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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.

Tickets still are available to win a 2014 Toyota Corolla LE donated by Don Joseph Toyota/Scion to benefit the Kent City Schools.

Carter Lumber, the 144-unit pro dealer based in Kent, Ohio, is bringing the employees and operations of its Medina, Ohio, location into its Carter-Jones Lumber location in Akron, The company says the Medina facility is closing and consolidating in Akron because it outgrew the confines of its 4-acre location.

The Republican primary race to nominate for Portage County commissioner has thinned, and new Coroner Dean DePerro won't face a primary challenge after all.

A memorial service will take place March 22 at 3 p.m. at Aurora Mennonite Church for the Rev.

Kent police responded to Theodore Roosevelt High School Tuesday afternoon after a parent called to report a missing child.

Kent, Ohio native Jessica Lea Mayfield matches a grunge-era deadpan with gnarly leftfield roots music in service of haunting, smoldering rock 'n' roll.

Please explain to me or maybe I missed the communication that additional cost-saving measures were going to be outlined for the Kent school district in less than 12 months after the "few citizens" of Kent who choose to come out and vote for the school levy that many thought would bring in sufficient funds to get the school through for at least a ... (more)