Findlay Police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol made the arrest of a man alleged to have stolen a semi trailer and driven it to Ohio Friday afternoon. Officers caught up to the Missouri-registered trailer at the corner of Lincoln and Main Streets around 3:20 p.m. The trailer had been reported stolen by the Longwood Police Department in Florida. Investigation into this incident remains ongoing.
"Public safety as a whole is being regulated out of business!" So said Hardin County Sheriff Keith Everhart as representatives of several regional fire departments and government bodies met in the Veterans Room of the Hardin County Courthouse Thursday night to answer Ohio Representative Jon Cross's question of concerns facing local first responders. Repeated often during the nearly-hourlong meeting was the acronym "NFPA," referring to the National Fire Protection Association. Attendees noted the adherence of local schools to the association's […]
Funeral services for Marjorie Lee Cannode will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at the Epworth United Methodist Church in Kenton with Pastor Steve Walter officiating. Burial will follow at Grove Cemetery. Friends and family may visit from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, March 29, 2021, at the church. The Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton is assisting the family with arrangements. Masks will be required and Covid-19 protocols should be followed. Marjorie died on Wednesday, […]
Communicable diseases served as the major talking point for the Kenton Hardin Health Board during their virtual meeting Tuesday night. Around half of the meeting's 55 minutes was devoted to the department's plans for immunizations. Hardin County residents age 16 and older will be able to receive the Johnson + Johnson coronavirus vaccine without prescreening at the health department's mass clinic Saturday. At Tuesday's meeting, the board approved a rental agreement with the Hardin County Fairgrounds, which has served as […]
A celebration of life for Mary K. (Jones) Shonkwiler will be held at a later date. The Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Mt. victory is assisting the family with arrangements.Mary died on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Mary Rutan Hospital E.R. in Bellefontaine. She was born on June 3, 1932, in West Mansfield to the late Ray and Iola (Godwin) Jones. On December 31, 1950, she married Harvey Eugene Shonkwiler, and he preceded her in death on October 4, 2009. Surviving are […]
Sandra S. (Borger) Schwartz, age 75, of Kenton passed away on March 21, 2021 following a brief illness. She was born on March 28, 1945, in Kenton to the late Ernest and Edna (Eibling) Borger. She graduated from Hardin Northern High School in 1963 and the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1967. She married the late William (Bill) Schwartz of Kenton that year and they later divorced. For 48 years, she was a registered nurse at Hardin Memorial Hospital […]
A celebration of life for Shirley M. Rowe will be held at a later date. The Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton is assisting the family with arrangements. Shirley died on Sunday, March 21, 2021, at the Hardin Memorial E.R. in Kenton. She was born on December 7, 1947 in Kenton to the late Kelly and Irene (Brewer) Rowe. Surviving are daughter Lisa (Leo Close) Coleman of Bellefontaine, son Tim (Melissa) Ervin of Kenton, sisters Louise (Burnise) Perry of Raleigh, N.C., […]
Sheila K. Caulk, age 70, of Upper Sandusky, died at Bridge Hospice, Findlay, on Mar. 19, 2021. She was born on May 16, 1950 in Pontiac, MI, to the late Charles R. and Bettie D. (Jack) Ritz. She married Richard Caulk on Dec. 1, 1984, who survives, along with daughters Susan (David) Unger, MI, Onn (Michael) Moceri, MI, and Julie (Dan) DeWent, MI, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, and brother Charles (Carina) Ritz, GA. Mrs. Caulk had a beautician certificate […]
No Zoom was necessary for Monday night's meeting of Kenton City Council, as all seven members--along with a few guests and spectators--made their way into council chambers. Most notable among the evening's guests was Kenton Deputy Auditor Pam Romanko, who announced both the availability of all city transactions since 2016 on checkbook.ohio.gov and the creation of a city money-market account at Liberty National Bank. Romanko also took to the podium to explain the night's only item of new business: Ordinance […]
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