The U.S. military base in Portage County, what locals call “the arsenal,” has been here since 1940, yet many residents still don’t know what lies within the perimeters of the compound or what goes on there today.
Portage County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci will close his office doors for the last time on Dec. 31. He began his career in November of 1977, when then-Democratic party chairman Roger DiPaolo, Sr. brought him into his private law practice.
Local U.S. Postal Service carriers are not happy with a contract they’ve been offered, so they are planning a public protest in downtown Kent.
When Christine Untrauer learned that local fallen Vietnam veteran Willie Ross Dennis didn’t have a grave marker, she was determined to change that.
To get to his job at Walmart in Ravenna, Kent State University junior Odin Amador-Gorby must rely on public transportation and Ubers. He doesn’t own a car due to high prices for even used cars in the Kent area.
After becoming the new director of the Kent State University Museum July 1, Sarah Spinner Liska got to work —...
Shortly before sunset on Aug. 31, several Ravenna Thunderbirds RC Modelers Club members filled the skies with remote controlled aircrafts of varying sizes and models. The meeting continued after dark, thanks to colorful LED strip lighting attached to the planes.
Rootstown’s Alexia Van Snick was first introduced to baseball when her uncle gave her a tee-ball set when she was 4. Her love for the game snowballed from there.
It’s final harvest time at Kent’s Thomas-Anderson Memorial Garden, which provides bounty to dozens of volunteers, the community at large and Kent Social Services.
Ed Limbach was five when his mom and dad took him to see the circus for the first time: the Cole Bros. Circus in Northeast Ohio. They got there early to see the crew unload the animals and equipment from the train and eventually pitch the big top.
A three-generation family of female entrepreneurs in Kent recently celebrated the opening of a new brick-and-mortar shop.
The Celebrate Portage! Board of Directors is happy to announce Jonathan Floyd as the first recipient of its newest addition to celebrating those that make a difference in Portage County, the Great Achievement Award.