Kent news

A look ahead at Northeast Ohio's busy summer concert calendar.

Thursday's Currents stories include: A preview of Highland Summer Theatre's "Love, Sex and the IRS" ; a short story about this weekend's All Breed dog show ; and Tanner Kent's column about digital music killing local band reunions; as well as the weekly entertainment and art exhibit calendars.

Command Sgt. Maj. Doug Bolton of the 224th Engineer Battalion of the Iowa Army National Guard will be the featured speaker at this year’s Memorial Day service Monday morning in Central Park. The 34th Army Band of the Iowa Army National Guard, under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kent Wesselink, will form in Howard Park at 9:30 a.m. to march down Court Street and into Central Park on ...

This Sunday, May 27 at 3 p.m. is our fabulous Kent Street Showcase.

Name: Marcus TalkeHometown: GreenbraeAge: 12School: A.E. Kent Middle SchoolGrade level: 8Favorite subject: MathSchool activities: School band, WEB (Where Everybody Belongs) leader, track teamOther interests: Soccer, swim teamNominator Skip Kniesche's comments: "Marcus is hard-working, extremely

Prince Philip has dropped another clanger while on a Jubilee visit with the Queen in Kent.

Beady Eye also rule themselves out of performing at the Kent festival.

Musician and TV presenter Jools Holland will be presented with an honorary degree from the University of Kent this summer.

Olivia Drake, 14, was last seen at her home in the 7600 block of Young Ave. NE ... Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons says Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys ...

Four people wounded in the 1970 National Guard shootings at Kent State University have asked for a federal investigation centered on a digitally enhanced audio recording of the confrontation. Four students were killed and nine injured in the incident, which began as a campus protest against the Vietnam War.

He has become a regular presence on the Quality Hill stage, almost as ubiquitous as the company’s executive director and ingratiating emcee, J. Kent Barnhart.