Kent News

FREMONT: A driver from Portage County who troopers say was traveling at more than 125 mph has been found incompetent to stand trial on charges that he killed a 77-year-old couple in a fiery crash.

Participating in Kent State University's annual Rock the Runway competition has been a goal for Twinsburg resident Haley Wachholz for a couple of years.

All three automatically qualified for nationals based on their performance at the Mid-America Conference championships last weekend in Kent, Ohio, where Missouri won its third straight conference championship -- one in the Big 12 and now back-to-back ...

The Kent, Ohio man charged with killing a Toledo couple in a fiery Thanksgiving Day crash on the Ohio Turnpike was declared incompetent to stand trial during a hearing in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court.

Portage County sheriff's detectives are investigating a shooting in the area of Hudson and Johnson roads, on the north side of Kent in Franklin Township that apparently took place earlier this afternoon.

According to issues 2011 to 2014 of the very informative and sometimes shocking Kent/Brimfield Community Guide, published by the Record-Courier, Kent City Council has awarded our glorious leader raises amounting to $11,617 in three years.

KENT, Ohio -- The Missouri wrestling team pulled off its three-peat, but the Tigers had to come from behind to do it.

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Kent State University's Rock the Runway fashion show, now in it's 10th year, takes place Saturday in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

A spaghetti dinner will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the First Christian Church of Kent, 335 W. Main St., at Mantua Street.

The Kent Police Department will activate the emergency siren system at 9:50 a.m. today as part of a statewide tornado safety drill.

When they're not plowing the white stuff out of the way or rationing dwindling salt supplies, the Portage County pothole patrol is looking to fill craters marring the roadways.

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns will be giving a talk as part of the fifth Kent State University Presidential Speaker Series.

In Ravenna and the surrounding countryside stand a great many 19th Century buildings in the first great American national architectural style, the Greek Revival.

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Join us on March 8 at 6 p.m. for Casino Night. Get your tickets now. The event will take place at the Underwood Hall in Kent.

KENT, Ohio With four top-eight finishes, the Miami University women's track and field team sits in eighth after day one of the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship, hosted by Kent State University at its field house.

Stop Smoking Seminar No. 9005 will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 531 of Theodore Roosevelt High School, 1400 N. Mantua St., Kent.

Standing Rock Cultural Arts will host the 11th Annual International Short Film Festival March 6 at the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High in downtown Akron.