Ravenna News

Three local police officers and a firefighter were honored May 16 as Real Heroes by the Summit and Portage counties chapter of the American Red Cross.

Bethel Baptist Christian Academy in Ravenna recently honored four graduating students who will be attending college in the fall.

A pasta dinner fundraiser will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. June 8 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.

Brimfield police officers and troopers from the Ohio Highway Patrol operating a drunken driving checkpoint on S.R. 43 at Brimfield Drive made eight arrests, including six for drunken driving, in four hours Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver.

A summer tradition is returning to Ravenna on Thursday, and organizers hope the Downtown Ravenna Farmers Market will bring new life to the city's downtown.

The state Controlling Board OK'd additional funding Monday to remove a dam and restore a creek at the Camp Ravenna Military Joint Military Center in Portage and Trumbull counties.

The event was hosted by her children and their spouses, Pete and Carol Steele of Ravenna and Patsy and James Fox of Randolph.

A Ravenna Township teen has received a special gift that encourages him to fight cancer with his own two feet.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and the U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that workers of the closing GE plant in Ravenna may get assistance to find new jobs.

Ravenna City Council's Finance Committee gave the go-ahead to seek bids for a citywide trash pickup.

After nearly two hours, the Kent Board of Zoning Appeals appeared no closer Monday to deciding the fate of a house set for demolition on Franklin Avenue.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the checkpoint it announced earlier this week was will be in Portage County Saturday evening.

Patrick Mihalich, a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 553 sponsored by the First Christian Church in Ravenna, recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout, which is Scouting's highest honor.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the checkpoint it announced earlier this week was will be in Portage County Saturday evening.

Three Portage County residents who held up a Kent drive-thru at knifepoint in January recently were sentenced to prison terms on aggravated robbery charges.

Eric Whittington, owner of The Portage Cyclery, has donated a bike to be raffled off by the Ravenna Balloon A-Fair. The winning ticket holder will receive the Jamis Hampton Cruiser.

$75,000 for the city of Ravenna to demolish a conveyor system at the former Osborne cement company on the city's near west side, and clean up the site.

In 2012, for the first time in 31 years, a Super Modified class competed at Flat Rock Speedway's A1 4 mile paved oval.

The Ravenna Memorial Day Association will hold its last meeting prior to the annual parade at 6:30 p.m. May 22 at the Ravenna American Legion, located at the corner of Main and Elm streets.

A Tallmadge man has been indicted by a Portage County grand jury on charges that he recklessly caused the death of a Suffield woman in a one-car traffic crash in March.