Kenton City Council is scheduled to meet this evening. Council members will hear from the Ohio Ethics Commission. The Kenton Hardin Health Department Report will be presented as well. There will be three items under new business that will be on first reading. The third regular session of the year will start at 7 this evening in the City Building.
The Kenton City Schools Board of Education will conduct the February meeting this evening. A presentation on the Kenton Elementary School Leader in Me program will be presented by Principal Angela Buttermand and four of her students Several personnel items await Board action, including the approval of five substitute teacher positions and one substitute educational assistant position. The Board will vote on whether to approve an agreement between Midwest Regional […]
ADA, Ohio - The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University has received a full five-year extension of accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB-accredited schools have the highest quality faculty, relevant and challenging curriculum and provide educational and career opportunities that are not found at other business schools. Of the more than 16,000 business programs in the world, less than […]
Kenton High School Spirit Week kicks off today and goes through this Friday February 17. Today, the 9th & 10th grade classes should dress as kids or toddlers and 11th & 12th grade students dress as senior citizens. Tomorrow is Monochromatic Day. Students should wear one color. Wednesday students should wear what a typical soccer mom or grilling dad would wear. Thursday is Zoom Call Day. Students wear Business attire […]
Make designating a sober driver your game plan this Super Bowl Sunday COLUMBUS – As people gather for Super Bowl parties on Sunday, the Ohio State Highway Patrol urges fans to refrain from driving impaired. If you plan on consuming alcohol, don’t drive and plan ahead to designate a sober driver. In an effort to keep our roadways safe this Super Bowl Sunday, troopers will be cracking down on impaired […]
Hardin County will share a big part of the spotlight during Super Bowl 57 in Glendale, Arizona this Sunday. That is of course because the football used when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in the big game comes from the Wilson Sporting Goods plant in Ada. In fact every football used by the NFL is manufactured at the plant, and has been for decades. The plant […]
Two people were sentenced recently in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to documents from Prosecutor Brad Bailey's Office: .Francis W. Saxton was sentenced to a minimum of four years and a maximum of six years in prison on one count of possession of fentanyl-related compound. .Joshua R. D. LeMaster was sentenced to a total of 36 months in prison on one count of grand theft of a motor vehicle, […]
A Kenton woman was cited after a crash in Findlay Thursday afternoon. According to a release from the Findlay Police Department, 54 year old Melissa Prater was driving west in the 1200 block of Tiffin Avenue, and she failed to stop in time to avoid a collision with a vehicle in front of her that was stopped for traffic. Her car struck the rear of a vehicle being operated by […]
Parents of all Kenton Elementary students got a ParentSquare message this morning informing them their child was absent from school. A few minutes later, they were informed the message was sent in error. It was intended to go only to those with absent students, instead it was sent to all parents. School officials apologized for any confusion that the message caused.