There are 58 coronavirus-related deaths in Portage County, with 409 total cases and 89 hospi…
Local and State Coronavirus Coverage
Portage County has moved to Level 4 ‘Purple’ status. Level 4 is the highest risk level and r…
An end to social distancing may be in sight with the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, but …
Kent State University hosted free, on-site COVID-19 testing on Sunday in the Kent Student Ce…
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, daily walks can be beneficial for students’ mental a…
Kent State football coach Sean Lewis tested positive for COVID-19 during the preseason.
Athena Zerefos arrived at the KIVA auditorium before sunrise on a cold and rainy day. Equipp…
A survey conducted in March concluded one in every four Kent State students reported feeling…
“I forgot people existed.”
Wearing masks is the new norm, and it’s turned into a movement, culture and a fashion statem…
As flu season approaches, doctors urge students and faculty to get their flu shot to prevent…
Mid-American Conference fall sports will return in early 2021, with teams only playing confe…
In an email sent by Interim Associate Provost Manfred van Dulmen this morning, Kent State an…
With winter approaching and an expected increase in COVID-19 cases, students can stay health…
Manfred van Dulmen, interim associate provost for academic affairs at Kent State, released a…
Kent State and the city of Kent partnered with the state of Ohio to bring the Ohio Pandemic …
Although sexual violence survivors have dealt with a president with past sexual assault alle…
It was a hectic first day of quarantine for Nicholas Negron and his roommates in the Centenn…
Lacey Neimeier, a freshman architecture major at Kent State University, sits alone in her do…
Students in financial trouble have been receiving money from Kent State’s Emergency Grant Fu…
Blame for Portage County’s rise to a COVID-19 Level 3 Red status on September 17 is being la…
Gov. Mike DeWine announced Portage County is now in a COVID-19 Level 3 Red status, which ind…
As students return to campus, it brings up concern about COVID numbers rising. Kent State pu…
The Student Multicultural Center recognized graduates and their achievements during the virt…
The coronavirus pandemic caused Kent State and universities alike to switch their face-to-fa…
Now that in-person classes have been cancelled, Beall Hall is not housing students, but inst…
University president Todd Diacon’s fiscal year 2021 plan shows that the university only “tak…
With the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing measures in place, in-person commencemen…
(CNN) -- The coronavirus crisis is hitting every college in the United States, university le…
After spending countless hours at home, it is no doubt that ROTC members are wondering what …
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, people are working to protect themselves from the virus. Fr…
Senior softball player Vanessa Vodan found out from a social media post by the NCAA that her…
There are 57 coronavirus-related deaths in Portage County, with 322 total cases and 75 hospi…
Kent’s Haymaker Market is growing in popularity as the weeks of social distancing roll on. D…
Three weeks ago a hairdresser walked into her friend’s office and said “let’s make masks,” a…
The coronavirus pandemic has forced regular gym goers to switch up their routines with home …
As schools and businesses close down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kent State has announc…
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“The way I see it is that some of these masks could save lives,” said Irvin Cardenas, a robo…
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a source of uncertainty for Kent State, construc…
Kent State University announced that the spring 2020 commencement will be virtual in accorda…
With COVID-19 canceling important fundraising events, retreats, morning training, marches an…
Kent State has cancelled all on-campus activities, events, summer camps and conferences spon…
After moving all classes online for the rest of the semester, Kent State's campus houses onl…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 700,000 people in Ohio filed for unemployment in the last three…
(CNN) -- When she was a child growing up in Ohio, Amy Acton says, people looked down on her …
With campus closed and all student events cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, students a…
As U.S. Census Day passed last week, Kent State students were encouraged to fill out the sur…
College is a time of freedom, a time of independence, a time where students are out on their…
When nurse Tracy Dodson interacts with a patient experiencing respiratory issues, she wears …
Nation and World Coronavirus Coverage
(CNN) -- President Donald Trump claimed Monday he is taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquin…
(CNN) -- House Democrats on Friday approved a rules change to allow lawmakers to vote while …
Editor's note: This story was produced in partnership with 100 Days in Appalachia, an indepe…
(CNN) -- A flu shot will protect you from coronavirus, a worker reported being told by super…
(CNN) -- Parents, hospitals and clinics should expect to see more cases of a mystifying cond…
(CNN) -- As leading medical experts testify to senators Tuesday for the first time since Mar…
(CNN) -- For the first time in weeks, residents in some states across the country can dabble…
(CNN) -- The US economy contracted for the first time in nearly six years between January an…
(CNN) -- A North Carolina family's pug may be the first dog in the United States to test pos…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the coronavi…
(CNN) -- If you're getting money from the federal government as part of the recent stimulus …
(CNN) -- The company that makes Lysol and Dettol is urging customers not to consume its clea…
(CNN) -- The majority of governors in the United States have ordered or recommended that sta…
(CNN) -- More than 97% of the U.S. population is under a stay-at-home or shelter-in-place or…
(CNN) -- Anger over shelter-in-place orders boiled over, with protesters ignoring social dis…
(CNN) -- Prison and jail populations across the United States are becoming a breeding ground…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely assigning blame to governors and the Oba…
Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and ris…
(CNN) -- As concerts and festivals continue to get canceled because of coronavirus, more and…
(CNN) -- This may be the new normal for quite a while.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three weeks into Ohio's stay-at-home order, Gov. Mike DeWine is facing…
(CNN) -- Amazon plans to hire 75,000 more workers to meet increased demand for household ess…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The coronavirus has killed its first Ohio prison inmate, Gov. Mike DeW…
(CNN) -- OPEC and Russia reached a tentative agreement Thursday evening for a global cut in …
(CNN) -- With nearly 10 million Americans filing for unemployment in March, April 1 was alwa…
(CNN) -- China has ended its lockdown of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the coronavirus cr…
(CNN) -- The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision refusing to extend a deadline for absentee ballots…
(CNN) -- BP is offering a discount of 50 cents off per gallon for first responders and healt…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks ago, the Pentagon promised to make as many as 2,000 military ven…
(CNN) -- The federal government had faulty ventilators. Then the coronavirus hit.
