Richwood Man Arrested on Drug Charges

A Richwood man was arrested following a two-month investigation into alleged drug trafficking that was occurring at the Forrest Lane Apartment. According to a release from the Union County Sheriff's Office, detectives from the Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement (M.A.D.E.) Task Force, deputies from the Union County Sheriff’s Office, officers from the Richwood Police Department, and the Marysville Police Department’s Special Response Team (SRT) served a search warrant at 107 Forrest Lane in Richwood this past Friday. Investigators located a […]

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Kenton High School Coed Varsity Wrestling finishes 8th place at Clyde High School.

Noah Eikenbary placed 1st at The Dale Coroll Invite in Clyde Ohio. Eikenbary was the 220 lbs top seed for the tournament. Noah went into the tournament with a 18-2 record and ranked 19th on Borofanohio.net Division II state rankings. Eikenbary did not disappoint he pinned all 4 opponents in the tournament. Eikenbary pinned Ashton Cassidy (Dixie)at the 1:06 mark in the 1st period, Joe Lubertozzi (Avon Lake) at the 1:19 mark in the 1st period. Entering the finals Eikenbary […]

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Obituaries

Carol Ann Jolliff

Carol Ann Jolliff, 72 of Forest Visitation for Carol Ann Jolliff will be held from 5:00PM till 8:00PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Price-McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton. A private burial will be held at a later date. She passed away on February 7, 2019 at Hardin Hills Health Center. She was born in Port Clinton, Ohio on Oct. 4, 1946 to the late Emmit & Eldamae (Balduf) Hofacker. She married John Jolliff of Dunkirk on Oct […]

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Obituaries

Edward L. Howe Jr

Edward L. Howe Jr, 77 of Kenton Funeral services for Edward L. Howe Jr. will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at The Price - McElroy Funeral Home in Kenton with Brother Paul Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow in Grove Cemetery. Friends may visit from 4:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at the funeral home. He died on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Hardin Hill Health Center. He was born on […]

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Edith Cochran

Edith Cochran, 88 of Mt. Victory Funeral Services for Edith Cochran will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at The Price - McElroy Funeral Home in Mt. Victory with Pastor Dave Dooley officiating. Burial will follow in Hale Cemetery. Friends may visit from 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the funeral home in Mt. Victory. She died on Saturday, February 8, 2019 at Kenton Nursing and Rehab. She was […]

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Kathy Ann Taylor

Kathy Ann Taylor, 75 of Kenton passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019. She was born on May 18, 1943 in Kenton to the late Donald and Polly (Fling) Buroker. On September 5, 1964 she married James I. Taylor and he survives along with two daughters; Shauna (Sam) Suder of Chargrin Falls, OH and Melissa (DeWayne) Weaver of Kenton. She is also survived by two brothers; Robert L. (Theresa) Buroker, D. Jack (Sue) Buroker both of Kenton, eight grandchildren; Kearney […]

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Lady Wildcats Snap Skid, Topple W-G 54-41

The Kenton Lady Wildcats got back on the winning track Saturday afternoon, defeating Waynesfield-Goshen 54-41 in non-league girls basketball play. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak for Kenton and improved the Lady Wildcats' record to 4-15. Kenton travels to River Valley on Tuesday and will host Elida in Western Buckeye League play on Thursday in a game that will be broadcast live on WKTN.

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Ridgemont Stays Hot, Tops Riverdale 55-37

The Ridgemont girls basketball team won for the eighth time in its last nine outings, defeating Riverdale 55-37 Saturday afternoon. The Golden Gophers (11-9) got a game-high 24 points from Faith Jenkins while seven other players found the scoring column for Ridgemont. Riverdale (7-14) was led by Brooke Kuenzli's 14 points and Bry Vanden Bosch's 11 points.

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Late Surge Lifts Wildcats Past Mustangs

The Kenton Wildcats scored the game's final 11 points to subdue the Allen East Mustangs 57-46 in boys basketball action Saturday. The Cats improve to 12-6 while the Mustangs drop to 9-9. Kenton led 44-35 in the third quarter before Allen East put together an 11-2 spurt to knot the game at 44-all. The Wildcats then finished the game with an 11-0 run of their own to improve to 11-0 in non-conference games. Jaron Sharp led all players with 27 […]

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