Administrators outlined efforts to improve instruction of students at Kenton City Schools during the school board meeting Monday night. Jodi Cole, curriculum coordinator, said teachers and administrators are working to improve core instruction with a goal of having 80 percent of all students being successful without intervention.

ALGER — Vandals apparently damaged the Alger Park in broad daylight Sunday afternoon. Mayor Von Summa said he had driven past the park, located on the northern edge of the village, twice earlier in the day and things appeared to be normal at those times.

What started as a way to make a little extra money doing electrical work at the Hardin County Fairgrounds ended up becoming a labor of love for Clair “Squire” Latham. Squire, who got the nickname from his uncle when he was about 7 or 8 years old, worked as an electrician for AEP for 38 years, retiring in 2000.

Area residents enjoyed the fun activities at the 2018 Ada Harvest and Herb Festival.

While people know the student athletes of the Kenton City Schools as Wildcats, there has never really been just one specific ‘”Wildcat” logo used to identify the district. That is until now. When the new school year began, the district unveiled a new logo family that it hopes will help set Kenton City Schools apart form other districts around Ohio that also use a Wildcat logo.

A crew of workers from the Amherst Greenhouse collects some of the 80,000 potted mums they have grown over the summer.

United Way of Hardin County completed their annual football drop with 1,000 football’s dropping from a sky high bucket with 4 mini footballs landing in the helmet. The four winners were Mark Garmon, Mark Rush, Deb Oestrich and Amy Huber. They will share the prize of $1,000. Submitted photo

Anabel Alexander and Brice Ferguson were crowned Ada’s 2018 homecoming queen and king prior to Friday night’s football game against Delphos Jefferson. Times photo/Ty Thaxton      

On a night when Kenton’s offense wasn’t in top form, the Wildcats defense stood tall. Jaron Sharp and Jon Hord recovered two fourth quarter Wapakoneta fumbles and the Kenton offense produced just enough points as the Wildcats pulled out a 15-10 victory over the previously unbeaten Redskins. Kenton improves to 3-1 on the season and 3-1 in the WBL, while Wapakoneta drops to 3-1 and 2-1.

While Hardin County school districts are showing success graduating students, most are flunking on preparing them for life after high school. That’s according to the annual assessment of the state's public schools released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Education.