Kent News

The leadership at Hudson Community Chapel is working on a new way to be big enough to make a difference while small enough to care.

MANTUA " Starting on July 12, there will be a new location for the annual country market in downtown Mantua.

Monday On WKSU 1:00 Classical Music with Scott Blankenship The Tavis Smiley Show The Tavis Smiley Show offers a unique blend of news and newsmakers in expanded conversations on topics ranging from politics to ...

A group of poets took center stage Saturday at the Kent Heritage Festival -- seventh-grade poets from Stanton Middle School.

David Riddell never expected to be doing what he's doing. After earning his degree in conservation at Kent State University, he figured he'd land a government job, perhaps managing a park or working in some ...

The nation's No. 1 and No. 3 residential/commercial tree care services are merging.

The Aurora School District continues to lead Portage County districts in Ohio Graduation Test results for exams administered in March 2008.

The Mercer County commissioners have agreed to be the applicant for a grant the city of Celina needs to help fund a $6 million sediment removal project for Grand Lake.

What began as a tour by Kent city officials of an Akron housing development Wednesday evening gradually segued into talks about the Akron developer's plans for its one-acre lot in downtown Kent.

Some members of Kent City Council will take a field trip this evening and hold a less-than-formal meeting away from the usual confines of council chambers.

Kent Displays, Inc. has developed an electronic tablet technology, the eTablet, on which images can be written with a pointed stylus such as a finger nail or any pointed stylus.

One of the hidden dangers in producing such a tried-and-true show as Anything Goes - a show studded generously with iconic Cole Porter tunes and written in part by acclaimed humorist P.G. Wodehouse - is that ...

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Officials described a chlorine gas leak at the Kent Water Treatment Plant on Hodgeman Lane this morning as minor with no reported cases of exposure to the harmful gas.

By Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... squirrel? The black squirrel, an unofficial and quasi-underground mascot for the city of Kent, will make an appearance in the ...

By Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer About 6,000 natural gas customers in Portage County will likely pay at a variable rate for their natural gas " which could mean higher gas bills " throughout the ...

By Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer Ten years and $9.6 million. That's the difference between the eight or so different cost estimates for replacing the deficient Crain Avenue Bridge in Kent since ...

Carol A. Cartwright, the former president of Kent State University, was named interim president yesterday of Bowling Green State University.

The Kent Area Chamber of Commerce has completed its temporary relocation to make way for phase one of the approximately $6.5 million Phoenix Project redevelopment on East Main Street.

At least a half dozen major development projects have been proposed or are in the design phases to create new construction in downtown Kent.