Filing deadline near for write-in candidates The filing deadline for write-in candidates for the Nov. 5, 2019 general election is Monday, Aug. 26. The declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate must be filed at the Hardin County Board of Elections by 4 p.m. Read More
Candidates, issues set for November election Mayors in three Hardin County villages will face opposition in the Nov. 5 general election. The deadline for submitting petitions to run for a non-partisan office was Wednesday. Read More
Sheriff seeks replacement levy; BKP asks voters for increase There will be one countywide issue along with several township and school requests on the Nov. 5 election ballot in Hardin County. The deadline for filing an issue to appear on the fall ballot was Wednesday. Read More
Election deadline near The deadline to file nomination petitions for candidates in non-partisan race on Nov. 5, as well as local questions and issues including local option petitions for the 2019 General Election, is at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 in the Board of Elections Office in the Hardin County Courthouse. Read More
Many local issues, but few candidates for fall election August 7 at 4 p.m. is the deadline for candidates to file petitions with the Hardin County Board of Elections to appear on the fall general election ballot for municipal, township and school board races. It also is the deadline for local issues to be filed for the Nov. 5 election. Read More
Filing deadline near The filing deadline for independent candidates for the Nov. 5 general election is Monday, May 6. The petitions must be filed at the Hardin County Board of Elections by 4 p.m. Read More
Petitions for primary due on Feb. 6 The filing deadline for partisan candidates and local questions and issues for the May 7 Primary election, including local option petitions, is Feb. 6. The petitions must be filed at the Hardin County Board of Elections by 4 p.m. Read More
Republican candidates file for races Two Republican candidates have filed for office in the spring primary. Lynn Webb Jones has filed petitions to run for the office of Kenton mayor. Read More
Senator takes oath Senator Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, is joined by his wife Denise and daughter Anna as he takes the oath of office for Ohio’s 133rd General Assembly from Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French. He is serving his first full four-year term as senator for Ohio’s 1st Senate District, which includes Hardin County. Read More
Swearing-in ceremony for Cross at courthouse A local public swearing-in ceremony for State Representative-elect Jon Cross is set for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 at the Hardin County Courthouse starting at 1 p.m. Cross, his wife Christina Cross and family are inviting community members from the 83rd Ohio House district, which includes Hancock, Hardin and (part of) Logan Counties to join them for a hometown ceremonial swearing-In celebration. Read More
Ada business staple Cole Motor Sales to close after century of service to public ADA — For more than a century, Cole Motor Sales has been a staple of the Ada business community. It survived two world wars, the Great Depression and saw business after business come and go in the community. But the changes in the automotive world proved to be more than the local dealership could survive.
Area school districts get mainly low marks from state There was little to crow about from the Hardin County area school districts in the annual report card from the Ohio Department of Education. The report card, released on Thursday, rates districts and buildings. Graduation rates remain high in the county, but preparing students for life after school was uniformly low.
Owner of meth lab in Alger receives four years in prison A traffic stop resulted in putting a meth lab out of business in the village of Alger and has sent the owner to prison for four years. According to Hardin County Common Pleas Court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey's office, Timothy Shepherd, 103 E. Wagner St., Alger, was charged with illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs and aggravated possession of drugs.
