Career talk Wade Rhoades of Ohio Northern University talks with a group of students during the Student Job and Career Fair at Kenton High School on Tuesday. There were 29 businesses whose representatives talked to junior and senior students about their futures during the event, which is sponsored by the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance. Read More
NHS inductees Thirty-one Kenton High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society during a ceremony Tuesday night at the school. They are (from left, first row) Madison Adams, Mariah Blevins, Bailie Clark, Kassaundra Collins, Gabriel Coomes, Kaitlyn Dodge, Luke Fackler, Abigail Gerding; Read More
Acts of Kindness Club Four Kenton Elementary School Leadership Clubs made presentations at Monday’s Kenton school board meeting. Pictured are kindergarten students (from left) Aiden Marshall, Kaylee Hunsicker, Jayden Modd and Londyn Crum, with teacher Allison Kemmere, who are members of the Acts of Kindness Club. Read More
Kurt returns home to lead Kenton financial institution Chris Kurt – known by some locally as “the strawberry guy” – is back in his home community, but it’s not to sell strawberries. For just over two weeks now, Chris has been serving as the President and CEO of Home Savings & Loan Co. Read More
Hardin County poultry royalty named for 2019 The 2019 Hardin County poultry royalty are (from left, front) King Nathaniel Brown and Queen Allison Moore. They were selected at the Hardin County Poultry Banquet on Saturday night at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Kenton. Read More
County, state hope to work with area Amish to make country roads safer State Rep. Jon Cross presented amendments to the Ohio transportation bill this spring which would have adopted statewide regulations for animal-pulled vehicles, such as Amish buggies. The new regulation proposed by Cross stated, " No person shall operate an animal-drawn vehicle in this state on any public road or highway unless the animal-drawn vehicle is registered in accordance with rules adopted under this section." Read More
Senior Bingo Harco Industries sponsored its second annual Senior Lucky Bingo luncheon at its Kenton facility on Friday. Senior citizens from throughout Hardin County celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with games and prizes donated by area businesses and supporters. Following the Bingo games, the seniors were given a meal of chicken and noodles. Times photo/Dan Robinson Read More
High hopes for Hicks at UNOH Over the past four years Hayden Hicks put the ball in the net more than anyone else in Kenton High School boys soccer history. Next year the Wildcats’ top goal scorer will look to begin making history at the college level at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima. Read More
Largest solar farm in Ohio It didn't take much persuading for Invenergy to expand its planned Hardin Solar Enegy Center from 1,100 acres to 4,393 acres, said Gabe Klooster. The project practically sold itself. Phase I of the project has been approved by the Ohio State Power Siting Board and the expansion of 3,293 acres is in the approval process with a public hearing taking place Thursday at Kenton High School. The hearing was set to allow residents to voice their concerns about the plans, but only two people expressed opinions on the giant solar fields, which will produce a total of 270 megawatts from the two-phase facility. Read More
ONU student shares Indian culture in Ada ADA — The students in Melody Veltri's English Composition Class at Ada High School learned that childhood experiences in a small town in northwest Ohio are not all that different from living in a village on the other side of the globe. Their teacher on Thursday was Irfana Majumdar, who lives in Varanasi, India, but is currently a student at Ohio Northern University. She and her husband, Gaurav Saini, are attending ONU on a Fulbright Scholarship and are artistic residents in the theater department of the school. Read More