Health Department Notes Several Ways to Dispose of Medications

There are several ways to dispose of your unwanted medications throughout the year. Melody Stockdale, the Overdose Prevention Coordinator at the Kenton-Hardin County Health Department, said one way is the Deterra Disposal Bag, "We have these available here at the Health Department as well as Deterra distributions throughout the county. You just open these, put your medication that you want to dispose of inside, add some water and shake it up for about 30 seconds and then you can […]

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Chalking Tires Ruled Unconstitutional by 6th District U.S. Court of Appeals

A federal court ruled this week that marking tires to enforce parking rules is unconstitutional in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. The three judge panel of the appeals court found that marking the tires is tantamount to entering a property without a search warrant. The court went so far as to say marking the tires is more about raising revenue rather than protecting the public against a safety risk.

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Marion Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Raping 4 Year Old Girl

A sex offender in Marion was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for raping a four year old girl in December of 2018. The Marion Star reported that 41 year old Steven C. Hardin was given the maximum sentence by Marion County Common Pleas Court Judge Warren Edwards. Hardin was dating the girls babysitter at the time. He was caught when the victim's mother walked in and caught him performing a sex act on […]

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Kenton Man Arrested on Warrant; Facing Drug Charges

A Kenton man is facing drug charges after being arrested Tuesday afternoon. According to the report from the Kenton Police Department, officers located 51 year old Terry Holbrook hiding in a closest at a residence in the 500 block of West Lima Street. Holbrook was taken into custody on warrants for his arrest. During a search, police allegedly found that Holbrook was in possession of one crack cocaine rock, five orange pills and a crack pipe. […]

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Waterworks Ball Park Concession Stand Vandalized

The concession stand at the Waterworks Ball Park in Kenton was vandalized sometime since Monday night. According to the Kenton Police Department report, it was discovered that someone used a baseball bat to damage the door locks on the concession stand. The north side door was then kicked in and the lock was destroyed. A muddy shoe print was visible on the door, and a baseball bat found inside the concession stand had a shoe print on the […]

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Ohio Attorney General’s Office Awards Grants for Purchase of Body Armor

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that more than 300 local law enforcement agencies across the state are now participating in the Ohio Law Enforcement Body Armor Program. The program, administered by the attorney general’s office since August 2018, is funded by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and awards grants totaling up to $40,000 to each agency. The Forest Police Department received a grant for $4800. In our region, grants were awarded to: .Upper Sandusky Police Department- $698 .Wapakoneta […]

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Hardin County BPW Club Awarding Scholarships

The Hardin County Business and Professional Women’s Club will award a scholarship to a student from Hardin County who has completed at least two of four years of college at an accredited school, or one year of a two-year business or technical school program. The applications will be available at the Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library in Kenton, Forest Jackson Public Library in Forest, Hardin Northern Public Library in Dunkirk, the Ada Public Library, the Ridgemont Public Library in […]

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Soroptimist Announces Club 250 Weekly Winner

KENTON-Hardin Co. Soroptimist International announced the Club 250 winner for week 21. Amanda Carpenter will receive $100. Club 250 is a fundraiser that helps to award scholarships to local women and girls.

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BBB Warns of Increase in Social Security Administration Scam Calls

Columbus, OH (April 23, 2019)- Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio is seeing a new trend on its Scam Tracker as the number of reports regarding Social Security Administration scam calls are increasing this year, and is warning people to be on the lookout for suspicious calls that claim to be from the Social Security Administration (SSA). “BBB received a high volume of reports regarding the IRS scam calls in 2018, but this year we are seeing an increase in […]

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