A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held Friday at the new Kenton Senior High School Athletic Complex. The Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance conducted the ceremony, which included the recognition of numerous donors who made the prject possible. The facility is located at 200 Harding Avenue, next to the Kenton Senior High School.
Senior Kenton Wildcat Quarterback Jaron Sharp signed his National Letter of Intent on this week to play football at Division II Tiffin University. Celebrating in the moment were his father CJ Sharp, who is also a coach on staff, mother Kiley Sharp, sister Mahaila Sharp, and head football coach, Brent Fackler.
The Lady Wildcats fought back from a halftime deficit but fell to Elida 46-39 Thursday evening. The Wildcats were led by Lindsey Smith with 16 points while Kenzie Bays had 11 points. The Bulldogs were led by Amira Freeman with 20 points and Cienna Kuhn added 13 points.
Four people were sentenced recently in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to documents from Prosecutor Brad Bailey's Office: .Cory B. Shepherd was sentenced to a total of 3 years in prison on one count each of tampering with evidence, criminal damaging or endangering and failure to appear. The following three individuals were each placed on five years community control with conditions: .Jacob A.M. Reid on six counts of maney laundering and one count of forgery. […]
There's been an increase in reports involving counterfeit currency in Findlay over the last two weeks. According to a release from the Findlay Police Department, the denominations have been ten and twenty dollar bills. Most of the bills have been passed at restaurants and convenience stores. Employees handling cash should scrutinize cash and immediately notify the department if they believe a counterfeit bill has been passed. The police department is asking that descriptions of the suspects […]
An early Friday morning crash seriously injured a Bellefontaine man. WPKO Radio reported that 39 year old Anthony Hannah lost control of his vehicle in the 800 block Heritage Court in Bellefontaine. The car ended up off the road and crashed into a tree. Hannah was transferred from Mary Rutan Hospital to St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima with life-threatening injuries. The Bellefontaine Police Department continues to investigate the crash.
The Kenton Times and the Daily Chief-Union have added holiday dates when no newspapers will be published. The holidays that will be recognized starting this year are: New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence’s Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. In addition to not publishing a newspaper, there will no office hours as well. Online only editions will be available on Martin Luther King Day, […]
The Allen County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau is attempting to identify a male suspect who entered WalMart on Harding Highway earlier this month and appeared to begin looking for different elderly victims in the store in an attempt to steal purses and/or wallets. At one point the suspect is captured on video stealing the wallet from the purse of a 91 year old female while she was selecting items from a shelf. The suspect immediately used the victim’s […]
A Kenton man is facing drug charges after his apartment was searched Thursday afternoon. According to the report from the Kenton Police Department, officers assisted the Hardin County Probation Office on a search of the apartment at Scioto Village because of suspected drug activity. Numerous drug paraphernalia items, a bottle containing white capsules with an unknown substance and marijuana were located and seized during the search. The 32 year old male suspect is facing charges of possession […]
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