Kenton, Ohio Hardin County news by Hardin County people
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In January, young farmers from throughout America met in Hawaii to discuss agricultural issues and see first-hand the crops grown on the islands. One of the representatives from Ohio began her trip to the Pacific from Kenton High School. Shelby Brammell teaches vocational agriculture and is the FFA advisor at KHS. She is employed through [...]
Kaytlin Billenstein, 3, stands with the calf triplets born Feb. 1 at Billenstein Farm and Drainage in eastern Hardin County. According to Jessica and Adam Billenstein, calf triplets are very rare and happen only one in 105,000 births. The two bull calfs weighed in at 78 and 68 pounds, while the one heffer calf weighed [...]
Firemen battle a fire at 309 E. Dixon St. in Forest Friday morning. The home was fully engulfed when responders arrived. No other information on the fire was available at presstime. Times photo/Ty Thaxton
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is concerned with pollution going into Taylor Creek and is holding the Hardin County Commissioners responsible for addressing the situation. In a meeting with commissioners Thursday, which included representatives from the City of Kenton, the county engineer’s office, the Kenton-Hardin Health Board and Buck Township, Tom Poffenbarger of the OEPA [...]
ALGER — The new mayor of Alger has only been in office a month, but already a rift between David Allen and Village Solicitor Jason Miller has resulted in the legal counsel’s resignation. Allen narrowly defeated incumbent Joyce Harris in the general election in November. Harris had been mayor for less than a year and [...]
An Alger man was sent to prison for five years after being found guilty of robbing Bullwinkle’s Bar and Grill in Dola. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Emerson Jeffrey, 210 E. Wagner St., Apt. 117, Alger, was convicted of one count each of burglary and tampering with evidence. Judge William Hart [...]
Three women and one man were arrested in three operations by the Hardin County Crime Task Force on Tuesday and this morning. According to Sheriff Keith Everhart, officers on the force conducted an undercover drug purchase at 105 S. Gormley St., Apt. C in Forest on Tuesday. Several pills were bought and seized from the [...]
A motion for a convicted rapist to be retried was denied quickly by Hardin County Common Pleas Judge William Hart. Josh Allen Brown, 435 W. Walnut St., Kenton, was convicted of raping his 7-year-old niece in a jury trial last month. Brown was also convicted of three counts of gross sexual imposition, public indecency, attempted [...]
Defense attorney J.C. Ratliff asked Hardin County Common Pleas Judge William Hart not to think of his client as a notorious criminal, but as the mother of four children. He was representing Lisa Perez, who was being sentenced Wednesday for her participation in the September 2010 Mount Victory State Bank robbery. Perez, along with her [...]
COLUMBUS — A Kenton native has been promoted to the rank of major in the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Michael D. Black will serve as commander of the Office of Special Operations. He is the son of James and Janice Black of Kenton and is a Kenton High School graduate. With his parents watching, Black [...]
EPA wants sewer discharge at Kenton’s southern edge fixed
Sweetheart court
Five Kenton football players make college choices official
OHP students repair vehicle
R’mont FFA advisor in D.C.; meets with business, legislative leaders
HN librarian uses programs to help kids gain love of reading
