Civic agenda: September 13, 2019 MONDAY, SEPT. 16 Family Stability Team meeting – 10 a.m. at Hardin County Job and Family Services, second floor conference room, 175 W. Franklin St., Kenton. BKP Ambulance District Board of Trustees – 6 p.m., board office Read More
Historical Society plans meeting ADA — The Ada Historical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Ada Public Library, 320 N. Main Street, Ada. Read More
Bridge work to close road The Hardin County Engineer’s Office announced that beginning Monday, Sept. 16 it will be closing County Road 35 between Marion Township Road 35 and County Road 110 for eight weeks for bridge replacement. Read More
Kenton board moves meet The Kenton Board of Education has moved its September meeting to Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the administration building. Read More
Forest library meeting set FOREST — The regular meeting of the Forest-Jackson Public Library for September has been changed to Thursday, Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. in the Hempy Room at the library. The public is welcome to attend. Read More
Civic agenda: September 12, 2019 THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 Mount Victory council – 7 p.m., chambers; preceded at 6 p.m. by a meeting of the Tree Committee Forest council – 7 p.m., chambers Read More
Civic agenda: September 11, 2019 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11 Grove Cemetery Board – 4:30 p.m., conference room at cemetery office Jackson-Forest Ambulance Board – 7 p.m., township hall Read More
Civic agenda: September 10, 2019 TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 Ada council – 6:30 p.m., Ada depot; special meeting to enter into closed session to discuss terms of employment Hardin County Airport Authority – 4:30 p.m., airport Read More
Civic agenda: September 9, 2019 MONDAY, SEPT. 9 Kenton City Council – 7 p.m., chambers McGuffey council – 6 p.m., chambers Alger council – 6 p.m., village offices Read More
People and places: September 7, 2019 Kelly Jackson joined Liberty National Bank in August 2019 as the Branch Operations Manager in the Kenton office. She brings with her more than 15 years of combined experience in management, banking, lending and bank operations. She has worked various roles as she has progressed in her banking career including teller, banker, and office manager. 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.
