Do you really remember every plant you’ve planted, where you planted it, and what each plant needs to thrive? As I get older, retaining the names, locations and needs of the plants I’ve planted gets ...

The Atwater Zoning Commission has been working diligently on proposed language regarding data centers. This language has been sent for review by Portage County Regional Planning at their Oct. 14 ...

Recently, as I rummaged through some old files, I came across a column I wrote for the Record-Courier nearly twenty years ago, entitled “Forgiveness.” ...

The controversy around Hiram Village and Hiram Township’s fire departments parting ways continues, with a disagreement about locked fire hydrants becoming a topic of conversation at a recent meeting.

In Twinsburg, the debate over data centers began with a landowner asking whether he could market a 40-acre property to the industry.

Portage County’s board of commissioners is composed of three Republicans, but this November a Democrat is hoping to replace one of them. A graduate of Crestwood High School and Kent State University, ...

John Richard McCarthy, 85, of Lordstown, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his home on October 24, 2026, surrounded by the family he loved so deeply. John lived a full life defined by hard work, service ...

Amy Ward, a Kent resident, addressed council with a request to put a 20 mph School Zone sign in front of Walls Elementary. She said it was the only school in the city without a marker, which she ...

This week’s setlist brings us into the month of November, and toward the end of the week, our warm, dry fall weather looks to take a turn towards the more usual wet, chilly pattern we have become ...

Brimfield Township residents will see Issue 27, a five-year, 1.95-mill additional tax levy to fund fire and emergency medical services for Brimfield’s fire department on their ballots for the Nov. 3 ...