I will respond to a few of the issues [presented in Christopher Clevenger's Oct. 27 letter].
As part of our May 3 election coverage, we asked candidates in the county’s two contested races — those for commissioner and auditor — a series of questions to help you cast an informed vote.
Since Ward 6 council member Harold Hatridge did not file for re-election, city voters will decide if David Ludick or John Seitz will fill that post.
Currently serving his fourth term as Hiram’s mayor, Lou Bertrand faces a challenge by write-in candidate Anne Haynam.
Once a decade, Kent leaders must adjust the city’s six political ward boundaries based on new U.S. Census data so the populations are roughly equal.
Kent City Councilwoman Heidi Shaffer Bish holds a sign during the protest organized by the United Universalist Church of Kent...
Greg Johnson, now the Democratic candidate for Portage County sheriff, speaks with LuAnne Kiefer of Kent at a League of...
Suffield resident Matt Kelly edged out Deerfield Township fiscal officer Kristy Elliot in the Republican primary race for county auditor by an initial count of 4,313 to 4,099, according to an unofficial tally.
Incumbent John Kuhar entered Kent City Council as an at-large representative in 2006 and has served as Ward 4 council member since 2008. His goal then remains what it is now, he said: to solve problems rather than complain about them.
We urge every member of Congress to take swift action in response to ongoing racist police killings and other violence against Black people across our country. Although much of the work to address police violence needs to be done at the local and state level, federal legislation is also urgently needed.
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Do you know the names Judge Judy (Judy Sheindlin) who served as a Manhattan family court judge, or Judge Joe Brown, who originally was from Shelby County, Tennessee, Criminal Court? Or do you know the judges involved in some high-profile federal cases around the country? In real life, we citizens have two separate legal systems, the state and the federal. We can vote in the state elections.
Doria Daniels has served on the Portage County Board of Elections since 2015, and Janet Esposito has served as Portage County Auditor since 1994. On Feb. 22, the two women met in one of their final official acts together as public servants.