Evelyn J. Conley, age 91, of Lexington, Kentucky, formerly of Ada, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at the Homestead Post Acute in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born on January 29, 1933 in Alger, Ohio to the late Ray and Mary (Rambo) Symonds. On October 31, 1952 Evelyn married Billy Joe Conley and he preceded her in death on December 1, 2004. […]
Rylee Benson leads scoring for Kenton with a 66.
Scoring for the Kenton Wildcats was led by Rylee Benson with a 64.
The Kenton girls started the first match slowly, but showed progress as the match progressed. Senior, Lilly Carmean had the only win for the Wildcats with a marathon match at first singles. She beat Upper Sandusky's senior, Zoe LaMont, 2-6, 7-5, and 10-2 in the tiebreaker. At second singles, freshman Amanda Van Horn lost in straight sets to senior Alondra Diaz, 0-6, 0-6. Marissa Fox, senior, lost to Upper Sandusky's third singles Mady Collins,(jr.), 0-6, 3-6. The Kenton doubles teams […]
A public hearing was held before council met Monday evening for the potential rezoning of over 50 acres east of Jones Rd and north of the county engineers office. The property would go from a residential R1 designation to an M2 for heavy manufacturing. Roger Crowe expressed an opinion that the property would not be conducive to residential development but it was later revealed in the hearing that no effort has been put forth to market that property at its […]
Keith M. Dewese 84 of Kenton A celebration of life for Keith M. Dewese will be held on August 18, 2024 from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the McGuffey Church of Christ. Burial will take place at Lewis Grove Cemetery in Lima, Ohio at a later date. It was his wish to be cremated. The Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton is assisting the family with the arrangements. Keith passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at his residence with his loving family around him. He […]
Carolyn M. Lawrence, 92 of Kenton passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024, at Logan Acres. She was born in Rushsylvania, Ohio on October 10, 1931, to Robert E. and Mildred (Wroten) Dyer. Carolyn married Ralph A. Lawrence on June 20, 1958, and he preceded her in death on July 12, 2001. She is survived by her children; Craig A. (Tira) Lawrence and Kristie (Mike) Heilman both of Kenton. Carolyn is also survived by her grandchildren; Nathaniel A. (Misty Leach) […]
Richard John Scharf 66 of Ontario (formerly of Kenton) Richard John Joseph Scharf, born September 19, 1957, the eighth of ten children of Carl and Mary Scharf of New Bloomington, Ohio passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024, at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in Columbus due to health complications. Rick is survived by his wife Christina “Chris”, 4 brothers; Mike of New Bloomington, Tom of Cape Coral, FL; Pat (Gail) of Marion, and Steve of Marion, 5 sisters; Mary Jo Majors […]
In a dominating fasion, the Kenton High School Girls Soccer Team beat Van Buren 2-0 in their second preseason scrimmage. The Wildcats had several chances during the first half but were unable to find the back of the net, while their Defense stood strong. They continued putting pressure on the visitors in the second half and after a ball was placed over the defense, Freshman, Ellie Minter was able to find the back of the net off of a pass […]
WKTN is a locally owned and operated radio station broadcasting from Kenton, Ohio since 1963.
Our broadcast covers Hardin County and into Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union, and Wyandot Counties including a majority of communities within.
