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Held annually since 1986, the Sugar Bush Golf Classic to benefit Hattie Larlham has become a much-anticipated tradition! The outing is a scramble-type tournament with two rounds: morning or afternoon. Golfers enjoy a day on the links, as well as breakfast or lunch and an awards dinner at Sugar...

Update: Megan Dye was safely located by the US Marshal Service in Cincinnati. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Kent Police Department in Ohio are searching for this missing 17-year-old girl.Megan Dye vanished from Kent, Ohio on July 8, 2020. Megan was last seen in Tannery...

Grace Shively Ehresman, now of Ravenna, is celebrating her 102nd Birthday! Grace was born on July 3, 1918 at home in Edinburg to Blanche and Orrie Shively. She had one sister, Ethel (Shively) Porter and one brother, Paul Shively. They moved to Windham on Rt. 303 when she was...

Mantua - The Mantua Police Department would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to GE Appliances (GEA), for their recent award to our agency. The Mantua Police Department submitted an application to the “GEA4Heroes” program, which sought to provide first responder agencies, or their employees,...

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for the annual Fall Fish Sale. Whether you are stocking a new pond or replenishing an existing one, we are currently taking orders for fingerling-size largemouth bass, redear “shellcracker” sunfish, yellow perch, bluegill/sunfish mix, channel catfish, white amurs, and...

Glenn M. Marstiller, 62 years of age, passed away Saturday June 20, 2020 at UH-Portage Medical Center in Ravenna after a brief illness. Born in Ravenna, Ohio on February 28, 1958, he was the son of the late Glenn J. and Ruth E. (Schmidt) Marstiller. A lifetime Windham resident,...

James E. Gyulai, 73 years of age, passed away Saturday June 20, 2020 at UH-Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. Jim was born on March 15, 1947 at the family home in Garrettsville, the son of the late Louis and Anna (Kovach) Gyulai, Sr. He continued to be a lifetime...

Portage County District Library (PCDL) is holding a poetry contest for all Portage County teens who live in the PCDL service area (excludes Kent and Ravenna school districts). Teens in grades 6-12 can participate by writing a poem, of any style, about their feelings and experiences regarding the Coronavirus...

Portage County District Library (PCDL) announces that its annual summer reading program for children will continue this year with significant participation and event changes. These changes have been made to ensure that PCDL continues to follow state and federal government COVID-19 guidelines, and for the continued safety and well-being...

Suzanne Ayers Hooverman, 85, of Aurora, formerly of Garrettsville, passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2020, joining her beloved husband Art. She was born January 7, 1935, in Pittsburgh, PA to Charles R. and Martha (Gilfillan) Ayers. Her family moved from Pittsburgh to Garrettsville in 1951 when her father became...

Shoe Drive Fundraiser JAG All Sports Boosters are collecting shoes to raise money for our G-Men athletes. Please clean out your closet and donate all of your unwanted shoes.  All sizes and types are accepted. They can be placed in the collection  bin outside of Gee-Ville Auto Parts (next to...

The world has lost a hero. Dennis R. Mathy, 71, of Kinsman, formerly of Garrettsville, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at home surrounded by his loving family after a battle with lung cancer, caused by Agent Orange while he was in the military. He was born December 19, 1948,...

William James (“Bill”) Wilson, born on July 20, 1945 in Warren, Ohio took his last breath in the presence of his loving wife, Johanna Wilson, on the morning of June 1, 2020. In the weeks leading up to his passing, countless family members and friends visited his home to...

Akron Children’s Hospital Pediatrics will move its recently combined Kent and Ravenna practices to the hospital’s new Portage Health Center June 2. The primary care office will be the first service to open in the new 29,500-square-foot health center, located at 2497 State Route 59 in Ravenna. The pediatrics practice...

On behalf of the Summerfest committee and with deep sadness we have decided to cancel this year’s festival. There were many factors in our decision. One of the main ones is the safety of our festival goers and community.  Another factor was the lack of funds due to the inability...

Portage County District Library (PCDL) is happy to announce that we will be entering the second stage of our return-to-service plan.  On Monday, June 1, patrons were able to schedule times to pick up their holds at all of our branches.  Holds may be placed through our online catalog, or...

Mervin Gene Campbell, 67, of Windham, passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at his residence. He was born on January 4, 1953 in Minden, West Virginia to William and Alma (Reed) Campbell. He proudly served his country as a United States Marine and was a member of the Windham...

Margaret Paul passed away in her Freedom Township home on May 21, 2020 at age of 96. Margaret was the mother of six, grandmother to 19 and great-grandmother to 22. She was born February 21, 1924 at the Lansinger home on Jones Street in Ravenna, Ohio.  Margaret was the third of...

Mike Koval, a long-time coach, educator, and businessman who started and ran Sugar Bush Golf course in northeast Ohio, died May, 6, 2020 in a Veterans nursing home in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was 95 years old. The cause was of natural causes and he passed peacefully in his...

Windham - Windham Exempted Village Schools received a $1,000 grant from United Way of Portage County (UWPC) to help with funding for the food pantry at the Junior-Senior High School that is provided for students and their families. There are multiple staff members and volunteers to help arrange pick-up...

NBC’s hit athletic competition series The Titan Games returns for its second season on Monday, May 25 with a two-hour episode at 8/7c.  This season, the competition breaks down into three regional brackets: West, Central and East. Mantua, Ohio native, Andrew Hanus, will be competing for the East Region for...

There’s a lot of excitement about the future Trail Lake Park on Ravenna Road! The Park District acquired the property on the southern boundary of Herrick Fen State Nature Preserve in Streetsboro thanks to two Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grants and a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, matched...