Kenton High School Varsity Baseball beat Ada High School 16-5 The Wildcats had 15 hits with 8 different Wildcats getting base knocks. Garrett Thomas and Bobby Halsey combined to give up 3 hits and no earned runs while striking out 5 in the victory. Hitters: Drew Hoppe: 1-4, RBI, 2 R, 2SB Luke Fackler: 3-5 2 R, 4 RBI, SB Seth Creamer: 3-5, 3 R, RBI, 2 SB, 3B Garrett Thomas: 1-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB Carter Bays: 1-3, […]
Kenton High School Varsity Softball beat Ada High School 3-2 Hitters for the Lady Cats: Chesney Moore, Brooklyn Bays, Madison Adams, Maddie Schutte, and Riley Reed all had singles. Lacey Nichols gets the win in the circle for the Lady Cats.
The Ridgemont Golden Gophers Varsity Softball Team blew out Perry 8-2 on Wednesday. Ridgemont Golden Gophers Varsity notched three runs in the fifth inning. Nikki Freshcorn and Callie Cromer each drove in runs during the inning. Whitney Bailey pitched Ridgemont Golden Gophers Varsity to victory. She went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits, striking out two and walking one. Kelsey Wells took the loss for Perry. She surrendered eight runs on ten hits over six innings, striking out […]
Upper Sandusky lost at home to Mansfield St. Peter's Wednesday afternoon in boys tennis by a score of 3-2. Upper Sandusky is now 9-3 on the season. St. Peter's improves to 11-1. 1S - Luke Henrich (StP) def. Levi Malone 6-2, 6-1 2S - Harrison Hecker (StP) def. Landon Cotto-Ramos 6-2, 6-0 3S - Charles Selser (StP) def. Justin Blackburn 6-0, 6-0 1D - Grant Bower/Anson Hill (US) def. Rob Maurer/Aiden Young 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 (super tiebreaker) 2D - Nolan […]
A man was issued a summons a violation of the open burn ordinance after Kenton police were dispatched to a report of large fire Wednesday evening. According to the report, officers arrived at the house located in the 500 block of Robinson Avenue where they found a large pile of wood, trash and plastic on fire in the yard just west of the house. The resident, identified as 50 year old Rick Lafferty, explained that he has burn […]
A house fire was reported this morning south of Alger. According to scanner traffic, the Alger Fire Department was dispatched around 8:15 to a single story house on County Road 35 just south of Alger. The structure was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. Fire departments from Ada and Roundhead provided mutual assistance. The Hardin County Fire Investigation Unit was called to assist in finding a cause for the blaze. No other information is available at […]
A man has been indicted in connection to the death of a 17 month old child in Findlay. The Findlay Courier reported that the 17 month old suffered a "closed head injury" in June of 2018 and died on July 4 at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. The paper received the autopsy results on Wednesday. A release from the Findlay Police Department stated that 30 year old Jonathan Suber was indicted for murder this week by the […]
A burglary was reported to Kenton police on Wednesday. According to the report from the Kenton Police Department, a resident at Forest Court Apartments reported that a large screen television and gaming equipment were stolen from her apartment. The value of the missing items was listed at $2100. A 16 year old Kenton girl was listed as the suspect, but she has not yet been charged.
Donors of all blood types are urged to give now to help meet the needs of trauma patients and others with serious medical conditions. Four blood drives have been scheduled for May in Hardin County. The first is on May 3 from 8am-2pm at Simon Kenton School in Kenton. There are two on May 20, from 11:30a-5:30pm at Visiting Nurses and Hospice in Ada and noon until 6 at First Baptist Church in Kenton. The last one is […]
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