Lima Police and the Allen County Sheriff's Office defused an apparent hostage situation Sunday morning. Adrienne Shelton at WLIO reports a portion of North Woodlawn Avenue was blocked off by tactical vehicles and personnel for several hours before the arrest of a suspect for alleged felonious assault. Investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
Two Upper Scioto Valley High School seniors have been chosen as Teenagers of the Month by the Kenton Elks Lodge. Caleb Jordan has been a member of National Honor Society his junior and senior years, volunteered at a Veterans Day breakfast and a Special Olympics bowling event in 2019, and plans to earn a Bachelor’s degree in the digital media field. Cheyenne Lawrence is a four-year member of her school’s marching band, pep band, and show choir, has painted canvases […]
Drivers in Lima are to be advised of two construction projects beginning this week. Starting Monday, March 29, one lane of the 1600 block of Fourth Street will be closed for 10 days as part of the city's 2021 Various Stormwater Improvement Project. Motorists in the area are advised to seek alternate routes for this time. Tuesday, March 30, begins a month-long project on Market Street, a portion of the Public Works' Hospital Intersection Improvements Project. Travelers are advised to […]
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 […]
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