The Hardin County Ag Society will meet this Wednesday, March 4. Items under new business on the agenda include March and April Rentals and P&R Communications quote for radio use during the fair. The March meeting is scheduled to start at 7 Wednesday evening. It will be held in the Fair Office at the Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton. To view the full agenda for March's meeting, please click here.
Photo: Ohio Department of Transportation The intersection of Township Road 190 at State Route 15 in Hancock County is permanently closed starting today. Barrels and barricades will be placed at the intersection to eliminate access to State Route 15. Work to remove the pavement, cut in the ditch, and install right-of-way fence will follow as weather permits. The work is a planned phase following the construction of the County Road 193 overpass. For more information on the closure, please click […]
Donna PriceDecember 24, 1967 - February 26, 2026 Lara “Donna” (Martin) Price, age 58, of Kenton, passed away on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. She was born on December 24, 1967 in Lima, Ohio to Tom Parks and Mary Martin. Donna married Steve Price on May 1, 2004 and he survives in Kenton. Also surviving are her five sons and daughter: Brandon Spradlin of Dunkirk, Luke Price of Kenton, Dustin […]
Douglas Patrick Johnson 66of Dunkirk Pat Johnson, 66, of Dunkirk, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2026, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton following a brief battle with heart disease. He was born on November 7, 1959, in Kenton to the late David N. and Claudette (Lockhart) Johnson. In April 1980, he met Florence "Peanut" Walker, and they were married in July 1982. She survives in Dunkirk. Also surviving are his son, Patrick James "P.J." Johnson; a brother, David "Mike" […]
BLUFFTON, Ohio — Writer and author Melissa Herrera will present the English Festival Forum, “Uncensored: Writing Beyond the Conservative Bubble I Lived In,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, in Yoder Recital Hall. Herrera will discuss writing about immigration, racism and daily life for a newspaper in a conservative community, while also reflecting on her book chronicling her husband’s experience as an undocumented immigrant. The Bluffton University English Festival offers high school students a day of immersion in the pleasures of writing, reading and hearing fine […]
COLUMBUS— Ohio’s private employers will be paying approximately $10 million less in workers' compensation premiums thanks to another rate reduction under the direction of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. Today, BWC's Board of Directors approved a 1% rate cut for private employers, which will take effect July 1, 2026. This follows a 1% rate cut for public employers that took effect Jan. 1, 2026, resulting in a $2 million reduction in premiums. “I applaud Ohio's businesses for continuing to put safety […]
The University of Northwestern Ohio is hosting the Ohio Future Farmers of America Association’s State Finals in Agricultural Power Diagnostics Contest on Friday, March 6, 2026. The top 15 high school teams from Ohio will compete for more than $75,000 in scholarships in the 400 Building on UNOH’s campus. Teams qualify by placing 1st in the district contest, or 2nd at the district contest and having one of the top 5 team scores on the online exam for Farm Power […]
Vermilion Township – On February 27, 2026 at 2:07 a.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol Sandusky Post was dispatched to a single vehicle crash on US 6 near mile marker 25 in the Township of Vermilion, Erie County. Rickey Morgan, age 49, of Vermilion, Ohio was driving a 2008 Honda Accord westbound on US 6. Mr. Morgan failed to negotiate a left-hand curve and drove off the right side of the roadway. Mr. Morgan overcorrected, came back onto the roadway, […]
Jacqueline Eileen (Westlake) Evans 64of Ridgeway Jacqueline Eileen Evans left her earthly body and returned home to Jesus on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, surrounded by family and loved ones. She was born May 6th, 1961, to the late George and Phyllis (Hamilton) Westlake. She is preceded in death by her loving son, Dean Evans, her brother, Gregory Westlake and her nephew, Samuel Westlake. She is survived by the love of her life and husband of 40 years, Dennis Evans. She […]
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.
