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Two men are already incarcerated at the Grafton Correctional Institution and another is awaiting sentencing for participation in a robbery at 206 University Drive last February. (0) comments
John McCain and Barack Obama got their names on the ballot for president after years in city, state and national government. Richard Duncan got his at Cleveland malls and Progressive Field. (1) comment
Proponents for Kent's whitewater park on the Cuyahoga River subscribe to the "Field of Dreams" school of thought: "If you build it, they will come" - "they" being spend-happy visitors. The Ohio Division of Natural Resources denied the $1.5 million grant request earlier this month, so the city's "stream of dreams" won't be realized until the project can find some funding. (1) comment
Two Kent State professors are looking beyond the words the presidential candidates said during their debates by researching their nonverbal speech patterns. (0) comments
The Portage County Democratic Party wants to tell college students "yes we van." The party, in cooperation with College Democrats and the Ohio for Change Campaign, will begin driving students to the Ravenna County Board of Elections for early voting today. (0) comments
Each year, students gather in the Eastway Center for a night of sex-related games, education and - the guaranteed favorite - a mass distribution of condoms. This year, however, Kent State will see an entire week of sex, instead of a one-night celebration. Ashleigh Newberry, vice president of programming and development for Kent Interhall Council, said the change will make Sextoberfest more enjoyable and informational for students. (1) comment
After 28 years at the station, Bob Long plans to resign today as general manager of WSTB-FM (88.9), following what he says has become a "stalemate" with the Streetsboro school district. The school district temporarily shut down the station housed in the high school a week ago, after an information technology employee found two photographs on station computers that the administration deemed inappropriate. (2) comments
A mellow saxophone is heard playing over the speakers. A woman in a nightgown walks back and forth across the floor, silently crying. (0) comments
Eleven tables covered the floor of Rockwell Hall Friday evening. Guests, dressed for the occasion, sat in front of the long, double staircase to eat, socialize and enjoy the fashion designs of international designer Yeohlee Teng. (1) comment
The proposed Sheetz at the northwest corner of North Mantua Street and Fairchild Avenue goes up against the Kent Board of Zoning Appeals at 7 p.m today. (0) comments
LAKE TOWNSHIP - For Jane and Keith Crane, Scrabble is an outdoor sport. The Cranes installed an 8-foot-square game board in their backyard earlier this summer, so now their Thursday night Scrabble tournaments take on outsized importance. (0) comments
Dick Morris, the man credited with Bill Clinton's re-election victory in 1996, will speak about the upcoming presidential election at 7 p.m. today in Cartwright Hall. (0) comments
The union representing 367 full- and part-time employees rejected a contract offer from the university Saturday, according to a post on the union's Web site. (0) comments
Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke yesterday at Otterbein College. He enforced his belief that even though the Republican Party is lagging behind in points for the election, the next 16 days are vital and Ohioans are a necessary part in achieving the goal of him becoming president. (0) comments
Laughter filled the Kiva as some 150 Greeks and other students enjoyed a fun, cheap show for a good cause. Chi Omega sorority hosted its annual philanthropy event on Saturday evening with the theme "Laugh for Wishes" to raise money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. (0) comments
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