Featured

1204 Results / Page 3 of 134

Background

Featured

City of Kenton and Kenton City Schools Partner to Make Walking and Biking to School Safer

KENTON, Ohio — The City of Kenton and Kenton City Schools have joined forces to develop a School Travel Plan and pursue funding through the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. The goal is simple: make it safer and easier for Kenton students to walk and bike to school. The partnership comes at an important time for the district. With the opening of the new Kenton Middle and High School building last December, all Kenton […]

todayOctober 14, 2026 197

Featured

Wilson Workers in Ada Picket Over Wages and Benefits Ahead of Contract Expiration

Photo courtesy of Workers United Local 1385 Photo courtesy of Workers United Local 1385 Workers at Wilson Sporting Goods in Ada are conducting informational picketing as they push for better wages and benefits. The workers have been picketing this week during their lunch breaks, with half of them going from 11:00 until 11:30 am and the other half from 11:30 until noon. The plant's Union President Derek Gibson said the current contract expires this Friday, October 16. Photo courtesy of […]

todayOctober 13, 2026 665

Featured

Mary Rutan Health Laboratory Earns Accreditation from College of American Pathologists

Photo: Courtesy of Mary Rutan Health Mary Rutan Health’s Laboratory has been awarded accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Accreditation Committee following a recent comprehensive on-site inspection. CAP accreditation is recognized worldwide as a mark of laboratory quality and is based on rigorous standards designed to help laboratories maintain the highest levels of accuracy, safety and performance. During the accreditation process, CAP inspectors examine a laboratory’s records and quality-control procedures as well as staff qualifications, equipment, facilities, safety […]

todayOctober 13, 2026 124 1

Featured

Bluffton University Receives Grant for Conservation of “The Trumpet Player” 

BLUFFTON, Ohio— Bluffton University has been recommended for funding through the State Library of Ohio’s LSTA Conservation and Preservation Grant program to support conservation work on “The Trumpet Player,” a sculpture by artist John Peter Klassen.  The $4,999 grant will provide funding for professional conservation of the sculpture, helping preserve the work for future generations of Bluffton students, employees, alumni and visitors.  “This grant is an exciting opportunity to care for an important piece of Bluffton’s artistic heritage,” said Carrie […]

todayOctober 12, 2026 144

Featured

USV Ambulance Providers Attend EMS World Expo in Orlando

Upper Scioto Valley Ambulance District Two Upper Scioto Valley Ambulance District providers recently made the trip to Orlando to attend the EMS World Expo. They had the opportunity to learn from industry experts, explore new ideas and stay up to date on the latest in EMS. They brought the valuable knowledge and experience back home to share with the entire team at USV Ambulance District. The providers were praised for continuing to invest in their education and skills so they […]

todayOctober 12, 2026 85 1

Featured

Lakeview Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries in Logan County Crash

A Lakeview man suffered life-threatening injuries in a car verses semi accident that occurred in Logan County early this past Saturday morning. According to a release from the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Alec Cooper drove left of center while traveling west on U.S. 23, and his car was struck by the eastbound semi being operated by 61-year-old Aaron Fisher, of Wapakoneta. Cooper was flown from the scene to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Fisher was […]

todayOctober 12, 2026 2615

Featured

Quest Federal Credit Union Named Wyandot County Large Business of the Year

Wyandot Chamber of Commerce  The Annual Wyandot Chamber Steak Fry and Awards ceremony was held Thursday evening in Carey. During the event, Quest Federal Credit Union was named Wyandot County Large Business of the Year. Earlier this year, Quest expanded its presence in Wyandot County with the opening of the newest branch in Carey. Other winners included Small Business of the Year-Frey Water Solutions, Star Award-Aj's Heavenly Pizza, Investor in the Future Award-Kalmbach Feeds, Heart of Service Non-Profit of the […]

todayOctober 9, 2026 273 1

Featured

Marathon Center for the Performing Arts Names New Director of Development and Communications

Kristen Pickens, MCPA Director of Development and Communications Findlay, OH–Marathon Center for the Performing Arts (MCPA) announced yesterday that Kristen Pickens will become the organization's Director of Development and Communications, effective October 11. The new role brings fundraising, donor relations, and communications together into one department. The change grew out of MCPA's new strategic plan, which centers on a simple idea: every person who walks through the Center's doors, whether as a ticket buyer, donor, or volunteer, is on the […]

todayOctober 9, 2026 146

Featured

Kenton Woman Found Guilty on Multiple Charges

Hardin County Sheriff's Office Inmate Roster A Kenton woman has been convicted on charges connected to torturing and cruelly abusing a 9-year-old child in July of 2025. 31-year-old Kiera Browne was indicted on the charges in February of this year. After a four-day jury trial this week in Hardin County Common Pleas Court, the jury found Browne guilty to one count of domestic violence and four counts of endangering children. Browne's trial started on Monday, October 5 and concluded on […]

todayOctober 9, 2026 17854 1 3

CONTACTS

ABOUT

WKTN is a locally owned and operated radio station broadcasting from Kenton, Ohio since 1963. 

Our broadcast covers Hardin County and into Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Logan, Marion, Union, and Wyandot Counties including a majority of communities within.