KentWired

The student-run, converged news website of Kent State University's independent student media newspaper, The Kent Stater and television station, TV2 KSU.

[KentWired @kentwired]

Best of Kent is back! Vote for best drunk food, best bar, best pizza, best shopping, best coffee, and more here. https://t.co/1DF8dZu8g9
Results will be shared in the next KentStater print and on our socials in April.

[KentWired @kentwired]

I have always joked with my parents that one day I’d end up in the back of a cop car, but I never imagined it would look like this.

Read more here https://t.co/zf58FClycl

📰 Lex Radde
📸 Lex Radde

[KentWired @kentwired]

The Kent State School of Art displayed a collection of work focused on professional daydreaming at the KSU Downtown Gallery located on Main Street.

Read more here https://t.co/4KfDaAJqll

📰 & 📸 Addison Connor

[KentWired @kentwired]

On Dec. 4, John Kroll, Kent State adjunct journalism professor, taught his final Reporting class, ending his teaching career at Kent.

Read more here https://t.co/qBHaDKuPeR
📰 Joi Sims
📸 John Kroll

[KentWired @kentwired]

Downtown Kent was alive with holiday cheer on Sunday afternoon as the annual Main Street Kent Cookie Walk returned for 2025.

Read more here https://t.co/wAS9Ehy3dl

📰 Alexis Hood

[KentWired @kentwired]

The Ben Curtis Family Foundation received national attention after Patriots’ offensive assistant Riley Larkin, selected the organization for the NFL’s “My Cause My Cleats” campaign.

Read more here https://t.co/GmEhFhIxUH

📰 Lex Radde
📸 New England Patriots

[KentWired @kentwired]

From baseball to wrestling, Kent State’s Varsity K Hall of Fame has more than 300 athletes, trainers and coaches. 

Read more here https://t.co/XfIcCLJ7Nx

📰 Audrey McCarthy
📸 Audrey McCarthy

[KentWired @kentwired]

On Wednesday, the Kent State men’s basketball team won a close game against the Austin Peay Governors, winning 96-84.

Read more here https://t.co/TzIBCtu3gU

📰 Gage Wellman
📸 Abbey Sabol

[KentWired @kentwired]

“The Underground Railroad story is an Ohio story, and it’s one that the state should be really proud of,” said Fran Stewart, the co-founder and treasurer of Restore Cleveland Hope.

Read more here https://t.co/t77y2LWUWB

📰 Audrey McCarthy
📸 Audrey McCarthy

[KentWired @kentwired]

The Kent State University Museum and the School of Fashion are preparing to “take flight” with a bird-themed exhibition.

Read more here https://t.co/nm2gYUpZ8L

📰 Ava Drozd
📸 Kent State University Museum

[KentWired @kentwired]

P. Craig Russell has been sitting at the same table in his home surrounded by Kent State University life for 50 years.

Read more here https://t.co/br4y57eeEv

📰 Addison Connor
📸 Addison Connor

[KentWired @kentwired]

On Signing Day, the Kent State football team welcomed in 19 new auditions to the roster, with 14 prospects coming from the state of Ohio.

Read more here https://t.co/KUDJiWhPKc

📰 Gage Wellman
📸 Lillian Glaze

[KentWired @kentwired]

In a tropical and exotic setting in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, the Kent State women’s basketball team went 1-1 this weekend at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship in the Bahamas. 

Read more here https://t.co/Rhb6NfoHwL

📰 Emily Lowen
📸 Alyson Garfield

[KentWired @kentwired]

The hilltop water tower on Terrance Drive is currently being renovated for the first time in 45 years. 

Read more here https://t.co/z7PulQWcLB

📰 Joi Sims
📸 John Engoglia

[KentWired @kentwired]

The McKinley Presidential Library and Museum has welcomed “Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown,”a traveling exhibit from California’s Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center.

Read more here https://t.co/UKdlxlTkAo

📰 Melora Shue
📸 Abbey Sabol

[KentWired @kentwired]

Questions about whether or not students can display pride flags in their residence hall windows have circulated on campus.

Read more here https://t.co/xchlTLo3Bm

📰 Savannah Carroll

[KentWired @kentwired]

In this day and age of streaming, it is better to watch the newest shows, or in this case, a film, for free rather than pay a high price.

Read more here https://t.co/s2S40r6VIT

📰 Peter Caram
🎨 KentWired illustration by Allie Black

[KentWired @kentwired]

In many careers, communication is key. For those interpreting and bridging the gap between the Deaf and hearing worlds, it is everything.

Read more here https://t.co/XII0rvvVB1

📰 Talia Milewich

[KentWired @kentwired]

Utilizing a dominant performance on both ends of the court, the Kent State men’s basketball team defeated Penn State Shenango 123-59 Saturday, claiming its seventh consecutive win.

Read more here https://t.co/sMfBTG0393 

📰 Gage Wellman
📸 Abbey Sabol

[KentWired @kentwired]

Thanks to a partnership with a top company in the cannabis industry, Kent State offers four cannabis-related certificate programs.

Read more here https://t.co/OxccyCWIWI

📰 Sydney Stevenson
📸 Green Flower

[KentWired @kentwired]

Late nights in Rockwell Hall’s fourth-floor studio are routine for a group of senior fashion students working on their Bachelor of Fine Arts collections.

Read more here https://t.co/BAkmT0pLWz

📰 Elliana Steiner
📸 Beatriz Magalhaes