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A proposal to rezone almost three acres of vacant land in Palmyra Township for a Dollar General store is worrying residents who fear the change could hurt an existing local business and residential property values.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County this week

A person can go their entire life never figuring out exactly what they want to do with it.
For others, their life path falls into their lap — whether they realize it at the time or not.
In the case of Joe Beardsley, his career was in his hands as a youth when his mother, Tracey, handed her only child a camera — and his love of the lens was born.

Kent State is seeking a property developer to construct a residential complex on the site of the old Allerton Apartments that would provide a new housing option targeting both non-traditional students and the city community. 

Streetsboro City Council on Monday joined other communities in Portage County in adopting Juneteenth as a national holiday, giving full-time city employees a paid floating holiday to use before the year closes. But not everyone was happy about it.

Celebrate Portage held its annual awards dinner Wednesday night at NEOMED, announcing the community organization’s last class of winners.

The Village of Mantua’s clerk resigned from her position on Thursday, saying she could no longer tolerate Mayor Linda Clark’s micromanagement and abrasive leadership. By leaving, Jenny August joins a chorus of former village employees who have made similar allegations.

University Hospitals is restricting the number of visitors patients can receive but has yet to issue a Covid vaccine requirement for hospital staff, saying they are “awaiting specific federal requirements.” 

The Kent Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday approved a 10-foot property setback variance for Galenas LLC, opening the door to what could be the city’s second dispensary, after the Planning Commission approved the first in May. Both are awaiting clearance from a state regulator.

at the Record-Courier involved a speaking engagement by Lou Holtz at Kent State University’s Student Center ballroom in April 1994. The famous KSU alum was the head football coach at Notre Dame at the time, so it was a rare opportunity for a cub reporter to rub elbows with college football royalty. Since part of my assignment was to interview Holtz after his speech, I came armed with several pages of interview questions for the living legend.

Kent’s Civil War Society is back in action after a Covid hiatus of over a year. The group, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is looking forward to its second in-person meeting Oct. 12 at the Roy Smith Shelter House in Fred Fuller Park.

On Wednesday, 32 Windham High School students filed into the gym during 5th period for the first meeting of the Windham High School NAACP High School Chapter. 

“The Final Revival of Opal and Nev” by Dawnie Walton is a different kind of book. It’s a fictional rock-and-roll biography that often reads like the script of a biopic, with plenty of details to give it life. Most of it is in the form of interviews.

Main Street Kent kicks off its annual Oktoberfest celebration at noon on Saturday, Sept. 25 with polka and traditional dancing by the German Family Society Youth Group. Then at 3:30 p.m., local bands will take the stage until the event ends at 10 p.m. 

Last Friday, a Portage County Common Pleas Court jury awarded Molai damages of $750,000, siding with Molai that the Standing Rock Cemetery Board of Trustees had breached Molai’s contractual rights related to a family plot he had purchased in the cemetery.

Kent State Board of Trustees voted to merge WKSU under Ideastream management, parting ways with a radio station that has flown the university’s banner throughout Northeast Ohio for more than 80 years.

For a Group of 5 college football team to pull an upset of an upper-tier Power 5 squad, three primary factors must be in place.

The Portage DD Special Olympics Softball team traveled to Sandusky for the 2021 Softball State Tournament last weekend.

Crestwood Local School District administrators canceled in-person classes Tuesday for students in grades 7-12, after a quarter of the student body is in quarantine because they were exposed to confirmed coronavirus cases.

A ballot initiative to decriminalize up to 200 grams (7.05 oz) of marjuana in the city of Kent failed by four signatures, the Portage County Board of Elections determined on Sept. 8.