KENT, Ohio– Kent State University has tapped former student and Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Keaton for its spring commencement speaker. The ceremony is set for May 12 and is Kent State’s second university-wide commencement. “Michael Keaton developed big dreams and a passion for bringing his characters to life that was sparked in part by his […]
KENT, Ohio– Today, we remember the 4 students who were killed at Kent State University 47 years ago. The school remembered the lives lost during a commemoration at the Kent State Student Center Ballroom this afternoon. On May 4, 1970, Guardsmen attempted to disperse an anti-war demonstrations. They used tear gas, which some protesters threw […]
KENT, Ohio – Students at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Kent are mourning the loss of a friend and athlete who died unexpectedly during practice. Devon Conwell, a sophomore at Theodore Roosevelt, died Wednesday during basketball practice in Twinsburg. Patch.com reports Conwell’s Facebook page turned into a real-time memorial Thursday as friends posted goodbye messages. […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – Two laptops stolen from a business connected with Kent State University. It happened sometime between October 31st and November 1st at 138 East Main Street Suite 203 in the city of Kent. The business at that location, The Tannery, is an Integrated Marketing Service for Kent State University. Two laptop computers […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – A woman killed in an apartment fire in Kent early Friday morning. Flames sparked just before 1:30AM on West Main Street. Investigators tell 19 Action News the fire started in the living room of the apartment, and completely destroyed the living room. One woman was killed. She has yet to be identified pending family notification. […]
Forty springs ago, on the day the Vietnam War came home as it never had before, Mary Ann Vecchio was there. She’s the girl in the haunting photo — crying, kneeling over the student’s body. That was Kent State University, May 4, 1970, a few days after Richard Nixon, who’d campaigned for president on an […]