(CNN) -- Amid mounting criticism of its pandemic response, Amazon on Thursday said it is rap…
(CNN) -- As video conference app Zoom surges in popularity due to increased usage amid the c…
(CNN) -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is continuing her workouts at the Supreme Court gym ami…
(CNN) -- The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of Americans to stay home, and they're…
(CNN) -- Early clues -- in places like New York, California and Seattle -- indicate social d…
(CNN) -- Americans are split over how the federal government is doing at preventing the spre…
(CNN) -- Elton John wants to make sure America's medical professionals feel the love on Sund…
(CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Friday approved the historic $2 trillion stimulus p…
(CNN) -- The House is set to vote Friday, and President Donald Trump is expected to swiftly …
(CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Friday will attempt to approve the historic $2 tril…
(CNN) -- A Los Angeles County resident is believed to be the first juvenile to have died fro…
(CNN) -- The absence of coherent guidelines from the White House has created a battle among …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's “stay at home” order takes effect at midnight, coronavirus…
(CNN) -- The cries from health care employees forced to work without personal protective equ…
(CNN) -- The first US case of the coronavirus was reported in January -- a Washington state …
(CNN) -- Two members of Congress on Wednesday announced they had tested positive for coronav…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits dur…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All bars and restaurants in Ohio will be closed as of 9 p.m. Sunday un…
(CNN) -- The first US case of the coronavirus was reported in January -- a Washington state …
(CNN) -- New studies in several countries and a large coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts …
COVID-19 cases across the U.S.
Alaska: 14
Arizona: 152 (including two deaths)
Arkansas: 165
California: 1,224 (including 26 deaths)
Colorado: 475 (including five deaths)
Connecticut: 223 (including five deaths)
Delaware: 47
District of Columbia: 98 (including one death)
Florida: 824 (including 12 deaths)
Georgia: 600 (including 23 deaths)
Guam: 14 (including one death)
Hawaii: 48 (state revised from 59)
Idaho: 42
Illinois: 1,049 (including nine deaths)
Indiana: 201 (including four deaths)
Iowa: 90
Kansas: 55 (including two deaths)
Kentucky: 99 (including three deaths)
Louisiana: 837 (including 20 deaths)
Maine: 89
Maryland: 244 (including three deaths)
Massachusetts: 525 (including one death)
Michigan: 1,035 (including eight deaths)
Minnesota: 137 (including one death)
Mississippi: 207 (including one death)
Missouri: 90 (including three deaths)
Montana: 27
Nebraska: 42
Nevada: 154 (including two deaths)
New Hampshire: 65
New Jersey: 1,914 (including 20 deaths)
New Mexico: 57
New York: 15,168 (including 114 deaths)
North Carolina: 255
North Dakota: 28
Ohio: 247 (including three deaths)
Oklahoma: 53 (including one death)
Oregon: 137 (including four deaths)
Pennsylvania: 479 (including two deaths)
Puerto Rico: 23
Rhode Island: 66
South Carolina: 173 (including three deaths)
South Dakota: 14 (including one death)
Tennessee: 505 (including one death)
Texas: 304 (including five deaths)
US Virgin Islands: 6
Utah: 136
Vermont: 52 (including two deaths)
Virginia: 219 (including three deaths)
Washington: 1,793 (including 94 deaths)
West Virginia: 12
Wisconsin: 281 (including four deaths)
Wyoming: 24