Ray "Bo" Baum Jr 58 of Kenton A celebration of life for Ray "Bo" Baum Jr will be held at a later date. It was his wish to be cremated. The Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton is assisting the family with arrangements. Bo passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus due to health complications. He was born on August 10, 1965, in Kenton to the late Janice (Ellis) and Ray Baum Sr. He married Jessica Nelson […]
Keith P. Elsasser 71 of Kenton A celebration of life for Keith P. Elsasser will be held at a later date. It was his wish to be cremated. The Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton is assisting the family with arrangements. Burial at Grove Cemetery will also be held at a later date. Keith passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The OSU James Cancer Hospital in Columbus. He was born on May 27, 1952, in Kenton to the late Donald Raymond […]
The Wildcats lose their fifth one run game on the season on Thursday evening at Marion Pleasant. Pleasant took the lead 2-0 in the 2nd inning but the Wildcats answered with 3 of their own in the 3rd inning. The game then went back and forth when Marion scored 1 in the 4th and 5th innings and 3 in the 6th inning. Kenton scored 2 in the 5th and added 1 in the 7th but the comeback fell short. Starting […]
The Kenton Wildcats took on Waynesfield-Goshen this evening to win 13-9. The girls had 7 hits on the day with 2 home runs. CJ Newberry and Brynn Butler (3 hits) were the 2 to contribute the homers back to back in the top of the 5th. Alexis Ratliff had 2 hits as well as Brayla Butler with 1. There were 12 stolen bases in the game from many of the girls on the team. Alexis Ratliff got the win on […]
Wildcat tennis gets their 2nd win of the season and 2nd win in a row tonight at Fostoria! 1st singles Cale Harshfield (10) fell to senior Jordan Ferguson 0-6 1-6. 2nd singles Braylon Smith (11) fell to senior Eli Kiser 3-6 2-6. 3rd singles Wyatt Campbell (10) defeated senior Toni Hill-Hernandez 7-5 7-5. 1st doubles Adam Coffman (12) and Micah Bowman (10) defeated Christian Price and Lance Miller 6-4 6-2 2nd doubles Seth Spencer (10) and Austin Chen (11) defeated […]
Screenshot Julie (Charron) DeLong 51 of Kenton Funeral services for Julie DeLong will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at the Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton with Pastor Gregg King officiating. Burial will be held at Dunkirk Cemetery at a later date. Friends and family may visit from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the funeral home. Julie passed away on April 18, 2024, at her residence in Kenton after a […]
Dana Joe "Skinner" Hughes, age 55, passed away peacefully at 12:35 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay with his family by his side. Dana was born December 25, 1968, in Lima, OH, to Phillip A. and Diana L. (Wheeler) Hughes. Dana was a 1987 graduate of Allen East High School / Apollo, where he graduated in the top of his class in welding. He proudly worked in the family business, Hughes Plumbing and […]
Lyle E. Curl, 69 of Kenton passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at his residence. He was born in Kenton to the late Minor and Wilma (Elwood) Curl on January 19, 1955. Lyle married Sheila Harp in June of 1978 and she preceded him in death on April 6, 2022. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Navy and was a 1973 graduate of Riverdale High School. He is survived by three children; Rhonda (Mark) Smith, Michelle Ratliff […]
Michael R. Pezzi, age 74, of Forest, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay surrounded by his family. He was born on August 29, 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Oswald and Stella (Utech) Pezzi. On May 17, 1969, Michael married Linda S. Breckner and she survives in Forest. Also surviving are his three children: Anthony Pezzi […]
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.
