Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library is hosting a Memorial Day Flag Coloring Contest. Coloring pages can be picked up at the library. Voting will be May 20th-23rd. Winners will be announced at their Summer Reading Program signup on May 24th. Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library is located at 325 E. Columbus Street in Kenton.
Upper Scioto Valley Schools 7th and 8th Grade Band and Choir Spring Concert is on Tuesday, May 7th at 6:30 PM in the cafeteria. The doors will open for concert attendees at 6:00 PM. USV's 9th-12th Grade Band and Choir Spring Concert is on Wednesday, May 8th at 6:30 PM in the cafeteria. The doors will open for concert attendees at 6:00 PM.
The 2024 Hardin County Fair Book has been finalized. It is available in digital form now on the Hardin County Fair website. It has been submitted to the printer, however print books will have limited copies. Only rules and the open-class section will be available in print. Exhibitors are encouraged to bookmark and utilize the online fair book. For more information or to view the digital Fair Book, please visit https://www.hardincountyfair.org/fair-book/.
The OSU Extension Office is coordinating a broiler chick purchase for 4-H and FFA members carrying the Broiler/Market Chicken Project. The minimum order is 10 chicks per one exhibitor. The final order day will be May 23rd with chick delivery on July 17th or 18th. Pick up will happen from 11am-2pm at the Hardin County Fair Grandstands. For more information or to order chicks, please visit the Hardin County OSU Extension Facebook.
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced $3 million in funding for 42 local law enforcement agencies to help their drug task forces enforce the state’s drug laws and combat illegal drug activity. Grants from the 2024 Ohio Drug Law Enforcement Fund will support drug task forces that impact 36 counties on issues of drug trafficking, pharmaceutical diversion, and other organized criminal activity associated with the drug trade. The program, which is administered through the Office of Criminal Justice Services, […]
The second annual Frankie Castle Memorial Tournament will be held starting Friday, May 24th at the Alger Park. The Home Run Derby will start at 5pm on May 24th. The Men's softball tournament starts at 8am, May 25th and a Cornhole Tournament starts at 11am that morning. Kids bounce houses will be set up, and you can cheer on the Alger and Roundhead T-Ball teams during the event.
The date for the May meeting of the Hardin Northern Board of Education has been changed. The meeting was scheduled to be held on May 14th, but it has been postponed. The new meeting date will be Thursday May 23rd. It will start at 7pm that evening at the school.
Less than a week after money was found in a movie theater in Marysville, a sum of money was found at a fast food restaurant in that city. According to the Marysville Police Division, $25,000 was found in the restroom at Avalon Theater on April 27, then on May 2, $12,000 was found in the restroom at Kentucky Fried Chicken. In both cases, employees found the money. Marysville Police Captain Nate Sachs told media outlets that in his 18 year […]
Students and faculty from Riverdale Schools came together recently to help a kindergarten student from Upper Sandusky Schools. Tanner was involved in an accident and lost his lower leg. The Riverdale community wanted to help raise monetary donations for Tanner and his family. The staff and students were welcomed to wear Hats for Tanner for a donation and were able to provide just over $543 in donations to the family.
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.
