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HN Elementary Principal Brett Halsey & Dollar General employee Kilee Perkins Hardin Northern officials again thanked the Dunkirk community for collecting school supplies for the Hardin Northern students. Hundreds of school supplies were collected during the recent drive. Over 100 of those school supplies were collected by Dunkirk's Dollar General store.  All supplies are at the school and Hardin Northern families are invited to come out and get the supplies […]

(from left, front row) Reagan Camper, Meredith Cameron, Georgia Cameron, Lora Harder (second row) Kylee Clem, Makenna Eibling, Amanda Raines - Extension Educator and 4-H Youth Development Coordinator  (top row)Leading Knight Ryan Yoakum, Jack Whitmer, PER Chad Spencer and current Exalted Ruler, and PER Elisa Umbaugh. Recently, several Hardin County 4-H campers and their parents attended a cookie and punch reception at the Kenton Elks Lodge. The youth shared favorite […]

Petty Officer 2nd Class Cole East TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - An Ada, Ohio, native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission at Strategic Communications Wing One (STRATCOMMWING ONE). Its TACAMO ("Take Charge and Move Out") mission provides airborne communication links to nuclear missile units of U.S. Strategic Command. Petty Officer 2nd Class Cole East, a 2016 Ada High School graduate, joined […]

The “Best Looking Cruiser” contest that the Ohio State Highway Patrol is part of continues.  Visit the Patrol’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OhioStateHighwayPatrol, Twitter or Instagram pages and click the link in any of the contest posts.  You can also visit surveymonkey.com to cast your vote. Last year, Ohio finished in second place, and the Patrol is hoping to have the best looking cruiser in 2022. Voting began on August 8 and will […]

Several streets in Kenton are scheduled for milling and resurfacing work beginning next week. The streets in Kenton are: .Jennings, from Main to Gilmore .Hideaway Drive, from Harding to Maydoll .Meadow Lane, from Morningside to Dead End .North Glendale, from Columbus to Kohler .Forest Avenue, from North Detroit to North Main .Maydoll Drive, from Harding to Patterson. Work is scheduled to begin August 23 and run through September 2. All […]

The Hardin County Engineer's Office announced a road closing. Starting today, Taylor Creek Township Road 95, between County Road 180 and Township Road 190, closed for three to four weeks. That is for a culvert replacement project.

Kolt Buchenroth The Kenton City School Board of Education has approved the hiring of Kolt Buchenroth to the position of Director of Communication with the district. In the newly created role, Buchenroth will be responsible for internal and external district communications, media relations, and digital media. “We’re excited to welcome Kolt back to the district,” said Superintendent Chad Thrush. “Kolt has been working for KCS since he was in the […]

Dianne Oakley started her career in education with Urbana City Schools and came to Kenton after being with the Council for Rural Services (Head Start) in Logan County. She's a familiar face, subbing at Kenton Elementary School last year. She earned her PreK-3 teaching degree as a non-traditional student at Urbana University. Oakley joins the Wildcat family as a Preschool Intervention Specalist. "Becoming a Wildcat is exciting as I have […]

Chris Hughes, Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 deputy director, at podium, behind him from left to right: Tony Swygart, public safety supervisor, The Ohio State University at Lima/Rhodes State College; Trooper Scott Mershman, Ohio State Highway Patrol Lima Post; and Mel Rentschler, superintendent of Allen East Schools LIMA, Ohio (Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022) - The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) held an event today ahead of the opening of […]