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Akron City of Kent Cleveland Fall 2025 Ohio Portage County Public Safety Summit County

Chloe Porter November 18, 2025November 20, 2025

What Happened to the National Weather Service During the Shutdown?

KENT, Ohio – When the federal government shut down earlier this year, thousands of federal employees across the country were sent

Cops Crime Fall 2023 Stories Final project Government Politics Public Safety

Mikala Farmer December 12, 2023 Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality, Ohio House, ohio senate, police, Police Cadet, Police Officer PTSD, Police Shortage, Policing Age, ptsd, Roegner, SB53

To Counteract Shortages, Ohio May Allow 18-Year-Olds to Join the Police Force

A bill that passed in May in the Ohio senate seeks to lower the age of police officers from 21

Cocaine Courts COVID-19 covid19 Crime Drugs Fall 2022 Stories Fentanyl Government Health Portage County Public Health Public Safety State government

Troy Pierson December 15, 2022December 20, 2022 Addiction, COVID-19, Drug Court, Fentanyl, HOPE, Judge Doherty, Portage County, Portage County Mental Health and Recovery Board

HOPE drug court helps those struggling with addiction in Portage County

As the opioid epidemic continues to take lives in Portage County amid the COVID-19 pandemic, drug courts such as the

Council Economics Fall 2022 Stories Government Public Safety

Troy Pierson December 8, 2022December 20, 2022 annual budget, ARPA, budget, COVID-19, federal funding, Pandemic, Stow, stow city council, yearly budget

Stow City Council approves 2023 annual budget, utilizes federal funding from ARPA

Stow city council convened last Thursday to approve and adopt the general budget for the 2023 calendar year. The 2023

COVID-19 Fall 2022 Stories Health Ohio Public Health Public Safety

Mason Jones September 12, 2022December 20, 2022

Updated COVID Variant Booster Shot? The Reassuring Status And Distribution of COVID shots in Ohio

Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the updated versions of the vaccines that can fight several

City of Kent Education Fall 2022 Stories K-12 Education Portage County Public Safety Technology

Troy Pierson September 6, 2022December 20, 2022

Portage County superintendents respond to House Bill decreasing firearm training hours for teachers

This month, school districts across Ohio will decide whether to adopt Ohio’s new school safety bill, which reduces the amount

Carousel Environment Fall2021 Individual Project Maps Ohio Public Health Public Safety Water System

Wyatt Loy November 15, 2021August 9, 2022 Community, Copley, Deerfield, Environment, EPA, Ohio, Superfund, Wyatt Loy

What it’s like to clean up a Superfund site, and how it moves forward

Part one of this story on brownfields and Superfunds focused on defining what they were, and how they’re harmful to

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Shane Troyano October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

Kent State & the City of Kent Partner to Improve 17 Pedestrian Crosswalks

Kent State & The city of Kent partnered up to improve safety measures on 17 pedestrian crosswalks. Kent State paid

City of Kent Council covid19 Public Health Public Safety

Nicholas Lavrisiuk October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 0 Comments City of Kent, coronavirus, Kent, Mass Gatherings

Kent City Council passes emergency motion banning mass gatherings

Kent City Council’s Oct 21. meeting continued further discussions on preventing the spread of coronavirus, including an emergency motion to

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Becca Sagaris October 13, 2020October 14, 2020 0 Comments Bars, CDC Guidelines, COVID-19, fall, Halloween, Health Department, Kent, kent state police, Pandemic, party, police department, risk, safety, trick-or-treat

City of Kent’s plan for Halloween during COVID-19 pandemic

KENT, Ohio — The City of Kent Trick-or-Treat event and annual Halloween party are coming up, and with the COVID-19

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