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Kent kickboxer Sinisa Jovic is the 2025 U.S. kickboxing champion

Kent local, Sinisa “The Sniper” Jovic, has participated in martial arts since he was 7 years old. He started out in karate, boxing and Sambo, a martial art with Soviet origins. Now, at 24, he’s become the 2025 U.S. national kickboxing champion, earning himself a spot on the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) USA National Team.

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Round Two: Thanks, Coach Murphy

Late July, 1983. I was camped out on the bed in my mom and dad’s room, my leg sporting a cast from the foot to the knee and propped up on some pillows, and sweat dripping from every pore in my body in the sweltering heat of the little bedroom, which, thanks to the fact our house didn’t have air conditioning, was like sitting in a blast furnace.

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Round Two: The Buckeye road to victory

Buckeye Nation has been basking for a month now, Ryan Day has made the rounds on the talk show circuit, and the national championship trophy sits in Columbus, Ohio.

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Round Two: Sifting through the rubble of Ohio State’s debacle against Michigan

A lot of you probably spent the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 30 like I did: watching the Ohio State-Michigan game.

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Rootstown teen gets a banana ball birthday surprise

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.

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Round Two: Early lessons in college football writing

So I’m right in the middle of reading Gerry Faust’s 1997 book “The Golden Dream,” detailing his tumultuous time as head coach at Notre Dame and the University of Akron, and it’s turning out to be quite the nostalgic experience for me — as well as a lesson in human nature.

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Round Two: No medals for Kent State, but Conners ties for 9th in golf

The 2024 Paris Summer Games didn’t net Kent State’s seventh Olympic medal, but Corey Conners of Team Canada showed once again that he’s one of the world’s elite golfers.

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Around Windham: Wrapping up the end of summer and looking forward to fall events in Bomber Country

Hello Windham Family! August is one of my favorite times of year in Bomber Country. Fall sports are kicking off, back to school is on its way and signs of autumn are on the horizon.

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Round Two: An update on how Kent State’s Olympians are doing

Checking in on how our three Kent State Olympians are doing at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris …

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Round Two: Kent State athletes to compete in Paris Olympics

The Kent State University athletic program has a long and rich history with the Olympic Games. And when the 2024 Summer Olympics get underway today in Paris, the Golden Flashes will once again be well represented.

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Kent native Kayla Fischer enters her second season in professional soccer at Louisville

On the day of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Draft, Kayla Fischer was in scrubs completing a twelve-hour nursing clinical at Ohio State University. Her mom drove down and picked her up, and the two watched the event with friends and snacks.

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Windham teenage bodybuilder wins Northcoast Championships and gains a following

Last December, Zoey St. John of Windham joined Dean Caputo’s Powerhouse Gym in Streetsboro with the intention of simply getting fit. But after she met her then soon-to-be coach, Cecilia Izaurieta, things changed.

Sheriff’s office won’t answer questions about costs related to ICE agreement

County roundup: Memorial Day parades, road work and more from Rootstown, Paris, Edinburg and Deerfield

Around Charlestown: Memorial Day plans and Yard Sale Day in Charlestown

Portage County obituaries for May 9-11

Sheriff’s office won’t answer questions about costs related to ICE agreement

County roundup: Memorial Day parades, road work and more from Rootstown, Paris, Edinburg and Deerfield

Kent’s pedestrian seating area on Franklin Avenue isn’t going anywhere

Kent City Council to consider changes to city’s Outdoor Seating Area

Kent Hotel will serve 75 free lunches for Kent Social Services

Kent’s Hometown Bank building granted Local Historic Property status

Around Charlestown: Memorial Day plans and Yard Sale Day in Charlestown

Ohio Outdoor: April showers bring vernal pools

Been There, Done That: Like dog, like dog

Portage County obituaries for May 9-11

Portage County obituaries for May 7-8

Portage County obituaries for May 5-6

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Kent kickboxer Sinisa Jovic is the 2025 U.S. kickboxing champion

Round Two: Thanks, Coach Murphy

Round Two: The Buckeye road to victory

Round Two: Sifting through the rubble of Ohio State’s debacle against Michigan

Rootstown teen gets a banana ball birthday surprise

Round Two: Early lessons in college football writing

Round Two: No medals for Kent State, but Conners ties for 9th in golf

Around Windham: Wrapping up the end of summer and looking forward to fall events in Bomber Country

Round Two: An update on how Kent State’s Olympians are doing

Round Two: Kent State athletes to compete in Paris Olympics

Kent native Kayla Fischer enters her second season in professional soccer at Louisville

Windham teenage bodybuilder wins Northcoast Championships and gains a following