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    New gun and survival gear business seeks Ravenna approval

    Portage County roundup: Hiram police will use part-time help, plus news from Hiram Township, Mantua, Freedom and Windham

    CASA, Portage County’s courtroom child advocates, more than doubled its first-year goals

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    New gun and survival gear business seeks Ravenna approval

    Kent tower owner and crane company settle contract dispute out of court

    Streetsboro passes car wash and hotel moratorium, with two dissenting votes

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    Head shot of Tom Hardesty, a white man with short hair in a grey golf polo with the caption "Round Two with Tom Hardesty"

    Hardesty: The lost excitement of a thud against the door

    Letter: Diversity made Kent’s South End business savvy

    Been There, Done That: One house problem always leads to another

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Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s office deputies and jail personnel will soon have body cams

December 23, 2022

Portage County will use half a million in federal funding for a new dispatch center

September 16, 2022

Sheriff’s office may be getting a bigger, better dispatch center

September 2, 2022

Suspect jailed after SWAT teams responded to a shooting and manhunt in Randolph

August 17, 2022
Image of a deputy moving toward a woman with his gun aimed at her while she is standing in the entryway of a garage

The sheriff’s office will get body cams as commissioners authorize spending

June 20, 2022
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How a neighborhood cat problem in Rootstown spiraled into a year-long ongoing court battle

June 7, 2022
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Sheriff’s office did not adopt body cams despite earlier statements and commissioners’ support

May 27, 2022
Image of a deputy moving toward a woman with his gun aimed at her while she is standing in the entryway of a garage

Deputy shot Windham woman after she refused orders, body cam video shows

May 25, 2022
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Read transcripts of the 911 calls that preceded a fatal shooting in Windham

May 23, 2022
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Windham man who called 911 said neighbor pointed a gun at him and tried to break in

May 19, 2022

Residents say neighbor feud boiled for months before a 911 call and a fatal shooting

May 18, 2022

Woman killed in Windham after Portage County deputy responds to neighbor dispute

May 16, 2022
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