A Brimfield Township man was arrested Monday on charges of making methamphetamine at a house he shares with his 87-year-old mother.

KENT: A Charleston, W.Va., couple has donated $5 million to Kent State University.

Kent State University has hit its enrollment ceiling for new freshman at its main campus for the second time in three years.

KENT: The 50-seat bar and lounge area of the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center was filled with employees on Friday afternoon; rolling flatware into white napkins and opening box after box as downtown Kent’s newest landmark opened for business.

KENT: The National Diversity Council has named Kent State University's vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., recipient of the 2013 Ohio Glass Ceiling Award, according to the Record-Courier.

RAVENNA TWP.: A Cleveland man has been indicted on three felony charges stemming from a shooting outside a Ravenna Bar on May 25, according to the Record-Courier.

While Americans willingly cut their spending on upscale restaurants during the Great Recession, their pets continued to dine on gourmet meals.

“To whom much is given, much is expected,” was the approach a local businesswoman took in telling me how inspired she was about the many local mothers featured in my Mother’s Day beauty makeover columns.

A Ravenna woman, 43, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, assault on a police officer, obstructing official business and two counts of endangering a child June 7.

A Strawberry Festival will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6462 Ridge Road in Sharon Center.

Kent: A rock star rolled into Kent on Friday with a tour bus, cheerleaders, Brutus Buckeye, 8-foot inflatables and buttons.

BRIMFIELD Twp.: Newell Rubbermaid has a new 800,000-square-foot distribution facility in an industrial park in Brimfield Township to warehouse and ship food-storage products, home organization totes and refuse holders. At any one time, more than 11 million pieces of inventory can be stored, many of which are manufactured not far away in Mogadore.