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The Suffield League has tapped Robert Rasnick as the grand marshal for the 2026 Annual Memorial Day Parade.

Remembering those we've lost in Portage County

Ravenna City Council members met May 11 to consider a number of items, including lowering speed limits on Main Street.

The Rootstown Lions Club’s annual Rootstown Memorial Day Parade and Flag Raising will take place Monday, May 25. The parade lineup will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the NEOMED parking lot.

Shalersville, Ravenna, and now Streetsboro have all passed moratoriums on data centers, but a moratorium is only a delay. One hyperstructure built in a neighboring county on the scale of Utah’s recently approved 62 square mile data center (read that number again) will overshadow any local ban or moratorium.

The people of Kent send a big THANK YOU to the citizens of Ravenna, Tallmadge and Streetsboro for not passing your school levies. With our freshly approved levy, we will be attracting your young families and their children.

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Streetsboro City Council’s safety committee on May 11 considered tweaks to local law affecting door-to-door salespeople and solicitors.

Saboteurs have been part of sports for as long as sports have been part of the human condition.

Happy May Bomber Country! May is always an exciting time. With things like the school year end, graduations, beginning of wedding season, warmer days for ball games, Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to summer and more. Warmer weather is finally in the air and here are some exciting events and important information coming up in our little town.

Remembering those we've lost in Portage County

Disappointed by May’s primary election results, school and city officials across Portage County know they have work to do before November.

“Show me your cemeteries, and I will show what kind of people you have.” The oldest organization in Randolph, the Ladies Cemetery Association, is taking that quote to heart and is in the midst of restoring Sand Hill Cemetery, which is the oldest part of Hillside Cemetery.

Mayapples are popping up all over Portage County. These small forest floor plants native across the eastern United States and Canada, and are one of my favorites.

Remembering those we've lost in Portage County

How is it that the City of Kent has been providing free dispatching service for Brimfield Township fire and EMS for years?

Garrettsville Village Council President Tom Hardesty and Council Member John Brachna recently presented the opportunity to form a Joint Economic Development District between Garrettsville and Nelson Township.

Sun Beau Valley Event Center (formerly Sunbeau Valley Farm) will be the site of two events this summer, both hosted by Ravenna’s Parks and Recreation Department.

Remembering those we've lost in Portage County

Kent State University’s administration and police had intended to use license plate readers on campus, but reversed themselves after public outcry became apparent.