Bomb Threat, Street Paving and Appeal Drop: Week in Review

The Portage County Drug Task Force arrested three Kent residents on charges of making methamphetamine.

Mysterious loud boom

Residents of Kent’s west side heard a strange, loud noise that appears to have an unknown origin.

Kent State bomb threat

Authorities arrested a Colorado man after he reportedly threatened to detonate a bomb on the Kent State University campus.

Rockwell repaving unlikely soon

City officials said this week that Rockwell Street, one of Kent’s worst streets in terms of pavement condition, won’t be repaved for at least four years.

Demolition appeal dropped

The owner of a house on Franklin Avenue who appealed the city’s plans to demolish it has agreed to let the city raze the house.