloo Road just after she was born. He built a barn and plated “1912” on the roof to mark the year it was built.
The Portage County Sheriff’s Office is seeking another $1.7 million from taxpayers to hire 13 new corrections officers to staff the massive expansion at the county jail, which cost $21 million and has never been full since construction finished in December.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a movement has begun to reverberate throughout the hamlets and farmlands of Portage County, a movement to unite the county’s schools under one banner, to become reacquainted with old friends, to connect with each other once again culturally, historically and geographically. This is the first in a three-part series for Portager Sports.
Sponsored by state Reps. Brian Stewart and Diane Grendell, House Bill 7 passed both the House and the Senate and is set to become law as of Aug. 17, 2021. The purpose of this bill was to revise numerous issues regarding Ohio probate, guardianship and trusts. What is changing, and what do you need to do about it?
Commissioners removed Covid restrictions, including social distancing and mask requirements, as of June 2 in all offices under the commissioners’ control.
The Portage County District Library will again ask for help from taxpayers after at least a dozen previous levy attempts have failed at the ballot box, leaving the district as the third-worst funded library in the state. Last week, county commissioners approved the library’s request to place a 1 mill levy on the Nov. 2 ballot.
With parking at a premium in downtown Ravenna, Portage County commissioners are reviewing proposed layout options for the deteriorating parking lot behind the county courthouse building.
Bernadine Christensen, 86, of Kent, has entered into paradise and is no longer in pain or discomfort. She died on June 2 and leaves behind her husband, Stanley Christensen and a full legacy of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bernie (as she was mostly known) was married to Stan for almost 65 years. Bernie was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1935 and graduated from Ames High School in 1953 and married Stan in 1956. She was a chemical tech while attending Iowa […]
Every terrible bill needs a boogeyman, and HB 322, the legislation introduced by State Rep. Don Jones last week, has one: Critical Race Theory, or CRT.
Critical Race Theory is an academic concept that simply helps us understand and examine the continued, insidious impact of systemic racism in American life. It explores the root causes behind the “systems” of racism — the laws, policies and practices — that have denied the American dream for far too many Black and brown citizens for hundreds of years.
One glance at the career resume of Mike Haney tells you that the Kent Roosevelt High School baseball coach has a boatload of impressive career accomplishments.
In fact, the lengthy list of numbers and honors is virtually overwhelming — and they’re why the 1992 Roosevelt and ’99 Kent State graduate is headed toward induction into the Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame later this year.
If you want to go maskless today at the police department or invite more than 10 people over for a gathering, that’s now legal in the city of Kent. Kent City Council voted unanimously last night to lift the mandate that limited gatherings to 10 people. It also voted 7-1 to rescind the mask requirement in city buildings for anyone who has been vaccinated.
After granting Portage County employees conservative 1.5% wage increases across the board during the pandemic, the county commissioners will now need to accommodate significant increases in payroll expenses they’ve already approved in 2021, in addition to those that have been requested for 2022.
I would like to thank and commend the Editorial Board of the Record-Courier for their statement that the invitation to Marjorie Taylor Greene is disgraceful and divisive. But there is one very significant issue that has been overlooked.