‘Summerail’ in Marion A national railroaders event normally held in Cincinnati will be held in downtown Marion Aug. 12-13. It is called “Summerail.” Multi-media video programs will be shown in the beautiful Palace Theatre on Saturday from 1-10 p.m., with time out for dinner. Read More
Christians asked to pray for community, country, world To the editor: We, as religious leaders in our community, are devastated by the recent violence in our nation and world. Read More
The left and the lie of common sense gun control With the most recent incident in Orlando comes the expected denigration of the NRA and the call from the left for "common sense" gun control. "Common sense" being the buzz phrase to forestall any logical argument. Read More
Park board appreciates kindness The Roundhead McDonald Park in Roundhead has suffered recent vandalism. This has been a problem every summer. Read More
NRA could be part of solution We are all saddened by the shooting in Orlando, as we were by other similar shootings. We are confronted as a nation and the world with yet another horrendous act of violence, in a seeming never-ending cycle. Read More
Vote against pot didn’t matter I write this letter with a great sadness in my heart as I heard today that we have lost another right in our great nation. This right is the power of each citizen to have his voice heard and each person to be counted in the direction of this once great nation. Read More
Help with Ada swim lessons To the editor: Summer is here and so is the time for Red Cross Swimming Lessons! Read More
Proper display of the flag At this time of year we remember those who have served our country in the military in ALL wars and branches of service. Groups of people, patriotic or otherwise, will be going into all local cemeteries to place U.S. flags at each grave site of a veteran and this would include thousands of graves. Read More
Thanks for support of hospice To the editor: With the closing of Hardin County Hospice announced this week, I felt compelled to write a few lines to this newspaper. Read More
Turbines would be a nuisance To those who are really concerned. I saw on the front page of the Kenton Times an article, Mr. Cross calls for the county task force to address eyesores, nuisances! Although the article was about something different, it may be close to the same thing I am concerned about. Read More
County makes strides with drug problem, but still has much more to accomplish ADA — In the past five years, Hardin County has taken strides in dealing with the opiate epidemic through treatment, yet there is still much to be done, a panel of local leaders told Ohio Northern University students on Friday. State Rep. Robert Cole Sprague, Hardin County Prosecutor Brad Bailey and Sheriff Keith Everhart presented their views on the local effort to curb the crisis in a program at the Pettit School of Law in the college’s moot courtroom.
ACU says radio ads attacking Jon Cross are false The largest conservative organization in the United States is challenging the latest radio ads and mailings attacking the conservative credentials of Jon Cross of Kenton, a Republican candidate for the 83rd House District in Ohio. The American Conservative Union (ACU), in a letter from David Safavian, general counsel, has sent a cease and desist letter to the political action committee behind the ads, the Conservative Alliance PAC.
Mount Victory park project advances MOUNT VICTORY — The Mount Victory CIC and Friends of the Park are closing in on the completion of the Mount Victory Village Park project which was started in 2004. The design for the park was approved by the village and it included a golf green, lawn game area near the shelters and a splash pad which will be reviewed in the near future.
