The new Democratic Board of Elections Member was sworn in this morning. R. Michael Hubbell, was sworn in by Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney Bradford Bailey in the Hardin County Board of Elections office. Hubbell replaces Donald Traxler, who resigned on May 6 after serving on the Board for many years.
Several state routes around Hardin County will be down to one lane for road construction projects this week. According to a release from the Ohio Department of Transportation: State Route 67, between State Route 117 and Kenton, U.S. 68, between the Logan County line and Kenton, State Route 235, between State Route 308 and Roundhead, State Route 273, between the Logan County line and Mt. Victory and State Route 385 between the Auglaize County line and Roundhead, will […]
The Hardin Co. Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet this Wednesday, May 22. The meeting will start at 5:30pm and will be held at Basil’s Italian Restaurant in Kenton. You can RSVP to Cindy Keller. Linda Pollitz will speak about Alzheimer’s. Guests are welcome to attend.
Two Lima residents were killed in a motorcycle crash to the weekend in Allen County. According to a release from the Lima Post of the Ohio State Patrol, 33 year old Gian Avery was operating a motorcycle south on State Route 115 and travelled left of center. Avery and a passenger, 30 year old Ashleigh Hart, were both thrown from the motorcycle. Hart died at the scene, Avery died later at St. Rita's Medical Center. Neither […]
A Kenton woman reported an incident of identity fraud to Kenton Police over the weekend. According to the report, the victim said someone gained access to the information on her child support debit card and made numerous charges dating back to February. She said some of the initial charges were in small amounts and went unnoticed until over the weekend she checked her online account and had been emptied. Many of the charges were made at out of […]
The Kenton City Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet this evening. Among the items on the agenda will be to recognize 4 long time employees who will be retiring. Several other end of school year personnel issues are on the agenda as well. The Records Commission Committee will meet at 6:30 followed by the regular meeting at 7 in the Administration Building.
The OSU Club of Hardin County will hold its annual banquet on Tuesday evening (May 21) at St. John's Church in Kenton. The guest speakers are William Ballenger who serves as Director of the School of Music at OSU and Pete Tender, who works in support of the director and associate directors and manages the day-to-day business operations of the school. he has been with the OSU School of Music since 1990. A greet and meet will start […]
The first Get Hooked On Fishing event was held over the weekend at France Lake. The mission of the program was to introduce the younger generation to positive activities while enjoying the outdoors. 35 kids participated, and all of them left with a new fishing pole and other items that have been either donated or purchased through a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Detective Mike Conley from the Hardin Co Sheriff’s Office, Game Warden […]
KENTON-Hardin Co. Soroptimist International announced the Club 250 winner for week 25. Jeff Lohrber will receive $100. Club 250 is a fundraiser that helps to award scholarships to local women and girls.
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