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Tyrone Noling is making a public push to escape death row after his latest appeals court ruling

In 1996, Tyrone Noling was sentenced to death for aggravated murder in the 1990 double homicide of Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig at their Moff Road home in Atwater. Fully 27 years later, a new development may — or may not — produce documents to support Noling’s request for a new trial.

Crime Ravenna

Ravenna police raided an apartment for drugs near West Main Elementary

Two people are in jail after Ravenna police executed a search warrant at an apartment on the 600 block of West Main Street.

Crime Mantua Nonprofits

APL agents discovered 146 dead dogs at the Mantua home of a canine ‘rescuer’

The head of a local nonprofit animal rescue is facing what could be multiple charges of animal cruelty after agents found 146 dead dogs at her home in Mantua Township.

Crime Local government Ravenna

Ravenna police will let you Facetime your 911 calls

Anyone calling 911 from eight communities around Portage County will now be able to provide Ravenna police dispatchers with real-time information, thanks to a web-based app.

Crime Sheriff's Office

Portage County deputy charged with rape and placed on unpaid leave

A deputy in the Portage County Sheriff’s Office was indicted on two counts of rape by a Cuyahoga County grand jury for an incident that took place Oct. 19 in Lyndhurst.

Crime Local government Schools Streetsboro

Streetsboro reports more cases of sextortion as Ohio considers social media regulations

At least three more students at Streetsboro have been targeted with sextortion in recent months, following the harassment and subsequent Nov. 19 death by suicide of 17-year-old James Woods, city and school officials said last week.

Crime Health

18 people died in Portage County crashes last year, distracted driving a major factor

Cell phones are rapidly becoming as dangerous on the roads as drugs and alcohol, according to the latest annual report from the Portage County Fatal Crash Review Board.

Crime Local government Mantua

Mantua council member charged with menacing for meeting outburst

Mantua Village Council Member Scott Weaver has been charged with menacing, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, after a verbal exchange with a village resident during a Nov. 7 council workshop.

Crime Schools Streetsboro

Streetsboro on edge after BB gun photo and school bathroom threat

Streetsboro police will increase their presence around the school district in response to a threatening message scrawled on a middle school bathroom on Dec. 13, which appeared just two days after a picture of a BB gun on social media caused widespread concern.

Crime Kent Local government Windham

Referendum passed, but Kent police will charge marijuana offenses under state law, officials say

Portage County and Kent law enforcement officials say they will simply charge offenders under state law instead of under Kent law, which until the November election mirrored the Ohio Revised Code.

Crime Streetsboro

Streetsboro will consider a ban on using electronic devices while driving

Streetsboro officials want to increase the legal pressure on drivers who use their electronic devices behind the wheel.

Brimfield Business Crime Health Ravenna

Workplace tragedies upend Portage County lives, with little support for traumatized survivors

Under Ohio’s workers’ compensation laws, mental health claims are almost always denied. In the last five years in Portage County, there have been 27 amputation injuries and four deaths claims, according to state data, but Ohio largely ignores the ripple effects of workplace tragedies.

Kent council will decide Dec. 6 whether to send a charter amendment on ward maps to voters

Local lawmaker’s bill backs more training for police as ‘sextortion’ cases gain prominence

Mantua will host a village-wide holiday event Dec. 7

Portage County obituaries for Nov. 29-30

Kent council will decide Dec. 6 whether to send a charter amendment on ward maps to voters

Local lawmaker’s bill backs more training for police as ‘sextortion’ cases gain prominence

Aurora will pay for Geauga Lake deal with income tax revenue and Covid relief funds

Dirt piles rise over Davey Tree’s new SEED campus as construction progresses