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.
Matthew Morse’s spouse told a 911 dispatcher her husband was acting violently and was likely intoxicated on the evening of July 4, when deputies shot and killed Morse after he allegedly refused to drop the weapon he was carrying.
Kent police are investigating a Memorial Day party at Plum Creek Park they say attracted about 2,000 revelers and resulted in damage to the park and two arrests on concealed weapons charges.
The Kent Police Department is investigating an alleged robbery at the Kent branch of Huntington Bank on the morning of May 31.
Over 50 people gathered at Windham High School on Saturday night for a candlelight vigil in honor of Kammie Kiser, a 19-year-old woman killed by gunfire in Warren early Friday.
A Southeast student was alone in the basement with her boyfriend when she died. Prosecutors say he killed her.
Theodore Roosevelt High School was again placed on lockdown Monday morning and a student was detained, the second consecutive day of disruptions caused by threats of violence against the Kent City School District.
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.
A psychological evaluation has found 18-year-old Zachary Blosser competent to stand trial in the death of his girlfriend, Kaylee Freitag, who was shot to death in Nelson Township in March.
A criminal charge against a Mantua police officer has been dropped, with the prosecution saying one of its essential witnesses is unavailable due to medical reasons.
Vandals struck the Kent city gazebo at the corner of Franklin Avenue and West Main Street, spray painting the phrase “Jesus is King” on its wooden floorboards.
At 9:32 a.m. on May 14, a Garrettsville police officer and a Portage County sheriff’s deputy responded to a 911 call about an armed woman trying to break into her neighbor’s house in Windham Township.