http://www.recordpub.com/news Homepage articles from www.recordpub.com 2010-03-18T04:03:39Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790573 Green people, green hair, green shirts and green beer were all part of Wednesday's celebration of St. Patrick's Day in downtown Kent. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790573 2010-03-18T04:03:42Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790574 A Ravenna man arrested last fall for sexually abusing three juvenile females over a more than a dozen years is facing up to 15 years in prison and a Tier III sex offender classification after recently pleading guilty to three felony sexual assault charges. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790574 2010-03-18T04:03:51Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790575 A total of 19 people have applied to be Ravenna's first staff member tasked with handling economic development for the city. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790575 2010-03-18T04:03:56Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790576 The world renowned sounds of the Cleveland Orchestra will once again be heard on the campus of Kent State University after a 42-year absence. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790576 2010-03-18T04:03:12Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790577 One of the last pieces of the puzzle for downtown Kent's redevelopment project fell into place Wednesday. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790577 2010-03-18T04:03:17Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790579 Kent State University continues to expand its presence in the neighborhood just west of campus as efforts to extend the Esplanade pedestrian walkway into downtown move forward. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790579 2010-03-18T04:03:21Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790580 STREETSBORO " Fire department investigators are looking into a blaze that recently destroyed a vacant barn on S.R. 43. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790580 2010-03-18T04:03:24Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790581 Cleanup work at the former Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant is nearing its final phases, with the end scheduled by 2018. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790581 2010-03-18T04:03:35Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790807 Portage waste district plans cuts on collection The Portage County Solid Waste Management District has cut back on what waste items it will accept. As of April 1, the district will accept only: Used oil, antifreeze, ni-cad batteries, lead acid batteries, http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790807 2010-03-18T04:03:34Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790805 Minimum age to enter kindergarten is changed The Kent Board of Education has voted to change the minimum age requirement to enter kindergarten in the Kent City School District. Children now must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1. Previously, the age re http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790805 2010-03-18T04:03:34Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790806 Arson not ruled out in barn blaze By Dave O'Brien Record-Courier staff writer STREETSBORO -- Fire department investigators are looking into a blaze that recently destroyed a vacant barn on S.R. 43. Streetsboro Fire Department spokesman Kevin Grimm said fir http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790806 2010-03-18T04:03:33Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790804 Library board meeting set The Kent Free Library board of trustees will hold its monthly meeting today at 3:30 p.m. in the library board room at 312 W. Main St. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790804 2010-03-18T04:03:31Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790803 Woman jailed for failing drug test on probation By Dave O'Brien Record-Courier staff writer A Garrettsville woman, in court Monday for a status hearing on a 2008 drug possession arrest, was sent to jail for 30 days after probation officers told a judge sh http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790803 2010-03-18T04:03:30Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790802 Kent State buys two more city properties University continues with its plans to expand Esplanade walkway into downtown; already spent $1.4 million By Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer Kent State University continues to expand its presence in http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790802 2010-03-18T04:03:28Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790801 Higher tax on tobacco pushed at Statehouse By Marc Kovac Record-Courier Capital Bureau COLUMBUS -- Rick Bender started chewing tobacco at age 12. By the time he was 26, the Florida man was diagnosed with oral cancer. "I lost a third of my tongue," he to http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790801 2010-03-18T04:03:27Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790800 Kent man sentenced to 100 days for felony assault By Dave O'Brien Record-Courier staff writer A Kent man was sentenced last week to 100 days in the Portage County jail for felony assault on a Rootstown man last fall. Robert P. Steiner-Johnson of 705 Sti http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790800 2010-03-18T04:03:25Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790797 Ravenna board meeting today The Ravenna Board of Education will hold a policy subcommittee meeting at 2 p.m. today at the board office, located at 507 E. Main St. in Ravenna. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790797 2010-03-18T04:03:25Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790798 Field board meeting set The Field Board of Education will meet at 4:30 p.m. March 22 in the High School Falcon Conference Room, 2900 S.R. 43. The purpose of the work session is to discuss board goals and to consider any other business that may come befor http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790798 2010-03-18T04:03:25Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790799 End is near for Ravenna Arsenal cleanup By Mike Sever Record-Courier staff writer Cleanup work at the former Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant is nearing its final phases, with the end scheduled by 2018. Mark Patterson, U.S. Army co-chairman for the restorati http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790799 2010-03-18T04:03:51Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790646 Terrorist leader thought dead WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. official says an al-Qaida leader who played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed in a missile strike last week. The counterterrorism official s http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790646 2010-03-18T04:03:38Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790641 Supplies grow, oil nears $83 NEW YORK -- Oil prices settled near $83 a barrel Wednesday after crude inventories grew less than expected last week, and the stock market rose on the Fed's promise to keep interest rates at record lows. Benchmark crude for Apr http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790641 2010-03-18T04:03:28Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790635 Health bill gets liberal support Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, long a su http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790635 2010-03-18T04:03:11Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790631 Senate OKs job hiring bill WASHINGTON -- Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won congressional approval Wednesday in what Democrats hope is just the first of several election-year measur http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790631 2010-03-18T04:03:06Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790627 Detroit closing 44 schools DETROIT -- Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency finan http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790627 2010-03-18T04:03:50Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790624 SEC to look at Wall Street WASHINGTON -- The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Wednesday the agency is investigating several companies' actions in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said "it would http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790624 2010-03-18T04:03:49Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790621 Fish, birds OK in hair salons shops NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Let the record reflect that the Tennessee state Senate has endorsed fish tanks and live birds in barber shops. The Senate on Wednesday voted 30-1 for a measure allowing barber shops to display live fi http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790621 2010-03-18T04:03:39Z http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790582 A Garrettsville woman, in court Monday for a status hearing on a 2008 drug possession arrest, was sent to jail for 30 days after probation officers told a judge she had screened positive for morphine use prior to her court appearance. http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4790582