The West Ohio Food Bank is now offering Text Alerts. By signing up for text alerts you will be notified by the West Ohio Food Bank of local updates for pop-up and scheduled food/grocery item distributions. To sign up you can text the keyword “westohiofoodbank” to 419-757-4981, follow the prompts, and save the number in your phone.
SRO Dan Foulk receives engraved service weapon from Chief Musser Kenton City Council's 13th regular session of 2023 was kicked off with a short celebration of SRO Dan Foulk's 25 year career with KPD. Police Chief Dennis Musser would even give Foulk some credit for helping him meet his wife during the ceremony. Foulk spent much of his career as a K9 handler but became Kenton City School's first School […]
The Tree Town Festival starts this evening at Gormley Park in Forest. The Main Food Pavilion opens at 4:30, and amusement rides and games will be operating from 5 until 11. The parade lines up at 5:30 at the soccer fields and moves out starting at 6:30 this evening. Registrations for the 18th Annual Classic Car and Truck Cruise-in and Rally takes place from 4:30 until 7:30, with the awards […]
The Hardin County Dog Shelter in Kenton has a number of dogs waiting to be adopted. Dog Warden Jason Kearns talks about the adoption process, “We have a form to fill out that checks if you have adequate care for the dog, you have income coming in. We don’t want somebody that’s not able to completely to take care of the dog, going out with the dog, but then we […]
Blue Star Mothers of America announced that a Scavenger Hunt throughout Hardin County will be held Saturday July 22. Pre-registrations are being accepted now, and on the day of the Scavenger Hunt, registrations will be taken from 1 until 2:30pm. Those participating will leave Amvets Post 1994 in Kenton at 2:45 on July 22 and return to the post by 5. The donation cost is $15 for drivers and $5 […]
Hardin County – The Ohio State University at Lima will host a Drainage Installation Field Day on the campus farm on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Field demonstrations by the Ohio Land Improvement Contractors of America, or OLICA, will begin at 9 a.m. and will continue in an open-house-style format throughout the day. The event is free and open to the public. Parking will be available off Thayer Road. Maps of […]
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a natural gas and oil extraction method that has been used throughout the country for more than a decade, is episodically reducing small Eastern Ohio River basin stream levels, an Ohio Northern University study found. The fluctuations, the authors warn, could be negatively impacting aquatic life in those areas – a situation that, if confirmed by more studies and monitoring, would warrant additional environmental protection measures. […]
The bi-monthly Downtown Business Association meeting will be held on Monday July 10. The meeting will start at 11am at the Kenton City Building. The Kenton Historic Courthouse District encourages downtown Kenton building and business owners to attend. Business, grant and membership updates are among the items on the agenda.
St. John's Church in Kenton is holding its annual All Church Social on Tuesday July 11. The event will run from 4-7pm that day at the church, which is located at 211 East Carrol Street in Kenton. The menu will consist of sandwiches, noodles, pie, cake, ice cream and drinks for a freewill offering. The public is invited.