Portage County Probate Court Works to Rehabilitate Troubled Youth
Juvenile crime rates in Portage County climbed in the past year despite rehabilitation efforts from the juvenile/probate division of the
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Reporting Public Policy
A Reporting Project of the Kent State University School of Media and Journalism
Author: Andrew Atkins
Failure to Pay Back Student Loans Carries Heavy Consequences
Former students who cannot afford to pay back their loans are out of luck — and so are the communities
Read MoreDog Days: Insight into the Portage County Dog Warden’s Office
When David McIntyre started at the Portage County Dog Warden’s Office in 2008, the department was bringing in about 1,000
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BCI Completes Testing of Thousands of Rape Kits from Past 4 Decades, Including Kent and Kent State
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) tested 62 rape kits from the city of Kent and eight rape kits
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Streetsboro Police Department uses drone to take flight
The Streetsboro Police Department takes flight from time to time with the use of the drone they received in September
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Stow City Council hires dispatch coordinator, hears citizen concerns
Stow City Council voted to hire a new dispatch coordinator and heard the concerns of citizens at their Thursday evening
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Former victim’s advocate files suit against former employer, sheriff’s department, former sheriff’s major
A former victim’s advocate for Portage County filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking more than $500,000 in damages against
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