Kent City Manager David Ruller has been granted a 5% raise, his first since 2019. The raise brings his salary to $166,417.80, up from $158,493.18. The pay hike was retroactive to June 15, Ruller's ...

Kent, a Portage County college town, has made its mark in various ways -- from its ubiquitous black squirrels, a sprawling 23,000-student university next door and even for being named the nation's ...

Kent residents will see a 3% increase in their water and sewer bills starting in January due to the increased costs of maintaining these systems. In December, Kent City Council unanimously approved ...

The Kent community is trying to bring town and gown back together. The Portage County city and its dominant force, Kent State University, are looking for a developer who will use a roughly three-acre ...

City officials in Kent, Ohio may seek authority from state lawmakers to levy a local tax on beer, one of a number of options under consideration to boost city revenues. Councilman John Kuhar (I) ...