The 7th Annual Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival will kick off with a flag raising ceremony on Saturday August 26. That will be with the help of the local Girl Scout troop. As part of the ceremony, Ada High School graduate CoCo McLaughlin will sing the National Anthem. She is currently a senior at Ohio Northern University and is studying Music Education. The ceremony will start at 4:50pm, and […]
The Allen County Sheriff's Office National Night Out and D.A.R.E. 5K will run from 5:30 until 9:30 tomorrow evening (August 1) at the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima. The entire lineup of Sheriff’s Office Teams and Divisions will be on display to demonstrate their abilities, enhance communication, and promote safety. Some of the services you will get to see will be the Sheriff’s Office K-9 Corps, Mounted Posse, SWAT Team, […]
A Forest man changed his plea to guilty on child endangering charges this past Wednesday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. 21 year old Malik Jett entered a guilty plea on one count of endangering children, a third degree felony. He was indicted in March of this year on three third degree felony counts of endangering children and one misdemeanor count of domestic violence. The case dates back to November […]
A 43 year old Marysville man was killed in a crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Union County. According to a release from the Union County Sheriff's Office, Frank L. Blackburn drove off the road while traveling east on Allen Center Road. The car struck a culvert and rolled over. Blackburn was transported to Memorial Hospital where he later died. An investigation revealed that Blackburn had been involved in an […]
A year of student, staff, and community planning for the new Kenton Middle/High School has produced exciting results that have been finalized through a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Agreement with the Peterson Construction Company. The board will finalize the agreement during its next regularly scheduled meeting, August 21st. “The design and budgeting process has been a big undertaking for our school district that involved so many people,” said Superintendent Chad […]
The last days of in-person absentee/early voting hours for the 2023 August 8th Special Election are: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday, July 31, 2023 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 1, 2023 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 2, 3 and 4, 2023 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, August 5, 2023 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, August 6, 2023 There will be […]
An attempted armed robbery occurred at Subway in Findlay Thursday evening. According to the report from the Findlay Police Department, a male suspect wearing a green stocking hat and a bandana covering his face walked into the restaurant at 608 South Main Street and told the employees he needed $100 in cash. When the suspect was not given the money, he ran out the back threatening to come back and […]
Traffic on State Route 31 will be impacted by a road construction project next week. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, 31 between Township Roads 180 and 265, three miles south of Kenton, will be restricted to one lane beginning Monday for guardrail preparation work. Traffic will be maintained by a temporary traffic signal.
The 2023 Ballpark Bash will take place Saturday August 19 at the Homerun Memorial Park on State Route 292 in Kenton. Gates will open at 5 and the concerts begin at 6 that evening. Keaton Fout will be back this year, and the headliner is Kodebreaker. Organizer Matt Jennings called Fout’s style southern fried classic rock, and Kodebreaker is full classic rock. He said if classic rock is your favorite, […]